The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-11 00:00:00

THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.

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Office, Horsefcrry-road, Westminster,
Oct. 10, 1866.
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Gunnery Experiments in America.

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The experiments at Fortress Monroe, made by order o.
the United States Government, to test the power of resist
ante to heavy ordnance of iron plated fortifications, were
begun on Sept. 21. A target was erected on the beach of Che-
sapeake Bay, near the fortress, and was constructed of large
granite blocks, carefully cemented and bolted together. It
was 3<ift. high, 36ft. wide, Bft. thick, and the front of it
was plated with iron 4in. thick, made of four layers of iron
lin. thick, one layer upon the other, and all of them firmly
welded together. The guns were placed 350 yards from
the target, and were a 15in. smooth bore Rodman, and a
12in. rifled Rodman. The report of the firing of Sept. 21 is
as follows :—" The first shot was fired by the 15in.Rodman
gun, at an elevation of 40 minutes;
charge 461 b. of powder,
weight of ball, round shot, 4321 b. Its effect was an inden-
tation in the upper plate about 15in. in diameter and 3in.
deep. At the rear of the target two granite blocks were
broken and forced outward, and the seams opened in their
immediate N icinity. The pressure on the gun was 17,0001 b.,
and the initial velocity of the shot 1,155 ft. per second. The
second shot was fired from the same gun, with a still less
elevation, the charge of powder and the weight of ball being
the same. The initial velocity of the ball was 1,113 ft. per
second, and struck the lower plate one foot from the ground.
The indentation reached 51in. deep and 18in. in diameter,
the plate in this case having a backing of 6in. of sand, while
theupper one rested directly against the face of the target.
The damage, however, to the masonry was ascertained to
be considerably less, three of the blocks at the back of the
target being merely started from their position, and none
broken. The third shot was fired by the 12in;rifle Rodman
gun, Dyer's spherical projectile, weighing 6201 b., being
used with a charge of 551 b. of powder, and a half degree
elevation given to the piece. The initial velocity of this
rifle shot was less than the 15in. shot, being only 1,020 ft.
a second. The upper plate was struck, making an indenta-
tion 14in. long
and 41in. deep, with two blocks of granite
broken in the back of the target, and the seams between
other blocks opened. The fourth shot was fired by the same
gun, charge of powder, projectile, and elevation, the initial
velocity of the shot being 1,079 ft. a second, producing an
indentation 13in. diameter and siin. deep. The masonry in
the back of the target was considerably damaged, and the
blocks broken by the previous shots crumbled into nume-
rous pieces. The fifth shot was fired by the same gun and
charge of powder, kc., the elevation of the muzzle being
considerably lass. The projectile, with an initial velocity
of 1,103 ft., struck the lower plate about 3ft. from the
ground. This shot was considered to be the most
damaging one of the five, and played sad havoc amid the
granite in the rear. An indentation was produced 14in.
in diameter and 7in. deep, splitting the iron plates into
innumerable crevices, and nearly penetrating to the sand.
The effect of the shot fired at the target was tremen-
dous, and elicited the astonishment and admiration of
all the officers conducting the firing. The opinion was
strengthened, although generally at variance with the
views entertained before hand, that the six inches of sand
adopted as a backing for one of the iron plates would not
answer the object of the suggestion, and that the greatest
resistance was offered where the 10in. plate was placed
next the face of the granite. A similar number of shots
will completely wreck the stonework of the target, but not
materially damage the iron plates beyond the indentations,
which have not as yet been penetrated, save in the in-
stances of the lower plate and its sand backing. The effect
of the shot is transmitted from the iron directly to the
masonry, and made visible in the crumbling of the blocks
in the rear of the target." On Sept. 22 the experiment was
renewed, and six shots were fired against the damaged
target of the previous day. The effect of these is said to
have astonished all who witnessed them. On one occasion
a 15in. solid shot struck the upper plate in nearly the
same indentation made by a rifled projectile, crushing
in the iron, and penetrating several inches into the stone-
work. Another shot, a rifled Dyer projectile, weighing
6201 b, struck the upper edge of the plate, and, glancing off
into the granite wall, imbedded itself almost out of sight
amid the crumbling fragments of the crushed blocks of
stone. Heavy pieces of granite, weighing hundreds of
pounds, were burled a distance of 50 yards by the vio-
lence of the shock to the target, and smaller fragments
were scattered over 200 yards distance. The sixth and
final shot was aimed at one end of the target, unprotected
by iron plates, but where the granite was braced by a
heavy stone abutment, and it completely broke the little
that.wats left atantling of the target. A critical examination