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Annual Reports of the War Department 1879 Volume III. Reports of the Chief of Ordnance

• 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 Washington: Government Printing Office (1879); 400 pages, plus 214 illus. Price 70.00 {Item No.5436}
• 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]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of the 11-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, converted from a 15-inch Smooth Bore Rodman gun," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department, Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H.; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5438} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Description of gun, Rifling, Fabrication, inspection, Principal dimensions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3-inch Breech Loading rifle," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H1.; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5439} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Description, Rifling, chambering, and venting, Fabrication, Inspection, Principal dimensions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3.16-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, chambered," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H2.; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5440} [Preliminary Remarks, Description, Rifling, Fabrication, Inspection, Principal dimensions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3.16-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, rapid twist," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H3.; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.5441} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Description, Original rifling, Altered rifling, Fabrication, Inspection]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Gas checks for Breech Loading rifles," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H4.; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5442}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Alteration in 12-inch rifle-carriage," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H5.; 1 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5443}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Proposed chambered rifle, 4.50-inch caliber," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H6.; 8 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5444}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on experimental cannon-powders," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H7.; 6 pages, 9 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5445} [Includes: Introduction, Hexagonal powders, Sphero-hexagonal powders, Square powders, Schaghticoke polyhedral powder, Hazard's cubical powder, English pebble powder, Progressive powder, Powders for 4.5-inch siege rifle, Powder for the 3-inch and 3.5-inch field rifles]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Gunpowders," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I.; 44 pages, 21 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.5446} [Includes: Table of contents, List of Plates, Gunpowder, Materials, Saltpeter, Test of crude saltpeter, Manufacture of gunpowder, Machines used in the Manufacture of gunpowder: Charcoal-Grinding Mill, Saltpeter and sulphur grinding apparatus, The mixing machine, The incorporating mill, The breaking-down machine, The hydraulic pressing apparatus, The granulating machine, The dusting reels, The glazing barrel, The drying stove, Packing, Dimensions of powder barrels, Inspection of powder, General qualities, Size of grains, Gravimetric density, Specific gravity, The mercury densimeter, Example, Specific gravities of large-grained powders, Description of the instrument, Process of determining the specific gravity of a sample of powder, Initial or muzzle velocity, Strain upon the gun, Determination of moisture and resistance to moisture, Incorporation, Analysis of gunpowder, Determination of the sulphur, Determination of niter, Determination of the charcoal, Inspection report, Marks on the barrels, Restoring unserviceable powder, Preservation, storage, and transportation. Magazines, Powder depots, Lightning conductors, Special powders, Hexagonal powder, Manufacture of hexagonal powder at Du Pont's powder mills, Prismatic preforated cake powder, Preparation of the powder-base, Manufacture of perforated prismatic powder, Formation of prisms, The pellet powder machine, The pebble- powder machine, Wiener powder, Italian "Progressive powder", Gun-cotton, Plates, Index]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on powders for 4.50-inch rifle," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I1.; 3 page, 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.5447}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on powders for 8-inch rifle," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I2.; 3 pages, 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.5448}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3.50-inch Deane bronze gun," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I3.; 3 pages, 1 illus., 2 plates Price .50 {Item No.5449}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Hotchkiss revolving cannon, caliber 1.5-inch," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I4.; 20 pages, 17 plates of illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.5450} [Trials of 1876 and 1877] [Includes: The general system, The ammunition, The shell, The fuse, The cartridge case, The lubricator, The carriage, The limber and the ammunition chest, Results of firing at Sandy Hook, New York harbor. Accuracy and effect, Results in France and Brazil, Discussion of the system, Regarding field services, Recommendations, General observations, Results of firing, Sensibility of fuses, Trial of safety of fuses (25th July, 1873), Trial of fuses (Experiments 21st January, 1874), Range (Experiments of January, 20 1874), Accuracy (Experiments of January, 1874), Penetration of the shells, Firing at vessels in motion, Resistance of the cartridge cases employed in firing, General summary and conclusions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Flank defense carriage for Hotchkiss revolving cannon," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I5.; 6 pages, 7 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5451} [Includes: Description of carriage, Results of firing at Sandy Hook, Conclusions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Relative destructive effects of different Hotchkiss projectiles," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I6.; 4 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5452} [Includes: Description