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Report on Research Concerning Blast, November 1912, Navy Ordnance Senior Engineer Hori Masayuki
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The report “Report on Research Concerning Blast” discusses methods for measuring blast pressure emitted from gun muzzles, experimental results, and the estimation and application of pressure equations. Navy Ordnance Senior Engineer Hori Masayuki recorded measurements based on test firings of 45-caliber 6-inch, 8-inch, 12-inch, and 14-inch guns and other guns at a gun firing range, using projectile overturning distance and blast-pressure gauges, and also addresses damage to a pier during gun-loading trial firings of the warship Aki and other vessels. Issued in November 1912 (1912-11-01); held by the University of Tokyo Kashiwa Library. Keywords: blast, blast pressure, Hori Masayuki, Navy Ordnance Senior Engineer, gun firing range, 45-caliber gun, warship Aki, pressure gauge, pier damageAuto-generated by Azure OpenAI gpt-5.5 from OCR text (which may contain errors) and image captions.
Item ID
321569ef-87a3-41a5-ba66-41bf4a14094f
Catalogue ID
50130101
Card catalogue
“Report on Research Concerning Blast”
Doc type
報告書
Category
報告:海外留学・出張・駐在
Issued
1912-11-01
Extent
Handwritten blueprint | 121 sheets
Holder
東京大学柏図書館
Year registered
2007
Remarks
Cover bears a “Top Secret” stamp and the notations “GunBlast” and “Commander Hiraga”: 1912/11