Amazing what can be accomplished when collectors collaborate !
RogerB
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Abut a week ago I posted a thread titled "Quaker Puffed Rice is not the only thing shot from cannon ---" in relation to correspondence between the Philadelphia Mint and Navy Bureau of Ordnance from 1872. The Ordnance folks wanted a small quantity of pure silver discs made to tight specifications, but available letters said little about why they were wanted or their purpose.
If members go to that original thread, they will learn that members contributed ideas, speculations and pieces of information -- all leading to the apparent solution to the problem -- AND -- discovery of a previously unknown connection between the Mint and U.S. Navy.
What we can all learn: there is a lot of potential if we all offer ideas without judgement, and if we combine talent, expertise and research.
BTW, it was CaptHenway who came up with the solution found in "A Text Book of Naval Ordnance and Gunnery (1875)" by Cdr. Augustus Paul Cooke, (1836-1896) USN. This was a standard text at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Yep, the knowledge here is immense. People sharing that knowledge to solve or answer a question benefits all of us in a very big way.
Pete
All I did was join a Civil War forum, find a group about Civil War ordnance, and ask the right questions. Somebody there gave me the link I posted over here.
I had noticed the letters in the Mint correspondence and wondered what they were all about. Now we know!
I went back and looked at the original thread. Fascinating! Good job, Capt H. !
As CaptHenway demonstrated - keep an open mind and follow the leads....
For Sure!
Excellent research and mystery solved. Cheers, RickO