136 REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCEANGES. 



1884. 



Ordnance notes — Continued. 

 July 1. No. 345, April 29, 1884. Report on transcontinental railways, 1883. 



By Col. O. M. Poe, U. S. Engineers, A. D. C, and brevet 

 brigadier-general. 1 map. 4to. Paper. 58 p. 

 No. 346, May 12, 1884. Strategical value of the inland canal navi- 

 gation of the United States. By Lieut. T. H. Bliss, First Artil- 

 lery. 4to. Paper. 10 p. 

 No. 347, May 15, 1884. Military rifles. Communicated by the 

 director of artillery. 4to. Paper. 4 pages. 

 Aug. 4. Ordnance Memoranda No. 24. Management of 8-inch muzzle-loading rifles 

 and carriages. Table of ranges, descriptive plates, &c. 8vo. 

 Paper. 10 plates. 11 p. 

 Ordnance notes : 

 Aug. 13. No. 353, June 1, 1884. United States Life-Saving Service. 8vo. 



Paper. 12 p. 

 Aug. 16. No. 352, June 14, 1884. Field artillery fire. 8vo. Paper. 13 p. 



Aug. 25. No. 357. Electricity applied to explosive purposes, June 30, 1884. 



8vo. Paper. 26 p. 

 Sept. 4. No. 356, June 28, 1884. Electrical units of measurement. 8vo. 



Paper. 17 p. 

 Sept. 13. Notes on the Construction of Ordnance, No. 29. Manufacture of sabots for 

 muzzle-loading projectiles. By Lieut. R. Bime, jr. 1 plate. 

 8vo. Paper. 5 p. 

 Ordnance notes : 

 Oct. 2. No. 351. The manufacture of steel and its application to military 



purposes. By Capt. G. Mackinlay, R. A. 8vo. Paper. 16 p. 

 No. 354. Meteorological investigations. By Capt. O. E. Michaelis, 

 Ordnance Department. 3 plates. 8vo. Paper. 5 p. 

 Notes on the construction of ordnance : 

 Oct. 11. No. 27, June 10, 1884. Position and form of bands for projectiles. 



By Capt. M. P. Breger, French Marine Artillery. 4to. Paper. 

 32 p. 

 Dec. 1. No. 30, July 1, 1884. The adoption of standard forms of "-est pieces 



for bars and plates. By William Hackney. 4to. Paper. 62 p. 

 Dec. 26. Vol. 1. 4to. Paper. 12 p. 



United States Signal Office. 



June 30. Professional Papers, No. XIII. Temperature of the atmosphere and earth's 

 surface. By Prof. William. Ferrell. 4to. Paper. 69 p. 



Surgeon-General's Office. 



Sept. 29. Index-catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General's Office. Authors and 

 subjects. Vol. V. Flaccus-Hearth. 4to. Paper. 1,055 p. 



