Book Description

Excerpt from Annual Reports of the War Department: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1897; Report of the Chief of Ordnance It is unfortunate that the publication of the annual report of these tests (its title is Tests of Metals, etc.) has heretofore been so long delayed after the preparation of the report that the public has thereby sometimes been deprived of information of a high value for from one to two years. Also, a late law has so restricted the number of these reports that may be printed that not one-third of those called for can be supplied. On this account the above somewhat lengthy summary of some of the more important tests is inserted here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.