221 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Breech Slice. Interior diameter, 4".74; exterior diameter, 10".36. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 Inches. Inches. Inches. 4.90915 5.6495 9.6365 9.6404 Bings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inches. Inches. Inches. 4.9164 5.6478 9.63925 10.20695 9.6352 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 2 detached 5.65325 9. 63505 3 detached 9.632o Breech strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inch. + .0061 -.0014 -.0010 +.0023 Inch. + .0084 -.0020 -.0013 -.0016 Ä Inch. w +.00725 -.0017 -.00115 + .00035 2 in slice < 3 in slice 4 detached SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached + .00545 -.0042 3 detached FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.00375 -.00535 3 detached +. 0041