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Model of the Dahlgren gun
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Lieutenant John A. Dahlgren designed this nine-inch “soda-bottle”
gun combining greatly improved ballistic characteristics
with a higher safety factor. Built after careful study
of pressures generated within a gun barrel, the Dahlgren
gun concentrated great strength around the breech, thereby
permitting the development of a greater caliber without
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
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