INDEX
Reading edition
American shrapnel shell, section of, 3
specifications, 286
American type of fuse, 8
Annealing and washing cartridge cases, 178
Automatic Machine Co.’s threading lathe used for threading shells, 129
Band, machining rifling, 68
pressing on rifling, 66
Besly grinder equipped for grinding shrapnel, 137
Brass for cartridge cases, 235
Brass plugs for fuse, forging, 145
Brass socket, machining, 146
British cartridge cases, specifications, 276
British fuses, specifications, 260
British primers, specifications, 279
British shrapnel shell, section of, 3
specifications, 251
Brown & Sharpe machines used for making fuse parts, 164
Bullets, shrapnel, 140
Caley method of making shrapnel forgings, 20
Cartridge cases, annealing and washing, 178
cupping, 176
drawing, 172
list of operations, 190
machining, 180
specifications for British, 276
specifications for Russian, 231
summary of operations, 192
testing hardness of, 179
Cartridge clip, British, 284
Cleveland “Automatic” used for making shrapnel shells, 85
Clip, British cartridge, 284
Closing cap, machining, 162
Closing screw, machining, 162
Copper rifling band, machining, 68
pressing on, 66
Cupping cartridge cases, 176
Detonators, 15
specifications for Russian, 245
Diaphragm forging, 39
Drawing operations on cartridge cases, 172
table of operations, 190
Drilling percussion primers, 167
Drilling timing fuse plugs, 170
Explosives, classification of, 14
in shrapnel shells, 4
manufacture of high, 18
Forging brass plugs for fuse, 145
Forging diaphragms, 39
Forging fuse sockets, 143
Forging shrapnel heads, 38
Forging shrapnel shells, 20
French shrapnel shell, section of, 3
French type of fuse, 11
Fulminates, 15
Fuse, American type, 8
French type, 11
Russian type, 9
specifications for British, 260
specifications for Russian, 213
time and percussion, 6
Vickers’ type, 228
Fuse bodies, machining, 150
Fuse hammers, making, 165
Fuse nose, machining, 156
Fuse nut, making, 166
Fuse parts, making, 143
Fuse plugs, drilling, 170
Fuse sockets, forging, 143
Fuse timing ring, graduating, 171
Gages for shrapnel parts, 72, 73
Gaging shrapnel shells, 71
German shrapnel shell, section of, 3
Graduating fuse timing ring, 171
Gridley “Automatics,” used for making fuse parts, 156
used for making shrapnel shells, 103
Grinding shrapnel shells, 64, 132
Hardness testing, of cartridge cases, 179
of shrapnel shells, 48
Head, machining shrapnel, 152
Heading operations on cartridge cases, table, 190
Heat-treating department, lay-out of, 58, 59
Heat-treatment of shrapnel shells, 47
Holinger method of making shrapnel forgings, 25
Hydraulic press method of forging shrapnel, 29
Libby turret lathe used for machining shrapnel shells, 122
Lo-swing lathe used for machining shells, 114
Machines for shrapnel manufacture, 75
Machining shrapnel shells, 40
Marking shrapnel shells, 74
New Britain “Automatics” used for making fuse parts, 146
Norton method of grinding shrapnel shells, 133
Percussion primers, drilling, 167
Potter & Johnston “Automatics” used for machining forged shells, 90
Powder, black, 15
smokeless, 16
Powder cups, press tools for, 139
Press tools for powder cup, 139
Primers, charging, 246
for fuses, drilling, 167
specifications for British, 279
Reed-Prentice equipment for machining shrapnel shells, 75
Rifling band, machining, 68
pressing on, 66
Rough-turning operations on shrapnel forgings, 43
Russian cartridge cases, specifications for, 231
Russian combination fuse, Vickers’ type, 228
Russian shrapnel shell fuses, specifications, 213
Russian shrapnel shell, section of, 3
specifications, 194
Russian type of fuse, 9
Shrapnel bullets, 140
Shrapnel cartridge cases, 172
Shrapnel head, forging, 38
machining, 152
Shrapnel shells, forging, 20
grinding, 64, 132
heat-treatment, 47
history, 1
machines and tools for manufacture, 75
machining, 40
present design, 2
specifications for American, 286
specifications for British, 251
specifications for Russian, 194
steel for, 51
types, 3
Smokeless powder, 16
Socket, machining, 146, 150
Specifications, for American shrapnel shells, 286
for British cartridge cases, 276
for British fuses, 260
for British primers, 279
for British shrapnel shells, 251
for Russian cartridge cases, 231
for Russian shrapnel shells, 194
for Russian shrapnel shell fuses, 213
Steel for shrapnel, 51
Tensile strength, testing, 48
Testing hardness of cartridge cases, 179
Testing shell body for hardness and tensile strength, 48
Threading shells, 129
Timing fuse plugs, drilling, 170
Timing ring, graduating, 171
machining, 162
Tools for shrapnel manufacture, 75
Varnish for cartridge cases, 242
Vickers’ type of fuse, 228
Warner & Swasey turret lathe, used for machining bar-stock shells, 112
used for machining forged shells, 109