The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-20
Implements orDcstrnctIon.

are all nj work SEE hlug new instruments !
oC destruction or Improvements 10 the |
old. Winans' steam gun, which was
capturgd ON its way from Baltimore TO /
the rebel camp a. Ila'per's Ferry, is not /
considered of much practical value, but /
m, chrnics who have examined it think
gun can be ma &c upon tie principle in
volved in 1.-THE throwing OF balls by cen
ttilugal motion - which would be effective
within short distances. Robert McCurty
OF New York, who claims to be the or
ig,nal inventor cf the centrifugal un--
Dickinson, who was taken with the Win
ans gun, having stolen his idea and sold
il to Ninaus-hes built one, differing con.
sberaby from that Of Wnans, and pro-
nouuced much more ,fh lent. 1t throws
muSket balls mile, at the rate Of FIVE
/ und,ed minute. and Mr.. McCa,ty says
it ca1 b, made TO throw thousand per
minute. The balls are dropped into n
rJp.dl revolving cylinder, and are pro
jecled through gun barrel attached.
There can BE- no accuracy of aim with it;
but the idea is thatit will NOV down rrgi
meuts coming within its range by the
perfect storm OF balls thrown from it.
The whole instrument, with the engine
attached, is of about the bulk of steam
fire eugne, and will need three or -four
horses to drag it about. II it should
prove serviceahe, it is not likely to be
used on the field ns much IA in fortihca-
tons and eutrenclm,nts, for defence
against close assault. Mr.. McCmty has
made Il tw elvc-p -poundcr on the same prin-
/ ciple, which is said to have succe, dcd,
/ a .ainst the predictions Of the military IN
| gineers, and throws balls and shells with
/ nearly rs great f"c as cannon OF the
same ca'ibre They have a steam gun in
Wisconsin, invented by Diaper Stone
The inventor claims. that with power OF
go or 800 pounds of steam, he can seud
bullet half n mile that will xii man
The attention of inventors is now much
given to r,ned and breech.'oljng cannon,
which are yet many degrees from perfrc-
ton. George A. Rolling of Concord, n.
H., has invented n cannon, both lllled
and hrcech loading, which is believed to
have some positive advantages over olher
Guns Of the SORT. The chamber for the
charge has handle "a hmcnt and is
lifted out and loaded, and then replaced
and fastened by large driving screw.
| Rv having s. of chambers, from three
to dozen, no time is lost in loading, and
the Gun is discharged "a rapidly aS the
chambers can be changed. The arrange
ment is said to be more si nple and secure
than Of most breach-loadiog guns. Thom-
as Y. Mayal oC Ro16my la, invented an
automatic cannon, which loads, discharges
and swahs itself, the machinery being
driven either by steam or hand power
1t is claimed that it is equal in precision
to the Armstroog gun, and practical gun
nprs sp, ak well Of it, The London Me-
charles Magaz ne in ISIS that in lndia
and China the Armstrong gun has disap-
/ pointed expcC a iDn, and that the French
rifed cannon are to be preferred. The
Armstrong gun is damaged and disabled
much more easily when hi by shot than
ary other qua. Its great range and &C
curacy of aim will, ro~ycr, cause 1t to
BE- retained in foriicati)ns and on ship
toud, bu the general conviction is that
for field service the small and i 5ht French
rjflcd cannon are the best gins in use
A new and remarkable weapon called the
Giovanni Flanci mortar cannon, is an
nounced by the Paris Mouiteur del Ar
NEE as an * ra)rdihary weapon Of war
1t is of open work thruu 5hout its entire
lcrg h, mortar forming its branch
The cannon Is detached from the morta
fpr the purpose Of loading, and is very
easily dctach d. Being optn, it canno
b. heated, and there i, nothing to chocl
rapid ty of iiling. One Of i $ mostimp n
taat qualities is fa,iliiy Of transport, rs i
can be taken in pieces. TIL. Fr,ncl
Government has appointed Commission
to examine and report on it. J Wilson
of Birmingham has pattn''d an improved
way Of making ca non by seri o
tubes, bored and turned true, which ar
shrunk on to each her. The grea
Union" GUN recently east at Piusbmg
and now nearly flushed is lG feet long
weighs 26 tons, is Iih d, and carries
bail weighing $50 p ,uud,, VIII ch il is *
pl cted will be projected a. least six miles
rhaps seven or eight.
The closer the coat, nding arm les are Il
f each o,her, the more deadly will be th
. effect of all pr icctiles. Ihls, according
to D'Antoni, a 80 pound shot may pierc
f'e OF sevcny men; n lG und, a file Q
forty eight; an 8.pound a file of forty
a Bounce a hie OF six,een; ounce,
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