The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-11-10
A New Gnn.


Ths London Tines makes the follow
ing announcement Of a new invention
OfbeAvy oriinsnoe
"a gun we believe Of entirely novel
conssnttiou, has been invented aud pat
ented by Major Gen Hutchinson, com
man,Rng in he west of England, and il
the ekgectations OF the inventor be only
! partially realized, great changes wiltoke
plSRe In much more ordnance, The OBJ
jects Sought to be accomplished in the
new epn are-Grst, that it shall weigh
lille9 moro than twenty times instead OF
upwslds eight hundred times the weght
Of tha shot, as is usual; secondly, tina,
without hiclion il ,hnl impori rapid ro.
taiiof TO the shot, that the shot shall bo
Of Btm best adapted for penetrating
tlFsdir and.argel; and lastly it shall
leaSelno vacuum behind it, and not ii,
cohef fwhsr it strikes the water, A few
expehmenls have been made at Psm,
@aia The last took place on the 90 h
uliu6 on board Tie Gunncrshp Com
brid%, CaPtsiu J, F Ewart, in Homo.
a2e
The runs somewhat like length.
enedmortSr. The chamber is OF the ".
sual cylindrical form, but only sufficient.
! ly loak to hold the powder and wadding,
Itisa the mouth the chief peculiarly
oecurs Tho shot is termed disc shot.
ThoS8 used last week we're abcnt the
SIZE q two very small plates placed
agaiQa each other, excepting that tho
edGSlis sharp. The muzze Of the gun
is much enlarged. and is formed so as to
receive with great exactness the inner.
half pflhC diSc.shol The more sccu.
rate the fitting is tho less the escape Of
gas add the truer the aim that can be Ia.
ken When in place the outer edge Of
the slot is llpsh with tho muazIe Of the
gun, }gr6e shots weighed 42lb Q oz-
The charge Of powder 6 oa being ILL
part u lbe weigh, OF the shot, whereas
the uauat proportion is about one fourth
The weight Of tie shot. The gun is Of
neOrl& e0Olb weight. double, the nven.
tor said, what it ought TO have boen..--
TheSffst trial was at the 1000 yards
targee The shot went in good dircc.
ton, SInd pitched 100 yards beyond the
markt The other two experiments we're
at lS9eg elevation for range, and 4
deg. ftf sim. lu neither case could the
positidh Of the shot, when they fell, bo
obserIed. The tide was out, and doubt
less 81 striking they, from their rota.
tion Dried themselves in the mud.
"Tvtxperimen,s, as far as they went
were cpnsidered. satisfactory. When in
lhe-glh the shot stand in veratical po.
sitiogt ppd rotation is caused by the ~
[ is Off 5Habsf lying above The cen
Ter OF the shot, aud BY a SmsII prrjec.
ton in the interior of the muzzle, at the
bottom meeting the edge Of the shot,
From the shortuess Of the gun it pos.
se,ses all the advantages OF brcech,loa.
der, and from the simplicity of its con.
sIructlou and from the lIltlo amount OF
melsl used it promises TO he both cheap
aud easily handled weapon. The pro
jector may be too songuinc, but he AYERS
that one weighing no more than the or
dinary 66 FOUNDER will discharge 600
pound disc. The carriage is fitted with
a number Of galvanized India rubber
cylindrical buffers lin contact by their
sides, not their exremities,) placed in
grooves on the flanks of the gun; these
received the recoil. By simple me.
chan cal arrsulemonl the rebound was
received in a similar manner ona series
Of rings fixed below in the gun This
disposition Of India rubber rings the in.
yentOr prefers TO any coupressor', rs
they do not make the gun Jump" to
use The technical expression."