The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-11-16
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Correspondence Arms and Navy Joasgrt
A tour through the sOrdsace depart6eu$
OF Us GEaet xposition Turntables the on
poItunity, thougb sssrssly the material, for
comparison ~ the rslasits prog sess Of kAs
eeveral Christian natioas n the science of
destrrction, rs applied 70 modern warfare
The display is very unequal one England
taxes the lead In the -eempleseosss Of her
exhibition, and America follows after all her
rules in this respect. The French. who
make so imposing display 10 other depart
Dents, were at iSst STRANGELY behind here
In July, however, they brought ont their
largest and best guns, and fine specimens Of
workmanship they are, whatever they may
be ia other respects. Most Of them are man
niactured at Ruelis, % the Louvre, meas
Angouleme. This site for the eoserpmeus
mAnuiectosy MAS originally seiecsed In l77ds
on account 81 It's not only ssfordng gosa
water power bot because o. Ice pfoximits
~ MINES furnishing ores best adapted for
the maDuIacture Of iron having that peculiar
quality Of tenaeity which Is 50 essential in
the metal used Tor ordnance. The extef<,ve
fcrests 10 the vicinity also furnish an ample
supply Of charcoal. Thus most Of the ma.
teriul used II Ruelle is obtained neal, though
some gray pig iron, Of a peculiar tenacious
quality, has recently been imported from
AleIich in Algeria. The system sdopted a.
Ruts!e for securing the most perfect materi-
al for casting canyon, 10 worthy -of notice
After testing the pies by bgeakins them,
they are cat into capnen, Which H. tested
TO The bursting point, .the eonffaetQr paying
the expenses Of the trsRl il bis ore y not nc
cepted. The ORB 10 thfn bfokep jsto small
pieces. and the extransOus mattef carefully
removed IL il next exposed % the air, IN.
III the sulphur and mRgnesia cpntained in
il are dissipateds alter which the ores from
different msnes aAs cAsefully mixed, so
that every easting shail contain . due pro-
portion OF each. N
Ihs nesyy gBps exhibited by the French
are cast upon The core system, and are all
bFeech-loadcrs and reinforced. Their rife
guns are uniformly made with six grooves.
All Of their siege and battery guns are made
of gon metal. This 10 less endurlng, and
not go good for occurring perfsct range
as harder material, bot is hasstbe merit o.
economy, A. il can be cast over again. The
bore Of The French gun 8 larger, In proper
tion TO wright Of melsl, than the steel .guns
exhibited bv Krubb, WhItworth Arm
strg-g Oise.E I. Dch gun in the Exposition is
Is feet ioog. rs inches bore, aad weighs
IS 900 lbs. l. throws shot Of about 100
lbs with charge of loo lbs This, the
first and olly gun Of its size yet made 10
France, has only been fired twice with ordss
nary charges. IN size il 10 exeellee By q
gun e1h hred by Krupp, which weighs I Ia
600 lbs, and with It's steei carriage and Furn-
table 200 600 lbs. II Is rihed brsrch-
loader, inienGed for harbor defence, ed viii
prove most Formidable weapon If il an
swers expectation. Thus far il has never
been FIRE I, having been put on q eaFybnilt
especially for lis trsnsool tation, and brought
d,fecs from The foundry to the Exp0sitisa
bu,Isifpg. The diamcter Of the bore il IA
inches, weight Of sci shot, l,2l2 lbs. I;
shell. 1850 lbs, with a barsting charge OF
.nslp lI Ia. Ile chareer1f f1e qua Is TO
lao IBIS, Length of gun, III feet. The
insip I5Ificance Of the bursting charge is ex-
plaiue:d BIZ the fact that the deep grooves
rAsqared Tor the lead case leaves no room for
a heavier charge. The cast-steel Ia the guns
weighs H43 lbs. the lead jacket, go lbs !;
TIE bursting charge, IL he. total. 1880
& The inner tube Of the gun weighs twenty
ss.s. Il Was forged under the ffsy- tan
hammer, az Krupp's foundry, from Q mas
sivs ingos ~ forty and quarter tans The
waste was over twenty tuBs, or 6fty per cent.
