New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-14
Fhc Iron-Ciad Dictator.

II having leaked out in naval circles that me
immense engines Of the Dictator would be moved for
the first time Monday. little interest was felt IN
very largo portion of the community and about or 10
o'clock groups OF foreign and American naval officers
and professional generally gathered IN the neigh
bOrhOod Of he pelamater lrDn Works Before noon II
was announced BY the arrival Of gentleman from Mr..
Ericsson hat the raising of steam was 10 be postponed
entrely-the contractors having determined not To
delay the progress Of the vessel by any mere formal
test Our reporter soon discovered that q more i'm
pOrtant operation had bcen completed and might DC
inspected This tho arming Of the ship with the
new Ericsson guns. The first and second patches OF
monitors aIe armed with three kinds OF oIdnancethe
llnch tho l5iDch and the lO0.pounder rife gun The
first two ere Of the Dahlren aud the latter Of the
Parrott type. The Ericsson gun oilers from these
Capt Ericsson is said to have entered into contract
with the Government 10 guarantee that Lis gun VIII
burn 90 pounds Of powder while tho l3-ineh DAHL
grcn, when throwing 40 pound shot during Duponts
attack on Charleston only burned 50 pounds. Inc
British - pounderof ~ 500 pounds sad 70 be the most
powerful gun In the service with 10 pounds OF powder
nearly fourth Of 80 pounds has IA initial velocity OF
1900 feet per second. and punching power against
iron plates Of 27.000 pounds. Tho rired gun. with
charges II One-enth TO onctweth OF the shot and the
l5ineh gun with charge OF - pounds TO us shot OF
425 pounds have yeocites varying rOm ,lD 10 L4Vo
feet per second. The 30O-p0und Parrot has punch
ing power VI 40 go pounds, ard the l5inch CUR or
%. 600 pounds The new gun, with - pounds charge
Zone third OF the weighD VIII have as great velocity az
exactly double that Of the English gun. With 100
pounds of powder s velocity should b. raised To 2VO
feet and It's punching power will DO 6sOO0OOO pounds,
or a. 600 tuns If piece Of ordnance OF this magni'
ude can b. successfully constructed, naval artillery
wears ahead Of the science Of building war ships, Tor
here IL DO Graf, IN the world which would not be
ruined By n blow from ball striking her with force
II 1900 tgus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DICTATOR.
The Of the launch OF this ship contained an
erroneous descrip on Of her. The following IL cor
rec, analysis Of the most prominent features OF the
vessel; go .
The Dictator IL a monitor. She is exactly like the
Puritan In al essential points that IN the latter 81
feet has been added nmidshps and that she viii have
two turre- The Dictator Is 800 feet long 80 feet wide
and n feet deep The projects ~ feet forward
and 81 feet aft. The hall is made Of lloh IRON the
frames are Of 6inoh by 4!inch, by inch angle iron,
the long leg being inward. d spaced u inches from
face tO face the deck Of 9inch plank. There are six
lnoh plates In the armor. and these are further
strengthened and supported by three armOr strngers
~ Inches thick and inches wide running completely
around tho ship making the entire thickness oil arinor
near the wate line no less than lO2 inches The armor
and it, wooden backing feet thick and az inches
high TIE deck Is plated with two l-inch plates. The
turret Il u inside diameter It's thickness Is 10
nehesEcaYy four llmes the thickness " the arnors o.
tie Warrior and Glole. The turret already stated
has Capt ETicsson's two l3inch guns In II, and re-
yoyed most successfully with them. The engines have
yeri,a cyinders 100 inches In diameter and have 4e
inch stroke The boilers have Loo fee, u CRATE aad
total heating surface about 1900 square feet The
propeller ~ four. bladsd one. Of caat-oD. ~ feat
niche. Ia diameter and 10 feet pitch Al tbs tests OF
the guns and turrets succeeded every revolution Of the
latter being smooth and easy.