Report of the United States Board Appointed to Test Iron, Steel and Other Metals

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - Metals - 592 pages
 

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Page 223 - Tensile strength per square inch of original section pounds. . Elastic limit per square inch of original section do. . . Elongation per inch after rupture inch . . Elongation per inch under strain at elastic limit do.
Page 73 - Sectional area, .25 square inch. Gauged length, 3". General summary. Tensile strength per square inch of original section pounds. Elastic limit per square inch of original section do.
Page 246 - .505. Sectional area, .20 square inch. Gauged length, 3". General summary. Tensile strength per square inch of original section pounds..
Page 326 - Elongation per inch under strain at elastic limit do... . 001050 Reduction in diameter at point of rupture . do... . 164 Reduction in area after rupture, per centum of original section 49.
Page 709 - ... that mixed with the mortar; it does not include that used in wetting the stone. The 1:6:12 blocks were in poor condition. This was due to the difficulty of getting so lean a mixture well rammed into the corners of molds so small as 12", and to the fact that the concrete had not attained sufficient strength, even though handled with care, to hold together well in the process of removal from the molds. The cubes of this mixture should have had a longer time to set before taking them out of the...
Page 180 - Reduction in diameter at point of rupture do. . . .135 Reduction in area after rupture, per cent of original section 46. 2 Position of rupture 1".
Page 601 - Diameter, 1".129. Sectional area, 1.00 square inch. Length of stem, 10". Gauged length, 10".
Page 99 - Position of rupture at middle of stem Character of broken surface silky, traces of granulation Elongation of inch sections ".10, ".32«, ".11 TABULATION OF TENSION SPECIMENS FROM 7-INCH BL SIEGE HOWITZERS. STEMS OF SPECIMENS FROM TUBES 2
Page 808 - Ultimate strength. Applied loads. In gauged length. Remarks. Total. Per square Inch. Compression. Set. Pounds.

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