Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — Cost of Projectiles. [ARTICLE]

Cost of Projectiles.

Projectiles used by the United States army for its great modern guns cost as follows: Solid shot, eight-inch, $69.80 each; ten-inch, $144.50 each; twelve-inch, $212 each; twelve-inch mortar shells, weighing 800 pounds, sll4 each; twelve-inch mortar shells, weighing .1,000 pounds, $195 each.