319 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Breech Slice. Interior diameter, 4".77; exterior diameter, 10".41 Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 Inches. 4.9297 5.6396 9.6374 10.2711 Inches. 4.9145 5.6421 9.6489 10.2645 Inches. 4.9221 5.64085 9.64315 10.2678 2 3 4 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.9372 5.6380 9.6358 10.2759 Inches. 4. 9224 5.6409 9.6482 10.2543 Inches. 4.9298 5.63945 9.6420 10.2651 2 3 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 2 detached 5.6441 5.6464 5.64525 3 detached 9.6285 9.6439 9. 6362 Breech strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. + .0075 — .0016 Inch. +.0079 . 0012 Inch. + .0077 -.0014 -.00115 -.0027 3 in slice -.0016 +.0048 -.0007 -.0102 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached 3 detached +.0061 -.0073• + .0055 -.0043 + .0058 -.0058 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0045 +.0043 + .0044 3 detached -.0089 -.0050 -.00695