of shells: Triple-walled shell, Hotchkiss field-shell (ordinary pattern). Results of firing at Sandy Hook, conclusions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on Hotchkiss revolving cannon (light field model), cal. 1.50-inch," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I7.; 6 pages, 8 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5453}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3-inch Breech Loading.rifle," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I8.; 1 page, 1 table Price .50 {Item No.5454}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3.17-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, chambered," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I9.; 2 page, +1 table Price .50 {Item No.5455} [Includes: Gun, Carriage, Powder, Projectiles, Results of firing, Conclusions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 8-inch Breech Loading rifle," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I10.; 1 page, +3 tables Price .50 {Item No.5456}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 11-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, converted from a 15-inch S.B. Rodman gun," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I11.; 1 page, +1 table Price .50 {Item No.5457}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Reports on a Galting gun, cal.45-inch, English model, having a new pointing apparatus," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I12.; 6 pages, +15 plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5458} [Test fire results]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on multiball cartridge for Gatling gun," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I13.; 4 pages, +13 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5459} [Test fire results]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Annual report of the principal operations at the Rock Island Arsenal, 1879, Maj. D.W. Flagler, Ordnance Department, commanding," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix K.; 14 pages, +9 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5460} [Example of building construction practices concerning the building of a arsenal iron foundery at the time]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report upon the artesian well at the Benicia Arsenal, 1879, Lt.Col.J.McAllister, Ordnance Department, commanding," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix L.; 13 pages, 11 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.5461} [Concerns the drilling of a well at a arsenal, an example of drilling practices at the time]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Measurement of powder pressures in cannon by compression of oil. by Dr.W.E.Woodbridge," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix M.; 29 pages, +11 plates of llus. Price 5.00 {Item No.5462} [Results of experiments on the subject]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Trajectories of army revolvers. by Capt.J.E.Greer, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix N.; 4 pages, +1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5463} [Includes: Introduction, The Colt's army revolver: Rapidity of fire, Accuracy, Drift, Recoil, Penetration in white pine, Trajectory]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Trajectories of the Springfield and Peabody-Martini rifles. by Capt.J.E.Greer, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix O.; 2 pages, +1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5464}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Experiments with small arms--space between bullet and powder. by Capt.J.E.Greer, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix P.; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5465} [Includes: Space between bullet and powder charge, Effect of continued rapid firing on the rifle, Rifle sights and powder]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Action of sea-water on brass cartridges. by Capt.J.E.Greer, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix Q.; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.5466} [Examination of brass cartridge shells taken from the wrecked steamship John Bramall]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on the manufacture of certain life-saving guns. by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix R.; 20 pages, +7 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5467} [The description of the casting of 2.5-inch bronze guns]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Description of the Lyle-Emery grapple-shot. by Lt.D.A.Lyle, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix S.; 4 pages, +4 plages of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5468}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Description of the Laidley cavalry forge. by Col.T.T.S.Laidley, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix T.; 6 pages, 7 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5469} [Includes: Introduction, The body, Forge, Boxes, Remarks]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Swollen barrels in service rifles. by Capt.J.E.Greer, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix U.; 2 pages, Price .50 {Item No.5470}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Reports on Indian arms. by Capt.J.E.Greer, and Lts. D.A.Lyle and R.Birne, jr. Ordnance Department, and Master Machinist S.W.Porter, National Armory," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix V.; 26 pages, +10 plates of illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.5471} [Captured American Indian firearms: Listing, classification and of the results of test firing]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Reports on multiball cartridges for small arms. by Maj. J.M.Whittemore, Capts. E.M.Wright and J.E.Greer, and Lts. R.Birnie, jr. and C.C.Morrison, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix W.; 40 pages, +44 plates of illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.5472} [The extensive test fire results of buckshot rounds fired from pistols and rifles]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on range-finders. Capt.F.H.Phipps, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix X.; 14 pages, +6 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5473} [Includes: Field range finders--Watkins: Description of the instrument, Manipulation of the instrument, Adjusting the instrument, Taking the range, To use the instrument at judging distance drill instead of a stadiometer, Care of the instrument, Theory of the instrument, Tests in England, Conclusions. The Berdan Telemeter, Experiments in Prussia with the Berdan telemeter, The improved Berdan Telemeter, Nolan's range finder]

