Ordnance Notes Article List (1881-1883)

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The following are a sampling from a series of articles printed by the U.S.Ordnance Department in the 1880's mostly on on weapons and other military topics of interest at the time. Are articles are very detailed and they contain a wealth of information on weapons of the second half of the 1800's.

• Ordnance Notes.---No.168 (Washington, 25 October 1881). On Protection of Buildings from Lightning. by Captain J.T.Bucknill, R.E.; 18 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5168}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.169 (Washington, 2 November 1881). Mounted Riflemen. by Captain J.R.Lumley; 14 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5169}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.170 (Washington, 19 November 1881). Telemeters or Range Finders. From Articles in the Spectateur Militarie, 1878 to 1881. by Capt.N.Patorni, 117th Regiment of the French Army, Instructor in the Ecole Normale De Tir, at Chalons. Translated by Lt.A.H.Russel, Ordnance Dept., U.S.Army; 71 pages, 103 illus., plus 4 plates of illus. Price 8.00 {Item No.5170} [Includes: General description, Theory of topographical telemeters, Laying off the base, Error in the direction given the base, Translator's remarks]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.171 (Washington, 21 November 1881). Present Method of Target Practice at the Frankford Arsenal. by Lt.M.W.Lyon, under the direction of Major S.C.Lyford, Ordnance department; 6 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5171}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.172 (Washington, 9 December 1881). Russet Leather. Report on the manufacture of Russet leather and its adaptability for the military service. By Capt.D.A.Lyle, Ordnance department; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5172} [Harness leather]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.173 (Washington, 10 January 1882). Machine Guns: Their Status in Warfare. From Collier's United Service Magazine for October 1881; 22 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5173} [Includes: Introduction, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, A Challenge: The Galting Gun]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.174 (Washington, 3 February 1882). Italian 100-Ton Gun. The Italian 45 cm (17.7167") Sea Coast Gun of 100 Tons. Translated from Revue d'Artillerie for October, 1889, by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Ordnance Department; 18 pages, plus 3 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5174}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.175 (Washington, 14 February 1882). Dephosphorization of Iron and Steel. Article on the progress in the dephosphorization of pig-iron and steel. by M.Ferdinand Gauther. Translated from the February, April and June numbers of the Revue d'Artillerie for 1880, by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance department; 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5175}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.176 (Washington, 21 February 1882). Vent Punch and Gimlet. Description of vent punch and vent gimlet for the life saving service, made by Captain D.A.Lyle, Ordnance Department; 1 page, plus 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5176} [Made for removing ordinary obstructions from the vents of the Lyle life saving guns in service at the time]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.177 (Washington, 28 February 1882). Friction Primers for Cannon. Translated from the German by Lt.G.B.Mitchham, Ordnance department; 2 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5177} [Includes: Krupp's obturating friction primer, Description of other primers by the ordnance school: The U.S.Navy Primer, The Armstrong obturating percussion primer]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.178 (Washington, 1 March 1882). Flank Defense. Report on the Hotchkiss Flank Defense Revolving Cannon, Cal. 1.575". Translated from the French by Lt.Rogers Bernie, Jr., Ordnance Department; 4 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5178}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.179 (Washington, 4 March 1882). Infantry Equipments. Instructions for assembling and wearing the infantry equipments. Blanket and pattern. by Captain A.L.Varney, Ordnance Department; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5170}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.180 (Washington, 10 March 1882). Krupp’s Ballistic Tables. Text of Krupps Table for the Calculation of Horizontal Remaining Velocities and Times of Flight of Elongated Projectiles. Essen, 1881. Translated by Lt.E.L.Zalinski, 5th Artillery; 19 pages, 14 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5180}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.180 (Washington, 10 March 1882). Krupp’s Ballistic Tables. Text of Krupps Table for the Calculation of Horizontal Remaining Velocities and Times of Flight of Elongated Projectiles. Essen, 1881. Translated by Lt.E.L.Zalinski, 5th Artillery; 19 pages, 14 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5180} [Three tables are damages and are not complete]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.181 (Washington, 14 March 1882). Photography—Gunpowder Analysis. by the Artillery School; 32 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5181}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.182 (Washington, 21 March 1882). Field Artillery. Development of Field Artillery: A criticism on the Royal artillery institution prize essays of 1879. by Lt.E.W.Cotter, R.E.. From the Occasional Papers Royal Engineers' Institute, 1881); 11 pages, charts Price 1.00 {Item No.5181}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.183 (Washington, 28 March 1882). Modern Rifles. by Major H.Tovey, R.E.; 4 pages, 3 tables of information Price .50 {Item No.5183} [A translation of an paper written by Lt.Indra of the Austrian army on the "Shooting properties of the Small arms in Europe" and published in the Occasional Papers