When these were in place, with lead grummets under the heads of the bolts, and the grooves caulked, the bore segments were water-tight, except in Bore Segment No.
After pulling the grummets in, all the nuts were pulled up tight by wrenches about 3 ft.
The grummets fit the bore of the gun exactly, and act as wads, allowing the base of the shell to rest in close contact with the charge, and breaking into oakum on leaving the muzzle.
It consists of two circular grummets of rope, one at the base and the other at the upper circumference of the shell, made by a simple machinery to fit tightly to the sphere, and bound together by thin copper wire.
Small ropes made of sinnet, and fastened to grummets or little rings upon the yards.
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