Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, Issue 22; Issue 27; Issue 30U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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... construction and test of submarine mines containing the Leon device for automatically controlling the depth of submergence . Tests , conducted at the torpedo depot at Fort Tot- ten , for the purpose of perfecting the operation of the ...
... construction and test of submarine mines containing the Leon device for automatically controlling the depth of submergence . Tests , conducted at the torpedo depot at Fort Tot- ten , for the purpose of perfecting the operation of the ...
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... construction of the concrete foundations for the carriage . Under the provisions of the act of May 27 , 1908 , Mr. Emery was paid $ 5,000 for the completion of this work , since which time no further deliveries have been made . Of the ...
... construction of the concrete foundations for the carriage . Under the provisions of the act of May 27 , 1908 , Mr. Emery was paid $ 5,000 for the completion of this work , since which time no further deliveries have been made . Of the ...
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... construction or test of any gun , gun car- riage , ammunition , or implements under the supervision of the said board , the board shall be satisfied , after due inquiry , that 17720 ° -17 3 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE.
... construction or test of any gun , gun car- riage , ammunition , or implements under the supervision of the said board , the board shall be satisfied , after due inquiry , that 17720 ° -17 3 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE.
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... construction of such gun , gun carriage , ammunition , or implements , or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government . GENERAL ...
... construction of such gun , gun carriage , ammunition , or implements , or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government . GENERAL ...
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... construction of an additional target . Work on the construction of the targets is now in progress . SELF - PROPELLED ARMORED RAILWAY CAR . For the development , construction , and test of a railway car pro- pelled by a 200 - horsepower ...
... construction of an additional target . Work on the construction of the targets is now in progress . SELF - PROPELLED ARMORED RAILWAY CAR . For the development , construction , and test of a railway car pro- pelled by a 200 - horsepower ...
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act of Aug act of Mar act of Sept Airship Allotment of Feb Allotment of Nov ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES annual report azimuth transmitter Balance on hand Barr & Stroud Board of Ordnance Capt captive balloons cart for Field Chief of Coast Chief of Engineers Chief of Ordnance chilled cast-iron armor civilian member Coast Artillery Corps construction and test Corps of Engineers Deport field gun disappearing gun Emery carriage Emery loading apparatus Emil Masson expenses of board February 24 field artillery range Fort Monroe fortification appropriation act Hook proving ground inventions John Hays Hammond June 30 machine guns movable submarine torpedoes OFFICE Ordnance and Fortification preventing erosion projectiles purchase and test purchases abroad radio control railroad range and azimuth range finder Returned to Treasury Revocation of allotment Sandy Hook proving Secretary Secretary of War shown by letter small arms Stroud field artillery Stroud range submitted transmission to Congress WILLIAM CROZIER
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Page 1 - Board of Ordnance and Fortification : To enable the board to make all needful and proper purchases, experiments and tests to ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured under authority of the Secretary of War, such guns, carriages, armor plates, and other war materials and articlesas may, in...
Page 1 - ... payment of the necessary expenses of the Board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification...
Page 1 - Brig. Gen. William P. Duvall, General Staff, was detailed to act as a member during the absence only of General Bell. The Board now consists of the following-named officers: Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff, president; Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance ; Brig. Gen. A. Mackenzie, Chief of Engineers; Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray, Chief of Artillery; Lieut. Col. George FE Harrison, Coast Artillery Corps; Lieut. Col. Erasmus M. Weaver, Coast Artillery Corps; and Gen. Thos. J. Henderson,...
Page 1 - September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight ; to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for the payment of the necessary expenses...
Page 3 - In accordance with the provisions of the act referred to, all work on the 12-inch carriage was suspended, and on June 13, 1904, a contract was entered into by the Chief of Ordnance with Mr. Emery for one 10-inch carriage of his design. Payments under this contract are made by the Chief of Ordnance, and the Board is not informed of the progress of the work...
Page 5 - Portable searchlight for field artillery. — October 4, 1906, the Board made an allotment of $6,500 for the development of a portable searchlight for use with the field artillery. On October 3, 1907, the allotment was further increased $4,500 for the same purpose and to cover the expenses of test, including such alterations as the test might show to be desirable. The development of...