Royal Engineer's Institute, 1881]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.184 (Washington, 31 March 1882). The Attack of Armor-Clad Vessels by Artillery. by Captain C.Orde Browne, Late Royal Artillery. From Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, February 1882; 28 pages, 6 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5184} [Includes: Introduction, Primary attack, Attack of decks, Secondary attack, Models of ships of war, Glatton (British), Inflexible (British), The Admiral Duperre, The Polyphemus, and Discussion] [Contains information on weapons penetration]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.185 (Washington, 3 April, 1882). Cartridges--Friction Primers. Military cartridges for breech--loading small arms in the United States service. by Lt.Col.James M.Whittemore, Ordnance Department; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.5185} [Also on friction primers for cannons]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.186 (Washington, 10 April 1882). The National Defenses of England. An address delivered by Sir W. Armstrong before the institution of civil engineers, January 10, 1882. Reprinted in Colburn's Magazine; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5186} [Mainly naval and land artillery ordnance]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.187 (Washington, 12 April 1882). Modern Ordnance. A paper read February 8, 1882, before the Society of Arts, London, by Colonel Maitland; 14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5187} [Mainly on artillery]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.188 (Washington, 19 April 1882). Telescopic Sight. A study of a telescopic sight for artillery. by Lt. E.L.Zalinski, 5th Artillery; 7 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5188}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.189 (Washington, 15 April 1882). Army Wagon Transportation. by Brig.Gen.S.B.Holabird, Assistant Quartermaster General, U.S.A., From the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States; 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5189} [Includes: Introduction, Organization and operations of large trains, Transportation of the army of the Potomac, Transportation of the armies of the west, The march to the sea, Of the material of army trains, The army wagon, Harness, Management and care of wagon trains on the march, in camp and depot, etc.. Camping, Packing and pack mules, The pack saddle, Appendix of authorities, orders, etc. (during the American Civil War).]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.190 (Washington, 4 May 1882). Mechanical Motion. by Lt.Colonel A.B.Buffington, Ordnance Department; 4 pages, 2 plates Price 1.00 {Item No.5190}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.191 (Washington, 9 May 1882). Report of Sea-Coast Artillery Practice. Under the Supervision of Bevet Colonel Richard Lodor, 3rd Artillery. At the Artillery School, Fort Monroe, VA. During the Year 1881. Bevet Major General George W.Getty, Commanding; 36 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.5191}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.192 (Washington, 15 May 1882). Metrical into U.S.Measures. Conversions of Metrical into United States Measures and Vice Versa with Tables Adapted to a Comparison of our own with Foreign Guns. by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Ordnance Department; 19 pages, many tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5192}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.193 (Washington, 18 March 1882). The Leboulenge Chronograph. Modified by M.Breger, Captain of Marine Artillery. Description of the Instrument and Explaination of the Method of Operating it (a translation); 11 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5193} [A instrument used to measure time in ordnance testing]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.194 (Washington, 22 May 1882). Field-Gun Carriage. Forces and Strains of Recoil Considered with Reference to the Elastic Field-Gun Carriage. by Henry Joseph Butter, M.Inst.,C.E.. From the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London; 46 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.5194}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.195 (Washington, 23 May 1882). On the Metallurgy and Manufacture of Modern British Ordnance. by Colonel Maitland, Superintendent, R.G.F., Woolwich; 48 pages, 20 plates of illustrations Price 7.00 {Item No.5195}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.196 (Washington, 25 May 1882). On the Application of Solid Steel to the Manufacture of Small Arms, Projectiles, and Ordnance. by Ferdinand Gautier of Paris; 7 pages, tables Price 1.00 {Item No.5196}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.197 (Washington, 27 May 1882). Notes on the Manufacture of Small Arms, &C., at the Royal Small Factory, Enfield Lock. by Captain McClinstock, Assistant Superintendent; 8 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5197} [Includes: Description of the Martini Henry Rifle, The Stock, Butt, The Barrel: Materiel, The Smithery, Barrel machine room. The Body, Emery wheels, The Triangulary Bayonet, Hardening and tempering components, Enfield Breech loading revolver, Martini Henry carbine]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.198 (Washington, 1 June 1882). Machine-Guns and How to Use Them. by W.Gardner (Late Captain and Superintendent Gardner Gun Company). From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 11 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5198}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.199 (Washington, 5 June 1882). Small Arm Firing. Determination of the accuracy of small arm firing; 7 pages, plus 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5199}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.200 (Washington, 7 June 1882). Range and Position Finding—Past and Present. by Captain H. Watkin, R.A., Before the Royal United Service Institution; 18 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5200}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.201 (Washington, 12 June 1882). Report. Cranston's Safety Lighting Attachment for Lanterns for the Life Saving Service. by Captain D.A.Lyle, Ordnance Department; 3 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5201}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.202 (Washington, 15 June 1882). The Folger-Michelson Densimeter. Published by permission of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, U.S.Navy; 1 page, 1 plate of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5202} [A device for simply measuring the specific gravity in large grains of gunpowder]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.203 (Washington, 19 June 1882). The Progress in Naval Artillery From 1855 to 1880. by Cavelier De Cuverville, Capitaine de vaisseau. Translated from the Revue Maritime et Coloniale, August, 1881. by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department; 20 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5203}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.204 (Washington, 28 June 1882). Firing Investigations of the Steel Works of Frederick Krupp made at the Meppen Firing-Ground. Translated by Lt.E.L.Zalinski, 5th Artillery. Experiments for Determing the Resistance of the Air to Great Velocities of Projectiles; 9 pages, tables Price 1.00 {Item No.5204}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.205 (Washington, 1 July 1882). The Question of Heavy Guns. From the “Memorial de Artilleria” (Madrid, Spain) April 1882. Translated by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Jr. Ordnance Dept.; 18 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5205}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.206 (Washington, 2 August 1882). Tire Upsetting Machine. Designed by A.T.Brewer, Master Carpenter, Watertown arsenal. Description by Captain John G.Butler, Ordnance Department; 3 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5205} [Necessary for resetting the wheels on artillery limbers and caissons]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.207 (Washington, 7 August 1882). Torpedoes--Their Disposition and Radius of Destructive Effect. by Lt.Commander C.F.Goodrich, U.S.N.; 11 pages, charts Price 1.00 {Item No.5207} [Water mines]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.208 (Washington, 11 August 1882). Recent Experiments with an 11-inch Compound Armor Plate at Shoeburyness. by Major D.D.T.O'Callaghan, R.A.. From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 6 pages, plus 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5208}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.209 (Washington, 15 August 1882). A Proposed Armament for the Navy. by Commodore E.Simpson, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5209} [A lecture on naval ordnance]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.210 (Washington, 19 August 1882). The Type of (1) Armored Vessel, (1) Cruiser, Best Suited to the Present Needs of The United States (Prized essay 1881). by Lt.E.W.Very, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5210}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.211 (Washington, 23 August 1882). The U.S.Steamer Alarm. by Lt.R.M.G.Brown, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the U.S.Naval Institute; 9 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.511} [Torpedo Boat]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.212 (Washington, 29 August 1882). Chemical Theory of the Combustion of Gunpowder. by R.Bunsen and L.Schischikoff. Translated by Chas.E.Munroe, Prof. U.S.N.A.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 16 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5212} [Including: Introduction, Qualitative analysis, Quantitative analysis: Residue from the combustion, Pulverulent substances in the state of smoke, Analysis of the gases. Relation between the residue, the substances which constitute the smoke, and the gaseous products, Temperature of the flame, Work produced by the combustion of the powder]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.213 (Washington, 31 August 1882). The Development of Armor as Applied to Ships. by Lt.Jacob W.Miller, U.S.N. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 15 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5213}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.214 (Washington, 5 September 1882). Preservation of Wood. by Prof. Chas.F.Monroe, U.S.N.A.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 10 pages, plus 2 plates of illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.5214}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.215 (Washington, 12 September 1882). The Employment of Torpedoes in Steam Launches against Men-of-War. by Lt.Charles Charaud Arnault. Translated by Lt.T.B.M.Mason, U.S.N. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 12 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5215} [The use of fixed torpedoes and early Whitehead self propelled torpedoes][Includes a number of historical examples]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.216 (Washington, 15 September 1882). The Supply of Ammunition to Infantry on the Field of Battle. by A. Mariotti. Translated by Captain S.Walleer, R.E.. From the Journal of the Royal United States Institution; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5216} [Includes: Introduction, Service of ammunition in the French Army, Supply of ammunition in foreign armies: The German army, The Austro-Hungarian army, The Italian army, The Dutch army, The Russian army, The Swiss army. Remarks on the various systems, French and foreign: The conduct and position of the wagon, The supply of the troops from the wagon, The supply of the battalion carts from the ammunition column. Resume, English method]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.217 (Washington, 18 September 1882). Wallace's Intrenching Tool. by Major N.W.Wallace, 1st Battalion K.R.R.Corps. From the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5217}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.218 (Washington, 20 September 1882). On the Interior Economy of an Prussian Regiment. by Captain J.Rutherford Lumley, Late 13th Prussian Uhlans. