Winchester Cannon Patent Drawings

Below are several drawings used in the patent application for the Winchester Cannon. In the application, designer Charles Griffith describes the cannon as: "an improvement in breech-loading cannon, the object being to produce at low cost for manufacture a simple, safe and effective cannon designed with particular reference for use as a saluting cannon."

Fig. 1: "View in side elevation"

Fig. 2: "an enlarged broken view thereof in rear elevation"

Above: "A broken view, in vertical longitudinal section, of the rear end of the barrel of the cannon, showing its breech-block in their closed and locked positions by full lines and open positions by broken lines"

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