Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Volume 3

Actual allowed Appendix application Arsenal band base Board body bore bottom breech breech-loading carriage cartridges cast-iron casting cent charge chest Chief closed compression construction contract cooling cylinder Density Department determined diameter dimensions Distance effect elastic Elevation experimental experiments exterior Exterior diameter feet finished firing flight forgings formulas front given head heat hole Hook hoop humid inside interior iron jacket July June Kind length limit Maximum Mean measurements metal middle miles an hour minutes mortar muzzle Number obtained Ordnance original Ounces piece placed plate portion pounds powder pressure projectile rear Record remarks removed rifle ring rounds sabot sand screws seconds Sept shell shot shrinkage side specimens square inch steel strength surface taken tangential temperature tests thermom thickness tion tons tube turned values Watervliet weight wire yards