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5218} [Includes: The equipment and maintenance of the troops, The financial control and arrangements, The disciplinary powers of the officers, The promotion of the non commissioned officers]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.219 (Washington, 22 September 1882). A Short Narrative of the Afghan Campaign of 1879-80-81, From an Engineer's Point of View. by C. Hoskyns, Captain R.E.. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 20 pages, plus 3 plates of illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.5219} [Includes: Introduction with outline of the campaign, followed by notes: The Heliograph, Military engineering, Survey and reconnaissance, Native army, Should Afghanistan be annexed?]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.220 (Washington, 25 September 1882). Magazine Rifles. by Lt.General G.V.Fosbery, V.C.. From The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 24 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5220} [A lecture concerned with various discussions on subject of rifle magazines]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.221(Washington, 26 September 1882). Krupp Experiments. Experiments made at the Krupp works in March 1882. Translated from the Revue d' Artillerie, July and August 1882; 8 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5221} [Concerns the firing of 12-inch (30.5 cm) gun of 35 calibers, 8.4 inch (21 cm) mortar, 5.9 inch (15 cm) pivot gun on a solid foundation, 3-1 inch (8 cm) pivot gun with springs and 5.9 inch (15 cm) armor gun]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.222 (Washington, 27 September 1882). Explosives. Notes on Nitro-Glycerine. by Professor Charles E.Monroe, U.S.N.A.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 27 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5222}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.223 (Washington, 28 September 1882). Bombardment of Alexandria. The Bombardment of Alexandria by the English Fleet, July 11, 1882. Translated from the Revue d' Artillerie by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department; 10 pages, 8 illus., plus 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No5223}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.224 (Washington, 4 October 1882). Rifled Howitzers and Mortars. From the Memorial de Artilleria for June 1882. Translated by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department, U.S.A.; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.2224}[Concerns: Important decline in the use of guns designed exclusively for vertical fire, Condition of affairs, Special guns, Experiments in Russia, England, Prussia, and Austria. Confirmatory experiments in France, Austria, and Russia upon the resistance of walls of magazines, casemates, &c. to the fire of rifled mortars. Rifled mortars of small caliber, Vertical fire in Italy, Guns likely to be adopted]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.225 (Washington, 6 October 1882). Deviations of Small Arms Projectiles. The vertical deviations of the point of fall of small arms projectiles from the point aimed at which the latter point is above or below the horizontal plane through the point of fire, making use of the equation of the trajectory. by Captain John E.Greer, Ordnance Department; 5 pages, 1 illus. plus 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5225}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.226 (Washington, 10 October 1882). Fortress Warfare. An Abstract of Muller’s History of Fortress Warfare. by Captain E.M.Lloyd, R.E.; 23 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5226}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.227 (Washington, 13 October 1882). The Training of Garrison Artillery for the Attack and Defense of Fortresses. by Col.H.A.Smith, R.A. (Gold Medal Prize Essay, 1882). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5227}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.228 (Washington, 18 October 1882). Determination of the Value of “C.” Didon’s Formula for Computing the Elements of the Trajectory in Air. by Capt.John E.Green, Ordnance Department, U.S.A.; 3 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5228}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.229 (Washington, 26 October 1882). Steel For Structures (by Ewing, Matheson, M.Inst.C.E., from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London); 40 pages, tables Price 4.00 {Item No. 5229}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.230 (Washington, 21 October 1882). The Theory of the Gas-Engine, by Dugald Clerk. From the Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, London; 53 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.5230}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.231 (Washington, 17 November 1882). Reloading Tools. Instructions for use of the Frankford Arsenal Hand Tools for Reloading Cartridges. Prepared by Major S.,C. Lyford, Ordnance Department; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5231} [A set of tools designed to reload .45 caliber cartridge, using either the 405 or 500 grain bullet with 55 or 70 grains respectively of stand powder] [Includes: Nomenclature of tools, Care and preservation, Reloading operations, Special precautions, Cleaning, Inspection, Resizing, Scraping, Priming, Charging, Loading, Crimping, Lubrication, General remarks]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.232 (Washington, 20 November 1882). Some Considerations Respecting Desertion in the Army. by Brevet Brigadier General Samuel B.Holabird, U.S.A.; 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5232}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.233 (Washington, 21 November 1882). The Theoretical Rifle (El Fusil Racional), by E.Gullanmot, Captain of the Belgian Artillery, translated from the Memorial de Artilleria, by Lt.J.C.Ayres, Ordnance Dept., U.S.A.; 8 pages, illus., tables Price 1.00 {Item No.5233}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.234 (Washington, 