8 [JULY 4, 1806. … inch projectiles being fired structed it was acube about only against the thinnest sec- six feet square, tapering tion of the plate. slightly at both ends. The The requirements of the material was phospor bronze, test were that four 6 inch five-eighths of an inch thick. projectiles fired at…
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