Dahlgren cannon
The Dahlgrenkanonen were ship guns that were cast as solid cylinders from cast iron and were then given their shape by drilling and turning. They were used shortly before and during the American Civil War.
The design was submitted by the head of the US gun system and later Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren . The Dahlgren cannons were also used during the war. Because of their peculiar shape, reminiscent of a beer bottle, they were jokingly called bottle cannons .
literature
- Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren: The Petition to the National Government, of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Widow of the Late Rear-Admiral Dahlgren, Submitting her Claim, Asking for Compensation for the Adoption and Use by the United States Navy, of Certain Inventions of the Late Rear -Admiral Dahlgren, Relating to Ordnance, and Accompanied by Corroborative Evidence as to their General and Indispensable Use by the United States Navy . Gibson Brothers, Washington, DC 1872.
Web links
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