21 December 1882). Some Thoughts about the Future of our Army. by Brevet Brigadier General Samuel B.Holland, U.S.A.; 14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5234} [U.S.Army]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.235 (Washington, 11 January 1883). Hotchkiss Flank-Defense Revolving Cannon. Report of the Ordnance Board on the Trial of a Hotchkiss Flank-Defense Revolving Cannon, Caliber 1.5748 (40 millimeters); 5 pages, 11 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5235}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.236 (Washington, 12 January 1883). Construction of Guns. by Lt-Col.Fornerod-Stadler, Swiss Artillery, translated by Lt.Rogers Birnie,Jr., Ordnance Dept., U.S.A.; 21 pages, tables and Charts Price 2.00 {Item No.5236}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.237 (Washington, 30 January 1883). Rifle Target Practice in the Army. by Brevet Brigadier General John C. Tidball, U.S.A.; 15 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5237}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.238 (Washington, 1 February 1883). Swelled and Burst Rifle and Carbine Barrels; 9 pages, charts Price 1.00 {Item No.5238}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.239 (Washington, 3 February 1883). The Precision of Fire Arms. Translated from "Memorial d' Artilleria. by Captain P.A. Macmahon, R.A.. From the Proceedings of the Royal of the Royal Artillery Institution; 23 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.5239}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.240 (Washington, February 5, 1883). Electric Lighting Apparatus for War Purposes. From “Engineering,” London, October 27, 1882. 5 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5240
• Ordnance Notes.—No.241 (Washington, February 7, 1883). Memorandums of Artillery Arrangements. and alterations made in carriages, harness, ammunition, etc. on the Expedition to Egypt, 1801. by Brig.Gen. Lawson, Commanding the Royal Artillery (from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution); 10 pages, 8 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5241}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.242 (Washington, February 8, 1883). Simple Farriery in the Absence of Professional Assistance: with a table of Weights and Measures. by Captain J.Hutham, R.A., From the Proceeding of the Royal Arillery Insitiution; 13 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5242}[Horse Doctoring]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.243 (Washington, February 9, 1883). On Certain Conditions of Sight which Affect Accurate Shooting. by Litton Forbes. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Insitution; 15 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5243}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.244 (Washington, February 10, 1883). On the Defense of Harbors by Submarine Mines. by Lt.Charles Sleeman, R.N.; 18 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5244}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.245 (Washington, 12 February 1883). The Intendance, Training, Supply Services in Continental Armies. by Brevet Lt-Col.Hindyard, Highland Light Infantry (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 41 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.5245}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.246 (Washington, 13 February 1883). The Attack of Intrenchments by Field Artillery. by Major W.Kemmis, R.A.(from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Insititution); 11 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5246}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.247 (Washington, 14 February 1883). Notes on Hasty Defenses as Practiced in South Africa. by Major W.C.F.Moynbux (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 7 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5247} [A study of Boer Wagon Laagers]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.248 (Washington, 16 February 1883). The Forts of To-Day. by Major E.M.Lloyd, R.E. (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 15 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5248}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.249 (Washington, 17 February 1883). The Future of Electric Lighting. by Sir George Lane-Fox, Esq. (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5249}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.250 (Washington, 19 February 1883). The Second Division at Tel-El-Kebir. by General Sir Edward B. Hamley. From the 19th Century; 7 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5250} [British Egyptian Campaign ]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.251 (Washington, 20 February 1883). Vauban and Modern Sieges. (From The Quarterly Review); 15 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5251}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.252 (Washington, 21 February 1883). Operations of the British Navy and Transport Service During the Egyptian Campaign, 1882. by Ensign Charles C.Roberts, U.S.N. (from the Proceeding of the United States Naval Institute.); 69 pages, illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.5252}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.253 (Washington, 22 February 1883). The Spezzia Armor-Plate Experiments. (From “The Engineer”, London, November and December 1882); 10 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5253}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.254 (Washington, 24 February 1883). The Tactics of Infantry in Battle. by Col.Sir Lumley Graham, Bart. (Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 25 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5254}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.255 (Washington, February 26 1883). The Further Development of the Thorny-Croft Torpedo Vessels. by John Donaldson, Esq. M.Inst.C.E. (Messrs. Thornycroft & Co), from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 21 pages, 3 plates Price 3.00 {Item No.5255}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.256 (Washington, 1 March 1883). Torpedo Boats. by Mr.John Donaldson, from a paper read before the Mechanical Science Section of the British Association at Southampton; 8 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5256}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.257 (Washington, 2 March 1883). Chilled Projectiles Against Armor Plates. Trail of 8-inch Muzzle-Loading Converted Rifle, No.7, Breech Insertion, with Chilled Projectiles against Armor Plates. by The Ordnance Board, U.S.A.; 7 pages, 11 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5257}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.258 (Washington, 3 March 1883). Nordenfelt Machine Guns. from Engineering, London; 10 pages, 9 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5257}
