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• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter V. Machines and Implements,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 22 Pages, 17 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No. 20505} [Includes: Object, Gin, Sling cart, Casemate track, Lifting jack, Lever jack, Trench cart. Implements and Equipments: Loading, Pointing, Manoeuver. Preservation and Repairs: Preservation, Repairs. Destruction, ect. of Material: Carriages &c., Cannon. Materials for Carriages &c.: Timber, Selection of trees, Felling, Defects of trees, Seasoning and preserving timber, Bill of timber, Wrought iron, Construction, Painting, Models &c.]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Measurements," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter III.; 12 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20529} [Includes: 124. Necessity for - Measurement required - Standard Comparator, 125. Measurements of interior diameters of short hoops - Measuring points - Use, 126. Measurement of interior diameters of long tubes - The star gauge - Setting the star gauge, 127. Exterior diameter - Calipers - Arm - Support - Action, 128. Measurement of lengths - Step gauge - Surface lengths, 129. General Principles of measurements - Touch - Interior diameters of short hoops, 130. Interior diameters of long hoops - Exterior diameters - Vernier scale]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "Strength of Iron and Steel at High Temperatures," by J.E.Howard, Watertown. Watertown Arsenal, Mass.. Columbian Exposition (1894), XXX. ; 10 pages, 2 charts Price 1.50 {Item No.6131} [Includes: Coefficients of Expansion, Tensile tests, The Elastic Limit, Tensile strength, Total Elongation, Contraction of Area, The Modulus of Elasticity, Elongation under stresses between elastic limit and tensile strength, Effects of overstraining hot on the subsequent strength when ruptured cold, Slow and rapid fractures, The color of the ruptured bars, Specific gravity and internal strains, miscellaneous observations]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Anti-Corrosion,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20268} [For artillery pieces]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance."Erosion of High-Power Guns", Annual Report of the War Department for 1906, Appendix I. Prepared by Major C.B.Wheeler, Ordnance Department, U.S.Army; 9 pages, 17 plates of illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.5431} [Includes: Introduction, Erosion of 6-inch Rifles, Erosion of 10-inch Rifles, Erosion of 12-inch Rifles]
• Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification. "Report of the Chief of Ordnance," Annual Reports of the War Department 1902, Volume VII.; 63 pages Price 6.00 {Item No.5401}
• Report of the Secretary of War, at the beginning of the second session of the forty-sixth congress, Volume III. Report of the Chief of Ordnance & Appendices A to G, Y. Washington: Government Printing Office (1879); 59+ pages Price 6.00 {Item No.5437} [Includes: Introduction, Fiscal outlays, Stations and duties. Arsenals, armories, and depots. Armament of Fortifications, Militia, Small-arms, Target practice, Test of metals, Equipment board, Indian rifles, Springfield and Peabody-Martini rifles, Multiball cartridge, Clerical force][Appendix A. Purchases, B. Distribution to militia, C. Money to militia, D. Ordnance to militia, E. Ordnance to colleges, F. Ordnance to Territories, G. Ordnance to executive departments, Y. Stations of Ordnance officers, Index]
• Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification. "Twelfth Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications," Annual Reports of the War Department 1902 Volume VII.; 28 pages, including tables Price 3.00 {Item No.5415} [Includes: Changes in Personnel, Legislation, Financial Statement, Subjects Considered, General Operations, The Hundred-Gun Contract, Experimental Guns and Carriages, Shield for Coast-Defense Guns, Rapid-Fire Guns and Mounts, Test of Mortar Batteries, Field Guns and Carriages: Program of Tests for Field Artillery, Requirements, Inspection, Firing Tests-Special: Velocity, Accuracy, Rapidity, Defective Ammunition, Dust, Rust , Excessive Charges, General Tests, Supplementary Tests, Miscellaneous Material: Automatic Arms, Miscellaneous (17 different tests, from range finders to entrenching tools), Automatic Pistols. Estimates for the Coming Year), Recommendations. Table Showing Allotments and Expenditures.., Subjects considered during the Year]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903, Volume XIV.; 57 pages Price 6.00 {Item No.5417} [Includes Fiscal reports plus Technical comments: United States Magazine rifle model of 1903, Equipments, 16-inch guns, Experimental guns, Field artillery, Mountain artillery, Siege artillery, Saluting guns, Cannon, Seacoast guns, ammunition, etc., Subcaliber and drill practice, Seacoast carriages, Telescopic sights, Seacoast guns manufactured, Defense of insular possessions, Army and navy maneuvers, Personnel, Issues to the militia, and reports from the various arsenals on their activities during the year]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906. Volume IV. ; 71 pages Price 7.00 {Item No.5430} [Includes: Fiscal reports plus Technical comments: Small Arms, Small-Arms Ammunition, Small-Arms Target Practice, Equipments, Intrenching Tools, Service guns and mortars, Experimental guns, Mountain artillery, Pack outfits, Field Artillery, Siege material, Seacoast carriages, 10-inch emery disappearing carriage, Telescopic sights, Improvements in installed seacoast carriages, Range-finding instruments, Maintenance of the armament of fortifications, Gas check pads, Banding of projectiles, Seating of projectiles in mortar firing, Powder, Army powder factory, Artillery practice, Cloth for powder bags, Tests of type 8-inch rifle, Primers, Premature bursts, Isham shell, Copper deposite in the bores of guns, 3-inch saluting guns, Relining of seacoast guns, and reports from the various arsenals on their activities during the year]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. War Department, U.S.A. Annual Reports, 1907. Volume IV.; 82 pages Price 8.00 {Item No.5434} [Includes: Fiscal reports plus Technical comments: Small arms, Small-arms ammunition, caliber .30, model of 1989. Model of 1906 ball cartridge, The of 1906 guard cartridge, Gallery-Practice ammunition, Caliber .22. Bench reloading tools, Equipments, Brownsville investigation, Guns and mortars, Hand grenade, Gas-check pads, Powder, High-Explosive shell, Primers, Mountain artillery, Pack outfits for 2.95-inch Vickers-Maxim Mountain Gun and carriage, Siege material, Artillery practice, Transportation of explosives, Army powder factory, Ordnance repair shops, 2-inch and 3-inch Telescopic sights, Plotting board for mobile artillery, Self-contained, hortizontal, base range finders for seacoast artillery, Battery commander's telescopes, Experimental guns, Seacoast carriages, 10-inch emery disappearing carriage, Improvements in installed seacoast carriages, Range-finding instruments, Maintenance of the armament of fortifications, and reports from the various arsenals on their activities during the year]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Destruction or Salvage of Enemy Munitions," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.18, No.22 (11 February 1943); 1 paragraph  Price .50 {Item No.12881}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Destruction of Abandoned Vehicles," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.18, No.23 (11 February 1943); 2 paragraphs  Price .50 {Item No.12882}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Use of Captured Material," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.18, No.24 (11 February 1943); 2 paragraphs  Price .50 {Item No.12883}

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