there are three sets of cast-steel rings at
he breecb, aud two at the muxzle. These
weigh altogether thirty tuns, ana are manu-
factdred wlthout Reiding from rectangulas
Pieces VI metal split down the centre, opened
WITH wedges, forged under the hammer, and
finished 10 the rolling mill, This gun IT, an
adm rabie piece # work, and Is remarks
Bile evidence etwh6sis Prse.sis 10 The manu-
fact, 81 heavy gans. Sixteen months Of
CO.. Giant work, day and nighS wereexpend-
ed upon it. IL 10 claimed that the machine
y for working is epaples swomen to handle
it n ith ease, eleyating, depressing, and turn
ing The gun so that IL Can be brought easii,
and rapidly 70 bear upon an OH eeF.y
Bes'de this mammoth gun, Knapp abb q
Inch breech-aeder, weighi1p twelve
tsfs, forged as described, Eithgds dlgss
and al from one piece Of steel, Wlthths ex
cepEon of u srannions. This gunhas been
fired one hundred aha txspsys lines, with
taStsslve pounds Of powder, tint service
charge :, ing from fortyto tory stya FSapos.
II carries solid shot weighing three hun
red and thirty pounds, and n shell Of two
hundred ard s. venty Eve cands. : A small
er gun u Knpp's manufactures u ri6zd,
breech- loading tsld piece OF crapible steel
II l. 4 p0anaer, seSenty-fepr INCHES in
lene tb, weighs SIX hundred and 6FsNl oundsS
With 3-inch bore, and carries . eharga VI
ont pound, throwing an. esght-and-a hall
Iour sasll. Anoiber Germsn 6sm, B@kes'
d co., OF westI haiis, exhibit some guns OF
large cslbci. Tue largest 10 an S-inch gYn, .
with brtecb-loading arrangements similar
t8kIupp's though more simple in action.
Berger Il Co. have made many gums lor t,I<
Russian and Russian gcsean tnts. Their
barrels; nearly all Of ghs bafrels Of the nee
die gan being drilled out of thesolid bar. ii
their ma uufa etory. Pstin Il tGaudet, d
French hrn, exhibit hooped soft steel gun !,
OF sixteen tons weight, nine inch bore. and
carrying three hundred pound solid shot
This ham Is best known ~ tbe mabufactur-
eis u cannon rib9s-or hoops. up- Is tliis
yesr they Rave supplied rings for sight ban-
drei ealssOns TO Italy, for Eve handfed 70
SPAN, one hundred aid thirty TO Russia, ons
LuAdred and eighty 80 Denmarl Amenfy Eve
to Turkey, forty 10 SwsdeB,ans one hendred
and twent. 80 EnglaAd, besides those fur
nieaed 70 he French gSBefnmenss 1xs,
The Swsalsh Governmsnt exhibits two'
cas.-iron Fihsburg guEss hearty like oar,
6iteeD-iDch gun in shape ana gepefhl dharac-
ter. 0ne Is an eleven-ineh smooth -bers !
without re-sRforce, and the oiher four
groy.d niae-ineh rded gun, with steel re-
enfviee At the hreech. Ryeh Of these annsj
arc nuzzie leaders. They have bsen severely
testet first with two rpands.> OF Ithirts
POUNDS aud uner hupdrsa-andsesxsy .pouhd
shot, then. with forty. popad cSRrgss and
shot, increasing in weight al S4th POUND,
from two shots weighing three 4 uhdred ,apd
twenty pounds 10 sighteen, ven hing ND
geiher 1850 pounds, bnd tiItjng DC gan to
the lpnzzle. Sweden 10 strixina hard stoj
regain her old repusason - ; Hspufsctursr
q gnsis, ana recall ne days ~,1Sh znoSi hf|
stsss.tss Of Europe came % shes sosk. ops