• Ordnance Note.--No.259 (Washington, 5 March 1883). Money and Property Accountability in the Quartermaster's Department. by Brevet Brigadier General Samuel B.Holabird, U.S.A.; 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5259} [Includes: Introduction, Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Money accounts, Returns of quartermaster stores, Classify property before invoicing, Examination of quartermasters' accounts and return at the treasury, Action of the second comptroller on accounts, Estimate of funds, &c., Some changes discussed, Office work]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.260 (Washington, 6 March 1883). Krupp Experiments. Experiments with a 28-cm Gun, 35 Calibers long (Translated from French by Lt.E.L.Zalinski, USA); 50 pages, 10 plates of tables Price 5.00 {Item No.5260}
• Ordnance Notes..---No.261 (Washington, 7 March 1883). Comparison of Rodman, Woodbridge, and Crusher Gauges. by The Ordnance Board, U.S.A.; 5 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5261} [Tests of gauges for testing the internal firing pressures of artillery pieces]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.262 (Washington, 8 March 1883). The Russian Field Artillery in the War of 1877-78. Translated from the Memorial de Artilleria, by Capt.J.C.Dalton, R.A. (from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution); 13 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5262}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.263 (Washington, 9 March 1883). Mountain Guns in the Naga Hills, 1879-80. by Lt.A.Mansei, R.A.. From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 7 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5263}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.264 (Washington, 10 March 1883). Professional Notes Extracted from my Diary during the South African War of 1878-79. by Lt.V.G.Slade, R.H.A. (from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution); 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5264}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.265 (Washington, 12 March 1883). The Training and Officering of Reserves in Foreign Armies. by Captain H.Hildyard, Seventy First Highlanders. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 40 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.5265}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.266 (Washington, 13 March 1883). Some Cavalry Topics. by Lt.Col.F.Chenevix Trench, Twentieth Hussars. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5266} [Includes: Observation on the efforts made to prefect the organization of cavalry in continental armies, The mission or role of an advanced or independent cavalry division or brigade, Instructions issued from army headquarters to the commanders of an advanced cavalry force, Principles which should guide the dispositions, etc., of a cavalry force which is to cover the advance of an army, The organization of a pursuit, Continental cavalry maneuvers in 1879]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.267 (Washington, 14 March 1883). Military Punishment in Foreign Armies. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5267}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.268 (Washington, 15 March 1883). The Offensive Defensive by Infantry in Extended Order. by Colonel T.Lynden Bell, Thirty-Seventh Brigade Depot. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 11 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.5268}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.269 (Washington, 16 March 1883). On Army Transport. by Lt.Col.C.R.Shervinton, deputy commissary general, h.p.. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 22 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.5269} [Includes: General, Organized transport, Military transport, Auxiliary transport, Regimental transport, Local or hired transport, Railways, Constructive park, Pack transport, Arms, Conclusions]
• Ordnance Notes.---No.270 (Washington, 17 March 1883). Handling of Heavy Ordnance. by George Fawcus. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institute; 6 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5270} [Naval ordnance, how rapidly equipment ships other than warships with heavy ordnance]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.271 (Washington, 19 March 1883). The Austrian Army; More Especially with Reference to the Military Train, and the Organization of the Lines of Communication in the Field (by John Ross-of-Bladensburg, Coldstream Guards, from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 24 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5271}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.272 (Washington, 20 March 1883). The Training of Infantry for Battle. by Colonel Sir Lumley Graham. (from the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution); 62 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 6.00 {Item No.5272}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.273 (Washington, 21 March 1883). Fortified Camps. A Reply to Major Parnell, R.E. by Captain G.S.Clarke, R.E. (from Occasional Papers, Royal Engineers’ Institute); 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5273}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.274 (Washington, 22 March 1883). The Duties of the Royal Engineers in Time of War, and the Best Organization for Enabling them to Carry Out Those Duties. by Lt.Col.R.Harrison, R.E. (Prize Essay of 1877, Royal Engineers Institute); 32 pages, tables. Price 3.00 {Item No.5274}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.275 (Washington, March 23, 1883). Warfare Against Uncivilized Races; or How to Fight Greatly Superior Forces of an Uncivilized and Badly-Armed Enemy. by Lt.R.Da Costa Porter. 