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PROPOSED SYSTEM. 



Symbolic Nomenclature in Detail of Staple Products of the 

 Frankford Arsenal. 



NOTE. The rifle cartridge, solid head, is taken as the type, departures from which 

 are noted as they occur. Folded head substitutes F. for S. throughout. 



Full name. 



Full symbol. 

 Letters. Num'ls. 



Case (one piece) S-R-B-A. 10 



Primer cap for all arms. .. S-A. 1 1 



" fulminate A. 12 



" anvil S-A. 13 



" foil " 14 



" assembled " 20 



Cup anvil F-A. II 



Fulminate A. 12 



Primed anvil F-A. 20 



For revolver amm'n the 

 same, substituting F-P-A. 



Primed cases, (R. or C.).. S-A. or 



F-A. 120 



Primed cases, revolver.... S-P-A. or 



F-P-A. 120 



Powder A. 21 



Wads for carbine S-C-B-A. 22 



Paper cups ( R. or C. ) S-O-A. 23 



Bullet (R. or C.) A. 31 



" revolver P-A. 31 



Finished cartridges, more or less com- 

 plete. 

 Blank cartridges, loose (R. 



orC.) S-O-A. 



Blank cartridges, loose, 



revolver S-P-O-A. 



Ball cartridges, loose, rifle, S-R-B-A. 

 . car . 



bine S-C-B-A. 



Ball cartridges, loose, re- 

 volver.. . S-P-B-A. 



Full name. 



Full symbol. 

 Letters. Num'ls. 



S-R-B-A. packed complete, S-R-B. 

 Same, packed in paper only, " I 



Etc., etc. 



NOTE. The primers F-A. 20 and S-A. 



20 may in some circumstances be used in 



either kind of case indifferently. I have 



taken the usual practice. 



Paper package or its equiv- 

 alent K. 



Body " 



End " 



Wrapper " 



Twine " 



Assembled body " 



Comb " 



Packing piece " 



Body assembled with pack- 

 ing for use S-B-K. 



Wooden box (R. or C.): X. 



Sides " 



Ends " 



Bottoms " 



Lid " 



Handles " 



Assembled " 



Painted I S-B-X. 



Electric primer : E-T. 



Body E-T-A. 



Branch " 



Body and branch as'bled, " 



Wooden block " 



Copper wire " 



Platinum wire " 



Copper and platinum wire 



soldered " 



Poplar strip " 



I 



2 



3 



4 

 10 



II 



12 



I 



2 



3 

 4 

 5 



10 



i 



2 

 10 



II 

 12 

 13 



14 

 IS 



