Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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advertisement Appendix B. L. rifle battery Bethlehem Iron Company bidders bids blank cartridges block Board bolt bore breech mechanism breech-block breech-bolt caisson caliber 45 carriage carrier-ring cartridges cast-iron casting charge Chief of Ordnance column Commanding complete contract contractor cylinder drawings exterior face feet finished firing firing-pin fitted Frankford Frankford Arsenal front furnished gallons gas-check Gatling gun gear groove hammer holes hoops inches inches diameter inches long inches wide iron jacket latch length less lever-handle limber machine magazine manufacture metal mortar muzzle NATIONAL ARMORY officer Ordnance Department piece plates powder projectiles proposals purchase rear revolver ring Rock Island Arsenal rounds Rubin screws shell shots shrinkage Smith & Wesson specimens spindle sponge spring Springfield steel forgings targets Temperature tons trigger trunnions tube turned U. S. Army vertical walls Watertown Arsenal Watervliet Arsenal weight yards
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Página 4 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Página 97 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals.
Página 145 - It is better, on this account, in graduating the bottle, to make two scratches as represented in the drawing, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the curve : this prevents any future mistake.
Página 262 - Commissioner, nor any person belonging to or employed in the military service of the United States, is, or shall be, admitted to any share or part of this contract...
Página 319 - Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our, and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Página 259 - ... required, and, if it is accepted, will, after receiving •written notice of such acceptance, enter into contract within the time designated in the advertisement, with good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance thereof.
Página 4 - Hereafter the purchase of supplies and the procurement of services for all branches of the Army service may be made in open market, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate of the amount required does not exceed five hundred dollars; but every such purchase exceeding one hundred dollars shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of War for approval under such regulations as he may prescribe.
Página 277 - To insure its good quality, all the cement furnished by the Contractor will be subject to inspection and rigorous tests; and if found of improper quality, will be branded and must be immediately removed from the work; the character of the tests to be determined by the Engineer. The Contractor shall, at all times, keep in store at...
Página 122 - RUST. The breech mechanism and receiver to be cleansed of grease and the chamber of the barrel greased and plugged, the butt of the gun to be inserted to the height of the chamber in a solution of sal-ammoniac for ten minutes, exposed for two days in a warm room, and then fired 20 rounds. Gun well rusted. Great...
Página 272 - I make this proposal with a full knowledge of the kind, quantity, and quality of the articles and work required, and, if it is accepted, will, after receiving written notice of such acceptance, enter into contract within the time designated in the specifications, with good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance thereof.