35 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5275}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.276 (Washington, 24 March 1883). Account of the Geographical Operations on Afghanistan in 1878-80. by Lt.Gen.J.T.Walker (from Royal Engineers’ Institute); 22 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5276}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.277 (Washington, 26 March 1883). Report Upon an Engineer Field Park for a Division. by Major-General F.R.Maunsell, R.E. (from Royal Engineers Institute); 12 pages, tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5277}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.278 (Washington, 27 March, 1883). The Training of Prussian Officers, their Promotion, and How their Capabilities and Tested. Captain J.R.Lumley (late thirteenth Prussian Lancer)(from the Journal of Royal United Service Institution); 17 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5278}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.279 (Washington, 28 March, 1883). Military Operations in the United Kingdom Consideration, Particularly as Influenced by the including Nature of the Country. by Capt.J.K.Trotted, R.A. (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 36 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.5279}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.280 (Washington, 29 March, 1883). Naval Tactics on the Open Sea with the Existing Types of Vessels and Weapons. by Capt.of the the Honorable Edmund R.Fremantle, C.B.,C.M.G.R.N. (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution)(The Naval Prize Essay, 1880); 44 pages, 12 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No. 5280}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.281 (Washington, March 30, 1883). The Artillery Defense of a Fortress. by Lt. A.P.Codd, R.E. (Royal Emgineers Institute); 10 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5281}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.282 (Washington, March 31, 1883). Proposed Changes in Musketry Instruction. by Major C.K.Brooke (East Yorkshire Regiment)(from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 15 pages, 2 plates on illustration Price 2.00 {Item No.5282}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.283 (Washington, April 2, 1883). Military Education and Training. by Capt.Walter H.James, late R.E. (Royal of the Royal United Service Institution); 22 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5283}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.284 (Washington, April 4, 1883). The Stragetic Service of Cavalry (Screening and Reconnoitering Duties of the Cavalry Division). by Capt.C.W.Bowler Bell (Eight Hussar)(from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 24 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5284}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.285 (Washington, April 5, 1883). Visual Signaling. by Edward J.C.Rambusch; 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5285}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.286 (Washington, April 6, 1883). On Outposts. by Lt.Col.Longdale A.Hale (from the Journal of Royal United Service Institution); 18 pages, 1 plate of illustration Price 2.00 {Item No.5286}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.287 (Washington, April 11, 1883). The Progress of the Electric Light. by R.E.Crompton (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 13 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5287}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.288 (Washington, April 12, 1883). Trials with Prismatic Powders. Manufactured by the Rottwell-Hamburg Powder-Mill at their Works, Duneberg, Near Hamburg; 2 pages, 1 table Price 1.00 {Item No.5288}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.289 (Washington, April 14, 1883). Chemical Theory of Gunpowder. by H.Debus, Ph.D.,F.R.S. from the Bakerian Lecture before the Royal Society; 51 pages Price 5.00 {Item No.5289}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.290 (Washington, April 16, 1883). Direct Application of Power. by Lt.Col.A.R.Buffington; 5 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5290}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.291 (Washington, April 18, 1883). Bartletts Formulas. Being a continuation of Ordnance Notes 148 by Major George W.McKee; 3 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5290}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.292 (Washington, April 20, 1883). Gas Checks for Breech-Loading Cannon; 7 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5292}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.294 (Washington, April 26, 1883). The English Military Power and the Egyptian Campaign of 1882. From the Contemporary Review Advertiser, April 1883; 13 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5294}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.295 (Washington, April 30, 1883). Researches on the Penetration of Projectiles. by Major General Froloff, Chief Engineer of the Caucasian Army, from the Journal des Sciences Militaries. Translated by Lt. Wh.M.Medcalfe, Ordnance Department; 19 pages, 5 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5295}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.296 (Washington, May 1, 1883). Captain Dutton's Report on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5296}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.297 (Washington, May 7, 1883). The Cavalryman and His Horse. by Lt.S.C.Robertson, First Cavalry, U.S.A., From the United Service; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.5297}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.298 (Washington, June 11, 1883). Improved Arm Rack. Report on the Improved arm rack for rifles, carbines, and