. American engineer and railroad journal . which is in turn communicated to the head of the planer through the bell crank connections. Tests of Turrets and Side Armor.—The Navy De]mentis arranging foi an armor test such as has never bc-en made before. The tes( will lie made some time the las) part of this month, and is expected to determine as nearly as posgl- ble the exact effect produced on a modern turret by the attack of the heaviest guns carried by the new battleships, To effectthis test there will be erected on the proving ground at IndianHead a turret such as will he carried by the batt
. American engineer and railroad journal . which is in turn communicated to the head of the planer through the bell crank connections. Tests of Turrets and Side Armor.—The Navy De]mentis arranging foi an armor test such as has never bc-en made before. The tes( will lie made some time the las) part of this month, and is expected to determine as nearly as posgl- ble the exact effect produced on a modern turret by the attack of the heaviest guns carried by the new battleships, To effectthis test there will be erected on the proving ground at IndianHead a turret such as will he carried by the battleship turret is now making at the Cramp Shipyard in Phila-delphia. I It will be constructed with all the resisting qualities, back-ing, and framing which the turrets of the battleship Indianawill have when installed. The framework, when completed,will weigh 63 tons. Around this structure will lie placed the18 in. armor plates of the Indianas turrets. One of theseplates, however, will be the one which was fired on at Indian. PLANER ATTACHMENT FUR PLANING THE FLANGES OF PR1V1NG-POXES TAPER 5. That the instructions hitherto given by the Board ofTrade to railway companies, as to the classes of accidents reported, be withdrawn. (i. That the model form of return issued by the Board ofTrade be amended so that the railway companies may be re-quired to state the following additional particulars : CO The time of day at which the accident occurred; andwhere the person killed or injured is a servant of the company ; (4) Whether he was an adult or a minor (persons of andabove eighteen years of age being treated as adults) ; His regular working hours ; and (//) The number of hours he had been on duty when theaccident occurred ; and that a note be appended to the formof return requesting the companies to give full and precisedescripions of accidents and of the causes of accidents so faras possible. 7. That the railway companies should furnish to the Boardof Trade, fo
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