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... castings without any work having been done on them ; those from Pitts- burg had been turned to the first drawing ; as the cost of turning had once [ been paid , I ] thought it well that different instructions should be given for the ...
... castings without any work having been done on them ; those from Pitts- burg had been turned to the first drawing ; as the cost of turning had once [ been paid , I ] thought it well that different instructions should be given for the ...
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... castings , belonging to the government , were accordingly delivered him for rifling . In May last he received payment in full for finishing said guns , athough he had delivered but three of them . It seems that Mr. Wiard employed a Mr ...
... castings , belonging to the government , were accordingly delivered him for rifling . In May last he received payment in full for finishing said guns , athough he had delivered but three of them . It seems that Mr. Wiard employed a Mr ...
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... cast - steel , ( solid ingots . ) I have made a few of these guns and I think they have supe- rior qualities . I can furnish them at the same price . Yours truly , Captain A. A. HARWOOD , NORMAN WIARD Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and ...
... cast - steel , ( solid ingots . ) I have made a few of these guns and I think they have supe- rior qualities . I can furnish them at the same price . Yours truly , Captain A. A. HARWOOD , NORMAN WIARD Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and ...
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... cast - iron , wrought - iron , aud semi - steel guns , which would lead to a just appreciation of their relative value . This value , it is true , might be established by subsequent uniform trial , but the expense of extreme proof is a ...
... cast - iron , wrought - iron , aud semi - steel guns , which would lead to a just appreciation of their relative value . This value , it is true , might be established by subsequent uniform trial , but the expense of extreme proof is a ...
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... cast - iron guns , the difference in this gun being but about two - tenths ( .2 ) . The measurements of the gun before firing were all within the prescribed limits . The first trunnion - strap broke at the 40th fire , the bronze was not ...
... cast - iron guns , the difference in this gun being but about two - tenths ( .2 ) . The measurements of the gun before firing were all within the prescribed limits . The first trunnion - strap broke at the 40th fire , the bronze was not ...
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136 East Thirty-third 15-inch gun 74-inch rifles act granting Approved February Approved March April AULICK bill boat howitzer bore bureau desires Bureau of Ordnance Bureau to Wiard burst Captain H. A. WISE casting cents per pound Chief of Bureau Chief of Ordnance claims Commander Nicholson Commander R. B. HITCHCOCK commissioner contract copy decision district attorney East Thirty-third Street eighteen hundred fabrication false chamber February 19 fired furnished Ganster granting a pension herewith honor howitzers inclosed inspection Inspector of Ordnance instant iron J. A. DAHLGREN Jeffers June large guns letter Lieutenant Commander Miller Navy Department NORMAN WIARD obedient servant October ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY Ordnance Bureau paid payment Philadelphia navy yard powder projectiles proof received reference relation request resolution respectfully rifle gun Secretary semi-steel guns Senate shot Telegram Tensile strength Trenton trial gun trunnions United States Navy Venezuela vent Washington City Wiard to bureau York navy yard
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