Report Addressed to the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, on the Effects of Firing with Heavy Ordnance from Casement Embrasures: And Also the ... of Missiles; In the Years 1852, '53, '54, - Softcover

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Excerpt from Report Addressed to the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, on the Effects of Firing With Heavy Ordnance From Casement Embrasures: And Also the Effects of Firing Against the Same Embrasures With Various Kinds of Missiles; In the Years 1852, '53, '54, and '55, at West Point, in the State of New York

Sir: I have the honor to lay before you an account of some interesting experiments on the resistance to shot and shells, of masonry embrasures, which, on permission and authority granted by you, were made at West Point, in the years l852 and '55.

With the hearty concurrence and valuable aid of the several officers of engineers who, within that period, held the superintendency of the Military Academy, namely, Capt. Henry Brewerton, Col. R. E. Lee, and Major J. G. Barnard; these experiments were conducted under my instructions, and most of the practical results obtained under my supervision.

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