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Definition of Calibers
1. caliber [n] - See also: caliber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calibers
Literary usage of Calibers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803;: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne (1904)
"One demi-saker, old Manila casting, caliber three and a half libras, length
thirty-two calibers. One saker cast in Mexico, caliber five libras, ..."
2. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"This was a jacketed gun, made of crucible cast-steel, forged under the hammer,
and weighed 71 tons ; length of bore, 21'8 calibers. ..."
3. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"This was a jacketed gun, made of crucible cast-steel, forged under the hammer,
and weighed 71 tons ; length of bore, 21'8 calibers. ..."
4. Interior Ballistics by James Monroe Ingalls (1912)
"... the retarding effect of a constant twist of one turn in 25 calibers is equivalent
to increasing the weight of the projectile 2 per cent. ..."
5. Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery by William Harvey Tschappat (1917)
"101. calibers at the breech to one turn in 25 calibers at point from 2 to 4 ...
In mortars the rifling is generally one turn in 40 calibers at the breech to ..."
6. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"The 1o5 cm. gun has been lengthened from 30 calibers to 35. ... In the latest
trials a gun 35 calibers in length was used ; the projectile was increased in ..."
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