Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-23
Casting Of Cannon in Tie Gin.

!! IS well understood, that the Trcdeg.: Cn3paag
has made contract with the IT, S;s,es ff caanch be
cast Tor the Of the Navy We sincerely bope lhct
IT will be for The interest Of both patieo IL spite Of
Peace Societies and Of generous Medlaiors e are ro,
exempt from the dangers and caami,ies war. Il -
Que OF these great contingencies, Tor which ore
TO be always psepared-and time is propi;cus 20
the necessary arrangements, the pcrinj Of peace
!" In Peace (says the us.rious Washington on who.c
brilliant birth day we are writing this hasty paragraph
prepare for 'cdr. What preparation So necessary, as
Arms OF all descriptions from big 10 Ii,,,e-from IT,
cannon of the larges. cabre down to the holse'e.
pistol: Who IS not then pleased sec the recesssf!
cannon cast-and what citizen Of Richmond Is n.
pleased TO see them cast and bored onl Of our james
River iron, melted by c:n coal bored By orr
own water power. manufactured by our bands
and skill, and IN tie workshops Of oar city
We understand, that 2or3 pieces, (6 pounIe:s.l a'e
cast a the Tedegar Works every week ;aa, ~
process OF boring IS cnnsta.v aaing on. As to the
strength and excellence If the caanon the foil. 10.
account from the Tuesdays Star gives rs tie mot
satisfactory evidence. They have been suble ccd u
the most rigid process-and mark the results
"Trsr or ORDsAycg.-A series of very Iritres'ih.
trials OF ordnance have been in progress for TIM
past, on nine FOUNDER casi at the Tredegar Rolfe
MILL The piece was cas-. among many others bF lac
Company Tor the Government, and yesterday sub
jeced TO The severest test, TO which gun Of thu, cs
bre is ever submitted. The series required by The De
partmen are five in number; the first is 20 rouncs-
with y lbs of powder, ] ball and2 wads TINS IS ~
creased to =, s. and Is balls with propor;lonae n'
crease of powder, the last charge reaching III lbs
There have been several tests oi this kind (he tree
yes,erday,) with different ie-nlls. 4. West Point 1s
gun burst al the second dscharEc-a Colu.nbla al ne
first fire. a. South Boston it stood the whole ari
MAS fired four lines with charge Of Ia lbs o oSas
thirteen balls and Two wads but at the Gf,h !rsl u
broke
Yesterday, the gun al the Rolling Mill, which haa
sustained the whole SERIES burst at The first trial. s"'
the las. charge, the fragments flying in various directions
one large piece going into the river, another of 10
the direction of the pump house, and one enormous
piece, weighing in the scales two hundred and oi'f.
seven pounds, passed up the canal INTO he'1
beyond. The fragments exhibit the prodig,ors az
irresistible power Of powder, the piece being o.
as though II had heen buta rock But he ccnss Of "
bursting, vas one that nothing in Nature could hs's
wiihs'ood; tie tremendous force Of The esplo:ass
having burst The balls, which thus became Heost-
INTO The bore, making the gun, from the tfunion' ma
TO Inc nuzzie almos, solid mass Of iron, aud thee!'
had i been yard thick it have been shs;,er-
The test, when this OCCURS becomes test al all ue
cause iii physical mpossbilty that any thing 70 ~
shape OF iron stand the explosion. Had the Vs
been Of the right sort, there is every reason 10 per-.
that The gun would have Gent out the enormous eDs
aga'n and again, without giving way
"Ihe company certainly has every reason % ~s