The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-08-18

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I ,ieas AAVe " tsse eeea raised ~ The various
/ srest esysylax eoapsaies ef England, 70 the
/ Conveyance ~ percussion caps, and penal.
/ ties AaSo occasionally ecen entorcea against
/ SeaaeSS Nf thcSe articles. This has led to tsc
Interference Vi the kirsnlogean Chamber et
I Cersmcree in ,Ac matter. With the Wow Of
, seSsieS the explosive er nca explosive nature
/ et esg'S when ssreek n ealA, Aeeersiegsy,
4 Serscs " exl>erimcNtS weFo carried cut Al
wAtcA tsc government, The leadteg railway
/ eerapAaies ard various underwriting sssoeiA-
[ tlcrs, sc. were represented, In the ngSt cx.
[ pSrfascst, = tin eex containing 40 caps wac
I rascca n an criiasry tsrv. where Il renaaincd
eet0 al the ehsrScs IN the caps were burned
cat, An tAe caps gradually burned. without
Z the his oftAe eaScS even being blown Oh. al.
though the IDS Werc well nigh melted. The
Seeoal eSrSrllaens consisted IN placing half
eandgedweisAt of caps 10 = rcd hot malile;
the reseR was a Kind ef issieg AZ Intervals.
bat tAerc wSS 40 explosion. IN the third cx.
pertinent setQo caps wcre Put into a packing
case IN the ordinary Nay for transits thcse
vsre PLACED Ia 4 furnace; the wood burned
zrSaeSl(y away, but nc, the slightest explo-
sion oSeasroas the CAPS remained stacked IN
pvrsraSSaf tS-ta exactly SS they had been hxcd.
a fourth experiment Nss that oi placing with
In an iron pos, 10 inches in diameter aud 10
inches deep lump ~ nd he, irou. weighing
: n oa this SA(od loose caps were poured,
and the pos Was fllca uP with cotton wool:
srslNSllY the eaFS exploded. and the cotton
wo0l eeestac eAarrcd. but no fame whatever
SrcSe. \ lccitcr match was put 10 the wcol.
which igu,toa instantly. In the ftlh aud
sixth experiments, brown paper parcels con-
tSinieS 400 caps werv struck on a mass Of
irou weighing one handrelwS eight. and fan
irS trem height of - feet. in cue 0t these
the 6ox was sHrr0nndca BY cotton wool, but
10 explosion occurred. Gunpowder was
then substituted for the cotton WOOL and, as
riSet have bsca expected. an explosion &C
eurre1s hct The merc dropping Of the welght
on tsc gurpowde- alone ala no, cause an ex-
ploSiou. In the seventh test, parcel con
tSirirS 500 caps Was placed in a box with
quantity u ecttca wooi. This wNs struck
6y el0cS q iron weighing Is ewt,, falling
f7oul heiS6t Of 4 fect; the caps were crush
et. but sgsin there Was no explosion. An
other experiment WAS that OF placing 4io cart.
rid.scs for the Remington ride in 4 box; gun
powder wSS placed within the box, aud 4
fgse applied - one Of the cartridges. Il alone
exploded. the Others in the hex rcmaired per
fccL The party then adjourned 20 the Lon
GOa and Northwestern Railway, where a bag
containing S00oo caps was placed on 4 rail-
Two wheels Of locomotive passed over the
bSg without causing any explosion; at the
passage Of the third wheel there was 4 small
explosion, but that occurred only TO the few
caps which were absolutely crushed: there
mas no explosion in bulk. In the ninth aud
last special experiment two wooden packing
c&scS, containing $1,000 caps each, put mp In
the Ordinary way for transit, were submitted
10 e0rcussion BY attaching them TO the buffer
(not spring buffer Of an engine. In this
test there wSre employed Sn engine and three
trucks with two brake vans aud three trucks;
the engine ana tender weighed forty tons.
When The boxes were struck the engine was
travelling 81 the rate Of twelve miles Sn hour;
the boxes were. Of course, crushed, and the
piecSS tew all about, bu; Il was in isolated
Instances only that the cap exploded. The
results Of these experiments ought 10 satisfy
tically safe in transit-4r-Ry dsi AGsy Joar-
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