From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon

The Armstrong, Palliser, and Beaulieu guns were compelled to bow before their transatlantic rivals.

阿姆斯特朗、帕利瑟和博利厄的枪不得不在他们的跨大西洋对手面前低头。

The estimation in which these gentlemen were held, according to one of the most scientific exponents of the Gun Club, was “proportional to the masses of their guns, and in the direct ratio of the square of the distances attained by their projectiles.”

根据枪炮俱乐部最科学的代表之一的说法，这些先生们的评价是“与他们的枪炮质量成正比，与他们的炮弹达到的距离的平方成正比。”