The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-21

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so as to fit in the recess on the inside of the
locket, whilst on the under side it has pro-
jecting tooth. The upper rear parts of the
spring are furnished with Offsets which run IN
the grooves of the chamber. The part z is
called the nose, and serves to disengage 1t from
the rear offset of the chamber. The needle
stem is placed with the spiral spring on the
inside of the locket is cylindrical, and has two
offsets of the diameter Of the locket. The for
ward Offset touches the tooth of the mainspring,
which projects inwards; is reamed out on it's
front face, and, as it strikes the end of the
needlepipe with force, is covered with gum or
caoutchouc The other middle Offset serves as
well for q support to the spiral spring as for a
trigger in the setting OF the locket The spiral
spring bears weight of ten and quarter to
eleven and a quarter pounds. The needle.
socket is bored through its length to receive the
needle, which is divided into the needle and its
stem. The latter is of brass, and has screw
threads cut on the end to screw 1t INTO the bolt
The needle is soldered into it to the depth of
O'46 inch.
The trigger spring, with its stop and trigger,
is on the under side of the cylinder. The first
is several inches long; is fastened at one end by
a screw TO the cylinder, and has at the other
end, on the side next to the cylinder, an upright
stop, which reaches through the cylinder, the
chamber, and the locket, to the offset of the
needle bolt. The projection is filed to receive
the trigger.
The trigger itself is a bow-shaped, irregular
lever, the short arm OF which extends in the
direction of the spring prolonged. By the pres
sure OF the short arm against the cylinder the
stop is drawn down, and releases the offset of
the needle-bolt.
The gun is loaded IN this way:
After it has been brought to a nearly hori.
zontal position, with the butt on the right hip,
and the left hand at the 10 wer band, the chamber
drawn hack from the mouth-piece OF the barrel,
the cartridge is inserted through the right
opening in the cylinder into its place, the cham.
Der (A), again brought up to the mouth. piece Co
by means OF the handle (D), and turned 10 the
right. The cylinder is thus made to rest with
the stop (D) against the oblique stoll.bed (E).
The chamber being showed up engages over the
mouth.piece of the barrel, and the turn to the
right against the sloping face of the stoll-bed
screws it up tight to its place.
The loCket, which has projected some what to
the rear, is now showed up into the chamber, by
which the notch of the handspring engages the
catch (G) at the inner rear en- OF the chamber;
at the same time the middle Offset OF the needle
bolt is pressed against the trigger-stop, thus
compressing the spiral spring, while the locket
is prevented from returning by the catch of
the handspring just referred to.
1t is to be observed here that in turning the
chambers to the right the hitherto correspond
ing slots OF the trigger-stop are showed sideways,
and tho nntar. the (E\
Let now the triggerstop be drawn by pressing
on the trigger so as to clear the Offset OF the
needle-bolt. The bolt will dart forward from
the effect OF the spring, and will strike the
square end of the needle-pIpe, which projects
sufficiently to pass through the powder (o) of
the charge, and infame the illuminate (P).
The arm being loaded, to uncock it the locket
must be drawn back, pressing on the main
spring.
At the time of the adoption of this new me-
chanism the cartridge was wholly altered, the
saLot being enlarged and placed between the
Iowder and the ball--a half-round cavity being
made on the upper side tor the ball, and a recess
in the under side for the illuminate.
The ball is sphere conical. The base is a
hemisphere, O'5l4 inch diameter, upon which is
placed cylinder 0l54 inch high and 0'639 inch
diameter, terminated by right cone 0'54 inch
high, with its sides slightly curved. The weight
OF the kall is 450 grams. The paper sabot is
made IN this way:-The paper intended for it is
cut into strips somewhat broader than the
pattern for the sabot requires. A strip is then
broken into a long and short part, which are
wound on a machine and the ends pasted. The
roll being completed and dry, it is pressed
between two dies to give it the requisite shape,
by which, now called a sabot it receives at the
top and bottom recesses for the ball aud the
priming, which last is put in afterwards with
considerable pressure. The bed of the ball has
besides several incisions.
The paper for the cartridge, of light quality
and easily consumed, which is 2'67 inches long
and 2'26 inches broad, is wrapped but once
around an iron former, slightly tapering
being O'63s inch above and O'7OS inch below
The lap is pasted and peculiar and simple
bottom made. The completion of the cartridge
is not difficult and is as tollows:-The cartridge
having been filed and the powder slightly
shaken down, the paper sa0ot is inserted with
The primlne Of illuminate on the powder, the bal
placed in the cavity prepared for it, and the
cylinder gathered over the ball, but so as tC
show the point of it. 1t is dipped, as far as the
ball goes, in tallow. The charge of powder Is
Sc grains. The we ght of a Prussian needle gu1
Is 1927 pounds to ll'S pounds.
The advantages OF this arm are:-
First. The simplicity of the mechanism, which
can be taken apart without screw driver, spring
vice, etc.