The re-enforce is strengthened by two rows of steel hoops; the trunnion hoops form one of the outer layers.
It is adapted to the larger gun by introducing two steel bushing rings fitted into the cheeks of carriage to secure the trunnion of the gun.
The second row of hoops is shrunk on forward of the trunnion hoops for a length of 38 inches to strengthen the gun, and the hoop portion forms three conical frustums.
On the trunnionfor case one, to give both elevation and direction.
If the trunnion sight-bracket is correctly adjusted, place the telescopic sight upon it, set the sight and gun at zero elevation, and traverse the carriage to the full limits.
Louise Trunnion came out across the potato patch holding the dish cloth in her hand.
When Louise Trunnion came out of the front door of her house she still wore the gingham dress in which she had been washing dishes.
George Willard found Louise Trunnion in the kitchen of her father's house.
Defn: A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon.
Unless the trunnion packings be well compressed, they will be likely to leak air, and it is, therefore, necessary to pay particular attention to this condition.
We are held up by the failure of the people in Detroit to deliver trunnion bearings.
Incidentally, at Niagara I received a wire from Detroit in the following words: "Have sent by express four sets of trunnion bearings.
I arrived at Detroit, and after a long chat about the war with the man who counted most, I suggested that he would be doing us all a great favour if he sent a few trunnion bearings on by express at once.
The trunnion sight, a graduated sight attached to the trunnion, could be used when the muzzle had to be elevated so high that it blocked the gunner's view of the target.
Some changes were made in the vehicle, and finally the trunnion engines were put aside and fixed ones substituted.
After further experiments and improvements, Hancock finally made a vehicle to travel on three wheels, getting power from a pair of vibrating or trunnion engines fixed upon the crank-axle of the fore wheels.
But Trunnion is quite inimitable: he is a child of humour and of the highest spirits, like Mr. Weller the elder.
A current entering by the trunnion + B flows round the two halves of the circuit, as shown by the arrows, and comes out at the trunnion -B.
The same remarks apply to the bearing H through which the trunnion passes.
The hole through the standard must be perfectly at right angles to the face, and the trunnion in the cylinder must also be perpendicular to the valve-face, or the two faces cannot come together steam-tight.
Often has the departure of Commodore Trunnion been recalled to memory by the demise of my honored relative.
Here the ripple in his speech, which disturbed Commodore Trunnion so much, sorely afflicted my worthy grandfather.
Indeed, he would have resigned his charge with disdain, had not he been encouraged to persevere, by the hopes of a good living which Trunnion had in his gift, or known how to dispose of himself for the present to better advantage.
Mrs. Trunnion being now some years on the wrong side of fifty, her infirmities began to increase; and though her pride had suffered no diminution, her vanity was altogether subdued by her avarice.
He is made acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and his Adherents--Meets with them by Accident, and contracts an Intimacy with that Commander.
No wonder then that Trunnion was disturbed by a supposed visit of this demon, which, in his opinion, foreboded some dreadful calamity.
A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon.
The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
This was hit on the left trunnion by a shell which tore off the cap square, and also by a second shell, on the right bracket six inches in the rear of the trunnion.
The former was hit on the trunnion ring, which had been partially carried away, the carriage was in pieces, and the brackets were torn off and broken.
The metal of the gun was ripped off for eighteen inches, and the trunnion ring was also started by the force of the blow.
The centre of the rod is marked on the end, and the square is set so that the inner edge of the branch which is parallel to the rod is at a distance equal to the semi-diameter of the trunnion from the centre.
The trunnion should project slightly into the cylinder, and after the lamp has been placed in position by means of the small wood blocks shown in Fig.
To get the cylinder into its carriage, put onetrunnion into the terminal as far as it will go and this will allow room for the other trunnion to go in its terminal.
While in conversation with the clerk of a second-class hotel, Trunnion had spoken of the ease with which a few determined men could board an express car, throw a blanket over the messenger's head, and then rob the safe.
The clerk said that Trunnion had made the suggestion to him twice, and the second time he had givenTrunnion a piece of his mind for making such a proposition.
Trunnion had then said he was only fooling, and that he did not mean anything by it.
Now one may have a real affection for Hawser Trunnion personally, and yet be compelled to acknowledge that the generation of officers of which he is the type fought less well than English naval men have done before or since.
When one turns over the pamphlets they wrote against one another, the picture of Commodore Trunnion as he listened to the report that Admiral Bower was to be made a British peer, rises at once.
What surprised me was that Mr Trunnion should not have spoken to Mr Crank, or that the latter should not have thought it strange that Captain Roderick never came to the counting-house.
I can only hope that I am mistaken, and unless Mr Trunnion desires me, I shall decline at present stating where, as I believe, I last saw you.
You have acted discreetly, Westerton," said Mr Trunnion to me one day when I was alone with him in his private room.
Probably Mr Trunnion was influenced by fraternal feelings in not warning his partner of his suspicions regarding his brother's character.
Mr Trunnion had regained his usual spirits, and looked as cheerful as he did before his brother's appearance.
We might have lost a worse man;" and with this remark Mr Trunnion passed into his room, in which he sat to receive visitors on private business.
Sit down," said Mr Trunnionin a kind voice, showing that he was struck by the sickly look of the poor mate.
All I know is, that Mr Trunnion did not invite him to his house.
By the way Mr Crank and Lucy received him, I felt convinced that Mr Trunnion had said nothing to prejudice the senior partner against him.
That some one was my friend Harry Bracewell Captain Trunnion had, however, gone away without suspecting who was his rival.
When they saw that they could not successfully defend the piece, they threw it off the trunnion and retreated.
The Two Survivors, Though Sorely Wounded, Throw the Gun from the Trunnionand Crawl Away into the Brush.
Trunnion was incensed by this absurd renunciation, nor did Peregrine bear with patience the injurious declaration.
Mr. Pickle had early learnt the singular character of his neighbour Trunnion from a loquacious publican at whose house he was accustomed to call.
Among these were Commodore Trunnion and Lieutenant Hatchway, two retired seamen, and the sole companions of the bridegroom.
Thackeray declared Trunnionto be equal to Fielding's Squire Weston.
Yet, if Mr. Russell has equalled his master in many other respects, it is doubtful if he has quite reached the high–water mark of Commodore Trunnion and Lismahago.
In the course of the same year (1849) I sent a model of my Trunnion turn-table telescope for exhibition at a lecture at the Royal Institution, given by my old friend Edward Cowper.
Image] "Trunnion Vision" Reflecting telescope of 20-inch diameter mounted on a turn-table.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trunnion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: arbor; axis; fulcrum; gudgeon; hinge; hub; nave; pin; pintle; pivot; pole; radiant; spindle; swivel