revolvers manufactured at Rock Island arsenal. by Lt.Colonel D.W. Flagler, Ordnance Department; 3 pages, plus 3 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5298} [It appears that this model of a circular arms rack is possibly still in use]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.299 (Washington, 12 June 1883). Subjects for a Military Library. by Bvt.Brig.Gen.S.R.Holabird. from the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5299}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.300 (Washington, 14 June 1883). The French Army. by H.Barthelemy, late Professor of Military History at St.Cyr; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5300}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.301 (Washington, 15 June 1883). Theoretical and Practical Ballistics—Addition to the New Method for Solving Problems of Fire. by Francis Siacci, Capt.in the Italian Artillery (Translated from the Memorial de Artilleria, by Lt.Orin B.Mitcham)(Addendum to Ordnance Notes No.152, but self contained); 7 pages, with tables Price 1.00 {Item No.5301}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.302 (Washington, June 16, 1883). Notes on the Embarkation and Debarkation of Horses, and Their Care on Board Ship. by Lt.R.Heywood Clark, RA., from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 5 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5302}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.303 (Washington, June 18, 1883). The Practice Regulations of Some European Artilleries. by Capt. R.A.Montgomery, R.A. from the Proceedings of the Royal Arillery Institution; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5303}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.304 (Washington, June 19, 1883). Notes on Field Artillery (by Captain S.C.Pratt, R.A., from the proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution); 13 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5304}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.305 (Washington, 20 June 1883). The Effects of the Increased Powers of Infantry Weapons. by R.F.Johnson, R.A. (from the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution); 5 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5305}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.306 (Washington, 21 June 1883). On the Various Modes of Transmitting Power to a Distance (by M. Arthur Achard, of Geneva, from January 1881, Proceedings Institution of Mechanical Engineers); 26 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5306}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.307 (Washington, 22 June, 1883). Improved Capstan. by Capt.Henry Metcalfe; 3 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5307}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.308 (Washington, 22 June, 1883). Armor. by General S.V.Benet, Chief of Ordnance, U.S.A.; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5308}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.309 (Washington, 23 June 1883). A Description of some of the Improvements introduced at Frankford Arsenal during the present Fiscal Year. by Major S.C. Lyford, Ordnance Departmen, commanding; 13 pages, plus 12 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5309} [Includes: The Smith & Goldthrop system for making illuminating gas from petroleum, The Frankford Arsenal cartridge primer, Cannon primers, friction and electric, The autogenic plumbing apparatus, Rubber stamps and types for marking packages of stores][The plates contain excellent illustrations of the machinery for making cartridge primers and other ordnance stores]
• Ordnance Notes.—No.310 (Washington, 2 July, 1883). Report on Naval Experiments against Armor Plating . Carried out on the Isle of Amager under the direction of the Ordnance select committee March, 1883; 17 pages, plus 4 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5310}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.311 (Washington, 3 July, 1883). Headless Shell Extractor for Springfield Rifle and Carbine. National Armory Model, 1882. Devised by Lt.Col.A.R.Buffington; 2 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5311}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.312 (Washington, July 9, 1883). On the Discovery of Gunpowder by the Chinese.; 4 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5312}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.313 (Washington, 16 July, 1883). Ballistic Apparatus Employed by the French Marine Artillery. by H.Sebert, Chief d’Escadron d’Artillerie de la Marin. (Translated from the “Extraits de Memorial de l’Aritillerie de la Maine.”); 77 pages, 19 Plates of illustrations Price 8.00 {Item No.5313}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.314 (Washington, 20 July 1883). Armor-Plate Experiments. Being a continuation of Ordnance Notes 253; 2 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5314}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.315 (Washington, August 9, 1883). On Some Modern Systems of Cutting Metals. (by Mr.W.Ford Smith, From the Proceedurings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London); 20 pages, 6 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5315}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.316 (Washington, August 14, 1883). The Critical Condition of the (British) Army. (by Sir Linton Simmons, G.C.B.); 16 pages, table Price 2.00 {Item No.5316}
• Ordnance Notes.---No.318 (Washington, September 1, 1883). A Short History of the Ironclad Train. by Lt.E.Warre Slade, R.N.. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Journal; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5318}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.319 (Washington, 3 September 1883). Infantry Fire v. Artilley Fire. by Col.Lonsdale Hale (from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution); 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5319}
• Ordnance Notes.—No.322 (Washington, 5 November 1883). The Combination Anvil in Small-Arm Cartridges. The Frankford Arsenal; 1 page, plus 5 plates of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5322}