Armory – Artillery
Armory
a building used for the housing, assembling, and drilling of troops, for the storage of arms and equipment, or for purposes of defense.
In the United States the term is generally employed in speaking of local headquarters of the National Guard.
Arno
a river of Italy, which rises in the Etruscan Apennines, makes a sweep to the south and then trends westward, divides Florence into two parts, washes Pisa, and falls, 4 miles below it, into the Tuscan Sea, after a course of about 130 miles.
Aromatic Vinegar
a very volatile and powerful perfume, made by adding the essential oils of lavender, cloves, ves, etc., and often camphor, to crystallizable acetic acid. It is a powerful excitant in fainting, languor, and headache.
Aroostook
an American river; rises
Aroostook
an American river; rises than 120 miles in a circuitous course, receiving many important tributaries; and enters the St. John River in New Brunswick. It was an important factor in the settlement of the long-pending dispute concerning the boundary between the United States and British America.
AROUET. See VOLTAIRE.
Arrhenatherum
a genus of plants belonging to the order graminaceæ, or grasses. A species grows wild in England, A. avenaceum, or tall, oatlike grass. It is also cultivated occasionally in England, and much more frequently in France, but is not very nutritious.
Arrowhead
a genus of aquatic plants found in all parts of the world within the torrid and temperate zones, natural order alismacex, distinguished by possessing barren and fertile flowers, with a three-leaved calyx and three colored petals. The common arrowhead (S. sagittifolia) has a tuberous root, nearly globular, and is known by its arrow-shaped leaves with lanceolate straight lobes.
Arsaces Tiranus
King of Armenia, who, being taken prisoner by Sapor, King of Persia, was cast into prison at Ecbatana, where he died 362 B. c. His country then became a Persian province.
Arthritis
any inflammatory distemper that affects the joints, particularly chronic rheumatism or gout.
Artillery
PLATE A, FIGURE 1. A BUILT-UP, RIFLED GUN, SHOWING DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION, POWDER CHARGE, AND PROJECTILE
Artillery
FIGURE 2.-THREE 14-INCH GUNS IN A TRIPLE MOUNT, FIRING SIMULTANEOUSLY Enc. Vol. 1-p. 282
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PLATE B. THE 14-INCH NAVAL GUN, MORE THAN SEVENTY FEET LONG. THE 16-INCH GUN FOR BATTLESHIPS IS ABOUT EIGHTY FEET LONG U.S.NAVY.
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