Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
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13 sand 14 inches action of breech B₁ bolts bore breech mechanism breechblock bullet caliber Cannon friction primers carriage cartridge cent center of impact Chief of Ordnance consumption of powder contract contractor deviation from center deviation from plane effect on piece Elastic limit Eleva embedded in target end of specimen feed Firing conducted firing with 3.6-inch forgings Frankford Arsenal furnished fuse gear hoops inches diameter inches from end inches long Inside iron jacket Lieut machine manufacture Mean lateral deviation Middle miles an hour Muzzle Number nuts O. M. Lissak Object of firing passed through target pipe plane of reference plate pounds projectile in flight proof officer range rear Recoil Record of firing rection rope round Sandy Hook screws shrapnel Sighting shot sound of projectile Special remarks specimen 1 inches spindle square inch Struck T₂ tion trunnion W. W. Gibson Watertown Arsenal Watervliet Arsenal Weight Yards
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Page 5 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 94 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals.
Page 249 - ... for continuous and efficient inspection. (b) Any inspector of the Administration shall have free access at all times to all parts of the establishment...
Page 247 - AN ACT Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.
Page 94 - That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services in any of the departments of the Government, except for personal services, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the article or articles or performance of the service, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same.
Page 251 - All guns manufactured under these contracts, including the type guns, shall be subjected to inspection at all stages of manufacture, and no change whatever shall be made in the material, mode of manufacture, or dimensions of the guns for service from those employed in the type gun without the approval of the Secretary of War. Payment for each gun and ammunition...
Page 375 - All necessary detail drawings will be furnished, and auy work not in conformity with such drawings, or differing from the requirements of the drawings or .specifications or not otherwise approved by the commanding' officer, will be rejected, and must be removed, remade, and replaced; and all work or material injured or destroyed thereby must be made good at the contractor's expense. The Government reserves the right to annul and cancel the contract in case the contractor neglects or refuses to remove...
Page 397 - It shall have the right to submit the same to the Secretary of War, whose decision shall be final and binding upon both parties hereto.
Page 247 - Board, and shall fulfill the conditions hereinafter provided: Provided, That if two or more persons, citizens of the United States, submit proposals to furnish said guns, either in part or in whole, at prices not materially different from each other, contracts may be awarded, in such proportion, among the citizens submitting such proposals as the Secretary of War may direct. One type gun of each of the above-mentioned caliber, with the proper supply of ammunition therefor, shall be presented for...
Page 375 - ... commenced the performance of this contract on his part. And every subsequent estimate (except the final one) shall be of the amount or quantity and value of the work done since the last preceding estimate was made.