A petition to the national government, embodying facts and statements in furtherance of the claim of the late Cyrus Alger for remuneration for the adoption and use, by the United-States Army and Navy, of certain inventions of his relating to fuzes and shells, as herein set forth ; with corroborative official documents, testifying to their introduction into the United-States service, and their indispensable value

"A petition to the national government, embodying facts and statements in furtherance of the claim of the late Cyrus Alger for remuneration for the adoption and use, by the United-States Army and Navy, of certain inventions of his relating to fuzes and shells, as herein set forth ; with corroborative official documents, testifying to their introduction into the United-States service, and their indispensable value"@en