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... shot and 50 solid shot , ( Hotchkiss , ) for the 5.1 guns , are ready , and await the orders of the bureau . I have also made 100 solid shot ( by direction of Captain Hitchcock ) for the extreme test of one of the guns , that I expect ...
... shot and 50 solid shot , ( Hotchkiss , ) for the 5.1 guns , are ready , and await the orders of the bureau . I have also made 100 solid shot ( by direction of Captain Hitchcock ) for the extreme test of one of the guns , that I expect ...
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... shot accelerated ? N. B. I would only propose that observations and record of as much of the phenomena exhibited during experiments as bears upon the less important of these points should be made as would not direct attention from those ...
... shot accelerated ? N. B. I would only propose that observations and record of as much of the phenomena exhibited during experiments as bears upon the less important of these points should be made as would not direct attention from those ...
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... shot and shell - 100 rounds for each gun - will be furnished at the manufac- turer's prices , the exact figure for which cannot be given until the precise size of the bore of the gun is known . Captain HARWOOD , Chief of Ordnance Bureau ...
... shot and shell - 100 rounds for each gun - will be furnished at the manufac- turer's prices , the exact figure for which cannot be given until the precise size of the bore of the gun is known . Captain HARWOOD , Chief of Ordnance Bureau ...
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... shot of 50 pounds , and shell of 40 pounds . I exceedingly regret that I have no information in relation to the projectile and number of rounds which you wish used in the proof of the 74 - inch guns ; the difficulties attending the work ...
... shot of 50 pounds , and shell of 40 pounds . I exceedingly regret that I have no information in relation to the projectile and number of rounds which you wish used in the proof of the 74 - inch guns ; the difficulties attending the work ...
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... shot that can be devised to be fired from each of them , say the largest charge of mortar powder that will burn in the bore , and the balance of the bore to be filled with a bar of iron or shot . I should prefer that this charge should ...
... shot that can be devised to be fired from each of them , say the largest charge of mortar powder that will burn in the bore , and the balance of the bore to be filled with a bar of iron or shot . I should prefer that this charge should ...
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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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