Report of board of officers appointed in pursuance of Act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for purpose of selecting breech-system for muskets and carbines of military service, together with their report upon subject of trowel-bayonets; with appendix prepared by recorder, giving description of each of inventions submitted, with classified nomenclature of parts as exhibited in detailed illustrations accompanying; to which is added report of board of ordnance officers on subject of proper caliber for small-arms.
Published: (1873)