Download or read book Report Upon the Practice in Europe With the Heavy Armstrong, Woolwich, and Krupp Rifled Guns (Classic Reprint) written by United States Board of Fortifications and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report Upon the Practice in Europe With the Heavy Armstrong, Woolwich, and Krupp Rifled Guns Sir: The Board of Engineers has submitted a report presenting records collected from time to time of practice abroad with the heavy Armstrong, Woolwich, and Krupp rifled guns. The results are tabulated for easy reference, and exhibit a large range in powder charges, initial velocities, and striking energies of the projectile from the earlier to the latest trials. The paper contains valuable information for the officers of the Corps of Engineers and for the Army generally, and I respectfully recommend that authority be granted to have it printed, with its accompanying plates, at the Government Printing. Office, as a Professional Paper of the Corps of Engineers, and that copies be obtained for the use of the Engineer Department upon the usual requisition. In view of the permanency of its value, and to save expense of composition, in case that future editions are called for, I further recommend that the work be stereo typed. The report, with accompanying tables and plates, is submitted herewith. 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.