. Official proceedings . MiiMiiMiiwi^^ 305 c fe ance of phis ur minus hftecn-th(nisandths of an inch for a cer-tain thread in the manufacture of shrapnel requires that a newtap be employed after a certain number of pieces have beenfinished. If the allowance be increased ioo% about twenty-times the number of threads can be finished per tap. Andsimilarly about ten times the nimiber of threads can be gagedwith this increased allowance before a new gage is needed fortlie job. The colossal rate at which ammunition is being fired away• in the European battle-fronts bespeaks the great emphasiswhich i
. Official proceedings . MiiMiiMiiwi^^ 305 c fe ance of phis ur minus hftecn-th(nisandths of an inch for a cer-tain thread in the manufacture of shrapnel requires that a newtap be employed after a certain number of pieces have beenfinished. If the allowance be increased ioo% about twenty-times the number of threads can be finished per tap. Andsimilarly about ten times the nimiber of threads can be gagedwith this increased allowance before a new gage is needed fortlie job. The colossal rate at which ammunition is being fired away• in the European battle-fronts bespeaks the great emphasiswhich is being placed on capacity at the expense of is, were the rate of firing reduced, the percentage of tellingblows, as compared with the total number of shots, would beincreased greatlv but the ahsohitr number of such blows wouldlie reduced.
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