Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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... shot moving with high velocity , because these auxiliaries themselves need protection and of a most perfect character . The dynamite guns with a limited range can not be left to the mercy of the much longer - reaching guns of the ...
... shot moving with high velocity , because these auxiliaries themselves need protection and of a most perfect character . The dynamite guns with a limited range can not be left to the mercy of the much longer - reaching guns of the ...
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... shot at the muzzle being 6,567 foot - tons . With the increased charge of the new Du Pont powder and the German powder , the following results were obtained : Pressure Kind of powder . Weight of Weight of Density of charge . projectile ...
... shot at the muzzle being 6,567 foot - tons . With the increased charge of the new Du Pont powder and the German powder , the following results were obtained : Pressure Kind of powder . Weight of Weight of Density of charge . projectile ...
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... shot , to realize a muzzle energy of 7,200 foot - tons , with a pressure in the chamber of about 37,000 pounds per With the moderate charge of 95 pounds of Q. Y. A. powder and a projectile of 289 pounds the measured range of the 8 ...
... shot , to realize a muzzle energy of 7,200 foot - tons , with a pressure in the chamber of about 37,000 pounds per With the moderate charge of 95 pounds of Q. Y. A. powder and a projectile of 289 pounds the measured range of the 8 ...
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... shot , 4 rounds with 235 - pound shot , 1 round with 250 - pound shot , and 88 rounds with shot of from 286 to 302 pounds weight . In most of these firings the gun has been subjected to pressures of from 33,000 to 37,000 pounds per ...
... shot , 4 rounds with 235 - pound shot , 1 round with 250 - pound shot , and 88 rounds with shot of from 286 to 302 pounds weight . In most of these firings the gun has been subjected to pressures of from 33,000 to 37,000 pounds per ...
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... shot . Appendix 30. - Inspection report of 11 - inch solid shot . Appendix 31. - Inspection report of 8 inch shell . Appendix 32. - Construction report on 12 - inch cored shot . ( 4 plates . ) Appendix 33. - Report on banding 8 - inch ...
... shot . Appendix 30. - Inspection report of 11 - inch solid shot . Appendix 31. - Inspection report of 8 inch shell . Appendix 32. - Construction report on 12 - inch cored shot . ( 4 plates . ) Appendix 33. - Report on banding 8 - inch ...
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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 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.
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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...
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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.