Part 5
Minie Balls- Since the minie ball was smaller than the diameter of the barrels it could be loaded quickly by dropping the bullet down the barrel. This conical cavity inits base. The gases, formed by the burning of powder once the fire arm was fired expanded the base of the bullet so that it engaged the rifling in the barrel. Thug, rifles could be loaded quickly and yet fired accurately.
Repeating rifles- The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action repeating rifle led from a tube magazine with cartridges.
Telegraph- The operator would key a message in the Morse alphabet, and the receiving machine on the other side would register the message and the form of clicks made by one bar that struck another. By listening to the pattern of clicks, the receiving operator could hear the message and transcribe it before passing it onto the recipient.
Minie Balls- Since the minie ball was smaller than the diameter of the barrels it could be loaded quickly by dropping the bullet down the barrel. This conical cavity inits base. The gases, formed by the burning of powder once the fire arm was fired expanded the base of the bullet so that it engaged the rifling in the barrel. Thug, rifles could be loaded quickly and yet fired accurately.
Repeating rifles- The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action repeating rifle led from a tube magazine with cartridges.
Telegraph- The operator would key a message in the Morse alphabet, and the receiving machine on the other side would register the message and the form of clicks made by one bar that struck another. By listening to the pattern of clicks, the receiving operator could hear the message and transcribe it before passing it onto the recipient.