. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... s Du Ponts caliber .30 smokeless powder . 2 pounds 6 ounces gun cotton 5 pounds 8 ounces gun cotton Exploded in iron cylinder: Frankford Arsenal steel shrapnel Frankford Arsenal steel shrapnel American Ordnance Companys steel shrapnel Exploded in sand on top of steel plate:12-inch steel shell containing— 82 pounds Emmensite 74 pounds 8 ounces Du Ponts smokeless powder, caliber .30 Total Num-ber. 24 4 VI. To determine the remaining* velocity of caliber .30 bullet at rangesof 1,000 and 1,500 yards, 38
. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... s Du Ponts caliber .30 smokeless powder . 2 pounds 6 ounces gun cotton 5 pounds 8 ounces gun cotton Exploded in iron cylinder: Frankford Arsenal steel shrapnel Frankford Arsenal steel shrapnel American Ordnance Companys steel shrapnel Exploded in sand on top of steel plate:12-inch steel shell containing— 82 pounds Emmensite 74 pounds 8 ounces Du Ponts smokeless powder, caliber .30 Total Num-ber. 24 4 VI. To determine the remaining* velocity of caliber .30 bullet at rangesof 1,000 and 1,500 yards, 380 rounds. VII. GUNS a PROVED. Number of guns. Breech-loading, rifled, steel: 5 inch 9 7-inch 11 8-inch 2 10-inch 1- 12-inch 4 a Watervliet Arsenal. 212 APPENDIX 21. Recapitulation. From muzzle-loading seacoast gunsProm breech-loading seacoast guns Prom rapid-fire guns Prom siege rifles and howitzers — From field guns Froni mortars From caliber .30 rifle From explosion chamber and sand Grand total Frank Heath, Captain, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., EN I) IX 21 a. SUMMARY OF TESTS OF POWDERS AT SANDY HOOK PROVING GROUND. Sandy Hook Proving Ground, October 20, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following summary of tests ofpowders furnished under contract with the Department or for experi-mental purposes during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897: During the year firings have been conducted with powders furnishedby the Maxim Powder and Torpedo Company, the California PowderWorks (Peyton smokeless powder), the Laflin & Hand Powder Com-pany, the Messrs. Du Pont, and Dr. Volney. The objects of thesefirings have been to determine the ballistic qualities of the varioussamples submitted, these samples differing from each other in the for-mula used in their composition, and the form and size of grain. Vari-ous kinds of smokeless powders were also used in tests of types rifles, and incidentally were subjected to heat and cold, moistand dry air, respecti
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