Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricochetting
Literary usage of Ricochetting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1875)
"ricochetting Shell. — It has been found necessary, in order to obtain ... This is
the power of ricochetting—a most deadly form of fire to massed troops. ..."
2. Gray's Plumbing Design and Installation by William Beall Gray (1916)
"ONE FORM OF LAVATORY THAT PREVENTS ricochetting FIG. 186. ... IRON LAVATORY WITH
BOWL SHAPED TO PREVENT ricochetting pockets on the hanger are to resist the ..."
3. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land: Including a Journey by Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles (1845)
"The artillery were therefore ordered to direct a ricochetting fire of small ...
This circumstance convinced us of the effect of the ricochetting fire from ..."
4. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1887)
"In order to lessen the risk of ricochetting the target and firing-station are
raised several feet. The screens for long ranges have, besides the embrasures ..."
5. Seismological Journal of Japan by Jishin Gakkai (Japan)., John Milne (1890)
"Thus their very number is a difficulty; for if they were all formed by ricochetting
stones that then hurled themselves down the slopes, these stones must ..."
6. Professional Papers by the Corps of Royal Engineers ... Royal Engineers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1890)
"As pointer1 out by the experimental officer, ricochetting appears to occur when
the side of the head strikes the ground previous to the point. ..."
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