Annual Reports of the War Department 1902 Volume VII. Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification

• Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1902 Volume VII. Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification 57th Congress 2d Session. House of Representatives. Document No.2 Washington: Government Printing Office (1902); 272 pages (the full report) Price 35.00 {Item No.5400}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance; 63 pages Price 6.00 {Item No.5401}
• Appendix I. Report of the Board for Testing Disappearing Carriages; 50 pages, 12 illus.and many tables concerning test firings. Price 5.00 {Item No.5402} [Contains an excellant discussion on Coast Artillery Disappearing Carriages]
• Appendix II. Report of the Commanding Officer of Watertown Arsenal Upon the Test of Gun Steel Containing Streaks; 6 pages, plus 12 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5403}
• Appendix III. Report of Capt.Beverly W.Dunn, Ordnance Department Upon the Establishment of a Course of Instruction for Ordnance Officers; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5404} [Detailed course description]
• Appendix IV. Competitive Test of Field Artillery Material; 49 pages, pluse 34 plates of illustrations Price 12.00 {Item No.5405} [Detailed account of a test firing of 8 field artillery pieces including 11 tables]
• Appendix V. Test of Experimental Shrapnel for 3-inch Gun; 6 pages, plus 9 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5406}
• Appendix VI. Test of Base Percussion Fuse for Field, Siege, and Seacoast Service; 12 pages, plus 5 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5407}
• Appendix VII. Methods in Investigations and Test of High Explosives for the Bursting Charges of Projectiles; 2 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5408}
• Appendix VIII. Test of Night Sights for Seacoast Guns; 1 page, plus 1 plate of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5409}
• Appendix IX. Test of Bar Sight for 5-inch R.F.Gun; 2 pages, plus 3 plates of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5410}
• Appendix X. Test of Telescopic Sight with Vertical and Hortizontal Hairs; 3 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5411}
• Appendix XI. Test of Zeiss Steroscopic Binocular Range Finder; 14 pages, 1 plate of illlustrations, many tables of results Price 2.00 {Item No.5412}
• Appendix XII. Test of Cole Elliptical Bore Rifle; 14 pages, many tables of results Price 2.00 {Item No.5413}
• Appendix XIII. Test of Latest Model Mauser Automatic Pistol; 5 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5414}
• Twelfth Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications; 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 intrenching tools), Automatic Pistols. Estimates for the Coming Year), Recommendations. Table Showing Allotments and Expenditures.., Subjects considered during the Year]

Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903. Volume XIV, Report of the Chief of Ordnance

• Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903. Volume XIV, Report of the Chief of Ordnance. 58th Congress, 2d Session. House of Representatives. Document No.2 Washington: Government Printing Office (1903); 186 pages, plus 57 illus. Price 30.00 {Item No.5416}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance; 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]
• Appendix I. Report of the Board for testing musket of new model; 38 pages, 2 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5418} [The original test report for the Springfield M1903 rifle]
• Appendix II. Rotation of racer of 12-inch mortar carriage, model of 1896; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5419}
• Appendix III. Test of Wolff air-shock indicators; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5420} [Velocity testing device]
• Appendix IV. Test of maximum capacity of 1-pounder shell; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5420}
• Appendix V. Report of test of Bofors 6-inch R.F.gun; 18 pages, 6 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5421}
• Appendix VI. Test of 3-inch Ehrhardt sliding block breech mechanism; 2 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5422}
• Appendix VII. Test of firing mechanisms for seacoast guns and mortars; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5423}
• Appendix VIII. Test of powder for 16-inch B.L.rifle; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5424}
• Appendix IX. Test of Hahn pendulum, micrometer, and pressure gauge; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5425}
• Appendix X. Semple shell tracer, for night firing; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5426}
• Appendix XI. Test of 37mm Vickers-Maxim automatic gun (pom pom); 8 pages, 9 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5427}
• Appendix XII. Test of shield for 6-inch barbette carriages; 18 pages, 23 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.5428}

Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906. Volume IV, Report of the Chief of Ordnance

• Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906. Volume IV, Report of the Chief of Ordnance. Washington: Government Printing Office (1906); 91 pages, plus 17 plates of illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.5429}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance; 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]
• Appendix I. Erosion of High-Power Guns. 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]
• Appendix II. The Limit of the Accuracy-Life of the Musket. Prepared by Major W.S.Peirce, Ordnance Department, U.S.Army; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5432}

War Department, U.S.A. Annual Reports, 1907. Volume IV. Report of the Chief of Ordnance

• War Department, U.S.A. Annual Reports, 1907. Volume IV. Report of the Chief of Ordnance. Washington: Government Printing Office (1907); 116 pages, plus 9 illus. Price 14.00 {Item No.5433}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance; 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]
• Appendix. Report of Board on Tests of Revolvers and Automatic Pistols; 34 pages, 9 plates of illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.5435} [Includes: Introduction, Memoranum for the assistant secretary of war, Program of tests of automatic pistols, Test of Colt automatic pistol, cal.45, Test of the Luger automatic pistol, cal.45, Test of the Savage automatic pistol, cal.45, Test of Knoble's automatic pistols, cal.45, Test of Bergmann automatic pistol, cal.45, Test of White-Merrill automatic pistol, cal.45, Test of Colt new double-action revolver, cal.45, Test of Smith & Wesson double-action revolver, cal.45, Test of Webley-Forbery automatic revolver, cal.45]

War Department. Report of the Tests of Metals. 1893.

