Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- The torpedo explosion at Woolwich
- In
- The Engineer
- Imprint
- vol. 37, 30 January 1874, p. 85
- Description
Accession No.3026
- Abstract
The air reservoir of the torpedo that had exploded at Woolwich Arsenal had been hydraulically tested at pressures between 1100 and 1200 pounds per square inch, repeatedly filled to a pressure of 1000 pounds per square inch, and filled to a pressure of 1000 pounds per square inch on the day that it exploded.