Identifier: americanengineer67newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ners of an imaginary squareof 4 ft. sides. Round 1 : Had a velocity of 2,001 foot seconds ; the shotspoint entered 14.1 in., and the projectile rebounded with thepoint smashed, and the shoulder somewhat set up. Thetarget showed three very fine cracks running from the wound. Round 2 : Striking velocity, 1,948 foot-seconds ; penetrationof point, 10.9 in. The projectile rebounded, broken intonumerous fragments. Three fine cracks, as before, were devel-oped in the plate. Round 8 : Striking velocity, 1,923 foot-seconds ; penetra-tion of point, 14 in. The projectile rebounded with the headsmashed, and the cylindrical part somewhat set up. A singlefine crack was developed. Round 4 : Striking velocity, 1,962 foot-seconds ; penetra-tion of point, 9.9 in. The projectile rebounded, broken intonumerous fragments. There were no fresh cracks, and theold ones were not increased. At the back the bulges behind the points of impact variedfrom 1 in. to 1.7 in. high. Behind 1 and 3 were some fine cracks.
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