Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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... operations of the Ordnance Department during the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1887 , with such remarks and recommendations as the interests of this branch of the military service seem to require . The fiscal resources and expenditures of ...
... operations of the Ordnance Department during the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1887 , with such remarks and recommendations as the interests of this branch of the military service seem to require . The fiscal resources and expenditures of ...
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... operations . The question of a reduced caliber for small - arms is now under con- sideration by the Department . There is a movement in that direction in military circles here and abroad , and while the present caliber .45 meets the ...
... operations . The question of a reduced caliber for small - arms is now under con- sideration by the Department . There is a movement in that direction in military circles here and abroad , and while the present caliber .45 meets the ...
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... operations , its facilities as regards transportation of material and guns , both by water and rail , its proximity to the centers of skilled labor , manufactur- ers ' supplies and fuel . Facilities for a proof butt , convenient to the ...
... operations , its facilities as regards transportation of material and guns , both by water and rail , its proximity to the centers of skilled labor , manufactur- ers ' supplies and fuel . Facilities for a proof butt , convenient to the ...
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... operations of section 3691 of the Revised Statutes . On the 31st of March , 1887 , the Chief of Ordnance addressed a letter to the Secretary of War , setting out the history of the lathes , crane , etc. , the contracts relating thereto ...
... operations of section 3691 of the Revised Statutes . On the 31st of March , 1887 , the Chief of Ordnance addressed a letter to the Secretary of War , setting out the history of the lathes , crane , etc. , the contracts relating thereto ...
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... operation of section 3,691 , Revised Statutes . I understand that the two contracts last above mentioned have not been fulfilled , through the fault of the contractor , and are now regarded as no longer subsisting . The other contract ...
... operation of section 3,691 , Revised Statutes . I understand that the two contracts last above mentioned have not been fulfilled , through the fault of the contractor , and are now regarded as no longer subsisting . The other contract ...
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3.2-inch breech-loading Appendix Arsenal axle band base ring blank cartridges block bolts bore brake breech breech mechanism breech-block breech-loading rifle caliber 45 carriage carrier ring cartridges cast cast-iron cent Chief of Ordnance compression contract cylinder Density Double hooping Du Pont's dynamite Elastic limit Elongation after rupture escape of gas Exterior diameter field guns finished forgings front gas-check ring Gatling gun grooves heated hole Hook Hotchkiss inch of original Inside interior jacket June 30 lathe length lever handle mandril metal Middle Midvale Steel Company mortar muzzle nitro-glycerine Ounces P₁ P₂ pins pounds per square powder pressure R₂² rear-sight round sabot Sandy Hook screws seat shell shot shown in Plate shrinkage Single hooping sleeve slot South Boston Iron specimens spindle square inch surface tangential Tensile strength thread Tons Total number transom trunnion trunnion-hoop tube turned Water applied Watertown Arsenal Watervliet Arsenal weight ז ז ז
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Página 6 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals.
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Página 6 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Página 360 - Avère the maximum obserA'ed in the series ; the range of stresses extending from 50,814 pounds per square inch tension to 59,060 pounds per square inch compression — a total range of 109,874 pounds per square inch in the same piece of metal. The compressive stress exceeded the primitive elastic limit of the metal. Even this is not all, for the observed stresses are the means for their respective rings, the rings which Avère cut apart radially showing additional strains not released until then.
Página 3 - Amount in Government depositories to the credit of disbursing officers and others on June 30...
Página 361 - The stress corresponding to this strain of .0047 of an inch at tbe surface of the bore is 50,720 pounds per square inch, against 34,669 pounds per square inch displayed by the entire ring. The ring was then turned down to .025...
Página 91 - To insure an accurate fit, these plates are planed, bolted together, and bored out. The axle-tree having been turned to a true cylinder, the plates are riveted about it. The shoulder washers are octagonal in form ; to each is fitted a collar or band containing a stout eye, to which the brakes are attached. These collars have projections that embrace the axle-plates above and below, to prevent turning of the axle within the plates. The brakes supplied with this carriage were formed like a double-bow...
Página 24 - States no privity exists by reason of the transfer, and in the absence of any agreement between that company and the United States importing an undertaking by the former to perform the contract referred to, such contract can not be enforced against it by the latter.
Página 20 - ... of Congress and in conference" last session, the Watervliet and Frankford Arsenals being the only sites considered by Congress. The Board will therefore keep such ultimate object in view, and will determine which of the two sites named, Watervliet or Frankford, is on the whole best adapted for the purpose — from the character and extent of the shops and appliances that would be required ; from buildings already erected at either point; from the proximity of the place to the establishments that...
Página 3 - Jane 30, 1881, with such remarks and recommendations as the interests of this branch of the military service seem to require. The fiscal resources and expenditures of the department during the year were as follows, viz : Amount in the Treasury to the credit of appropriations on June 30, 1*60.