• War Department. Report of the Tests of Metals. and other materials for industrial purposes made with the United States Testing Machine at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts during the Fiscal year ended June 30, 1893. Washington: Government Printing Office (1896); 539 pages, many illustrations and tables. Price 54.00 {Item No.4970}
• Letter from the Secretary of War. [Transmitting the report of the commanding officer of the Watertown Arsenal of tests of materials for industrial and other purposes made at said arsenal during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1893]
• 3.2-inch B.L. steel field guns; 14 pages, 13 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20901} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing]
• 5-inch B.L. steel siege rifles; 10 pages, 9 tables Price 1.00 {Item No.20902} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing ]
• 7-inch B.L. steel siege howitzers; 10 pages, 9 tables Price 1.00 {Item No.20903} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing ]
• 8-inch steel B.L.rifles; 33 pages, 31 tables Price 3.50 {Item No.20904} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing ]
• 10-inch steel B.L.rifles ; 14 pages, 13 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20905} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing]
• 12-inch steel B.L.rifles ; 12 pages, 11 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20906} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing]
• 12-inch steel B.L.mortars; 12 pages, 11 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20907} [Specimens from tubes and jackets] [Results of material testing]
• 12-inch steel B.L.rifled mortars; 68 pages, 3 illus., 67 tables and 2 graphs Price 7.00 {Item No.20908} [Specimens from cast-iron bodies] [Results of material testing]
• Hydrostatic test of 8-inch tube section; 13 pages, 2 illus. and 14 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20909} [Results of material testing]
• Steel plate for 5-inch siege carriage; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20910} [Test results]
• Steel casting for truck wheel plate; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20911} [Test results]
• Steel for 12-inch deck-piecing shells; 2 pages, 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.20912} [Test results]
• Compression of Belleville springs; 8 pages, 2 illus. and 5 tables Price 1.00 {Item No.20913} [Test results]
• Rifle barrel steel, .30 and .45 caliber; 21 pages, 19 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.20914} [Test results of rifle barrel steel from Springfield armory for .30 and .45 caliber rifle barrels]
• Nickel steel; 4 pages, 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.20915} [Test results of nickel steel from the ordnance bureau, United States Navy ]
• Steel forgings from arsenal foundry; 5 pages, 6 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20916} [Test results of steel forgings from Watertown Arsenal]
• Hot rolled steel bars; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20917} [Test results of hot rolled steel bar. Steel of 0.74 carbon received for tempering series of tests. Specimens taken from a 3/4 inch bar.]
• Steel shafting; 4 pages, 2 illus. and 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.20918} [Test results of steel shafting from Springfield Armory]
• Steel boiler plate; 1 page, 2 illus. and 1 table Price 1.00 {Item No.20919} [Test results of boiler plate steel from Watervilet Arsenal]
• Brass and bronze; 11 pages, 9 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20920} [Test results of bronze and brass from various arsenals]
• Copper cylinders for use with crusher gauges; 15 pages, 9 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20921} [Test results]
• Cast iron and pig iron; 3 pages, 1 illus., 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.20922} [Test results of Cast iron from Watertown Arsenal Foundry various samples from various pieces of ordnances (shell cases, gun mounts)]
• Internal status in Harveyized steel bar; 1 page, 1 illus., 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20923} [Test results for ordnance purposes]
• Automatic Car Couplers; 47 pages, 69 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20924} [Test results for ordnance purposes]
• Chain cable, shackles, and swivels; 5 pages, 4 tables Price .50 {Item No.20925} [Test results including: Tests of chain cable for the United States Light house inspector, third district. Tests of shackes and swivels for United States Light house inspector, third district. Tests of Chain cable and chain iron from Boston Navy Yard]
• Chain iron; 2 pages, 1 illus., 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20926} [Test results of tensile strength]
• Proof strain of five-eighths-inch chain; 1 page, 2 tables Price .50 {Item No.20927} [Test results of 15000 pounds applied for a 8 inch barbette carriage]
• Columns, cast iron and spruce; 5 pages, 3 illus., 5 tables Price .50 {Item No.20928} [Test results on cast iron columns and spruce posts]
• Wrought-iron bolts; 1 page, 1 illus., 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20929} [Tensile tests of wrought iron bolts for the Engineer Corps, U.S.A.]
• Brick piers; 20 pages, 6 illus., 6 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.20930} [Test results of brick piers, from 16 inch face brick piers to 8 inch brick pier with 16 inch base]
• Sandstone; 1 page, 1 illus., 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20931} [Compression Test results]
• Leather, Rubber, and Cotton Belting; 85 pages, 125 illus., 45 tables Price 9.00 {Item No.20932} [Test results on many types of belts and straps in use and their lacing patterns for ordnance and industrial uses]
• Cordage, hemp and manila; 14 pages, 12 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20933} [Test results on many types and sizes of hemp and manila rope in use]
• Endurance of Rotating Shafts from Cold Rolled and Cold Drawn Steel Bars, Also Hot Rolled Steel Bars; 52 pages, 69 tables Price 6.00 {Item No.20934} [Test results]
• Annual tension specimens from unruptured and ruptured endurance shafts; 33 pages, 1 illus., 34 tables Price 3.50 {Item No.20935} [Test results]
• Vulcanized India rubber; 7 pages, 3 illus., 8 tables Price 1.00 {Item No.20936} [Test results]
• Rubber buffers; 2 pages, 1 illus., 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20937} [Test results on the compression of rubber buffers]
• Galvanized wire stands; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20938} [Tensile tests on strands of Galvanized wire transmission ropes. Arsenal foundry drive]
• Cotton cloth; 1 pages, 1 table Price .50 {Item No.20939} [Tensile tests of cotton cloth]
• Chemical analysis, miscellaneous; 1 pages Price .50 {Item No.20940} [Chemical analyses of steel, iron and bronze]
• Private tests; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20941} [Index of test results made for private parties during the Fiscal year ended June 30, 1893]