Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 349
305 THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. One-eighteenth of full size. The upper edge, or that cooled in air, had contracted 8 inches, or ^th its entire length, and slightly increased in thickness ; while the lower edge, cooled in water, had expanded *875 inch, making a difference between the two… … Section showing the amount of contraction. One-half the full size. The dotted lines show the original form. The quality of the iron was afterwards tested by pieces taken from the upper and lowTer edges, and also from the centre ; the fibrous condition had remained unchanged, the specific gravity…
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