Report of the Select Committee on Ordnance and War Ships: With an AppendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - 512 стор. |
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Сторінка 63 - No member of or delegate to Congress or resident commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this Agreement if made with a corporation for its general benefit.
Сторінка 151 - That no part of said money shall be expended for the purchase or manufacture of any torpedo or of the right to manufacture the same until the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Navy, after a favorable report to be made to him by a board of naval officers to be created by him to examine and test said torpedoes and inventions. BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. For equipment of vessels : For coal for steamers...
Сторінка 89 - J inches wide, heated uniformly to a low cherry red, and cooled in water of 82° Fahrenheit, must stand bending in a press to a curve of which the inner radius is one and a half times the thickness of the plates tested.
Сторінка 34 - Navy six officers, who shall constitute a board for the purpose of examining and reporting to Congress which of the navy-yards or arsenals, owned by the government has the best location and is best adapted for the establishment of a government foundry, or what other method, if any, should be adopted for the manufacture of heavy ordnance adapted to modern warfare, for the use of the Army and Navy of the United States...
Сторінка 63 - An Act for restraining any person concerned in any Contract Commission or Agreement made for the Public Service from being elected or sitting and voting as a Member of the House of Commons...
Сторінка 143 - Navy in all matters relating to their construction, and " to prepare plans, drawings and specifications of vessels, their machinery and armament, recommended by the late Naval Advisory Board not authorized to be built." The second Advisory Board was organized November 13, 1882, previous to which there had been issued from the Navy Department notice and advertisements concerning the construction of the two steel cruisers inviting " all engineers and mechanics of established reputation, and all reputable...
Сторінка 150 - That nothing is appropriated by this act " for special ocean surveys and the publication thereof " or " for the purchase and manufacture after full investigation and test in the United States under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy of torpedoes adapted to naval warfare or of the right to manufacture the same and for the fixtures and machinery necessary for operating the same"; That the clause under the heading "Bureau of Yards and Docks...
Сторінка 38 - ... never subjected to criticism ; the ingenuity and inventive talent of the country were ignored and resisted, and no precaution was thought necessary to provide a supply in case of need of re-armament. The result is well known ; a great crisis came ; the Government works were inadequate to meet the additional demands made upon them, and the patriotic efforts of private establishments were inadequate to produce all the material that was needed. How entirely France has now altered her system is shown...
Сторінка 24 - ... forging objects which may vary in size from a few inches to several feet in diameter. This in general terms explains the working of the ram. The effect produced by it requires to be seen in order to be thoroughly appreciated, and is altogether different from that produced by the hammer. The heated ingot resists the blow of the hammer, but the insinuating, persevering effort of the press cannot be denied. The longer time (several seconds) during which the effort lasts is a great element in its...
Сторінка 63 - Know all men by these presents that we are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of...