245 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Breech Slice. Interior diameter, 4".77; exterior diameter, 10".42. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. I Inches. 4.9320 5.6521 9.6483 10.2769 Inches. 4.9330 5.6470 9.6439 10.2750 Inches. 4.9325 5.64955 9.6461 10.27595 2 3 4 Kings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.9371 5.6507 9.6470 10.2767 Inches. 4.9398 5.6460 9.6431 10.2669 Inches. 4.93845 5.64835 9.64505 10.2718 Kings. 1 detached 2 ...... 3 ...... 4 detached RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.6543 ! 5.6475 5.6509 9.6460 9.6396 9.6428 2 detached 3 detached Breech strains released. Kings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inch. + .0051 -.0014 -.0013 -.0002 Inch. +.0068 -.0010 -.0008 -.0081 Inch. + .00595 -.0012 -.00105 -.00415 2 in slice 3 in slice 4 detached SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0036 -.0010 3 ietached —!0035 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0022 -.0023 3 detached -.0043 -.0033