, 1870-07-22
THE EXPLOSIVE BULLET.


Tho last aud supst destructive Ut the Jeatl.-
dealing proie,:tlles is ts.r explosive built, de-
sigh, rs ltrt,iisc', aud executed By l'reucl.
aftirnii Il. the celebrated !irr-arm factory Of
Desissne. il described in tie last number vi
the -iT'.y and Nary Jcur,.ai Externally
con:cal tnass Of lead. il il discovered, by an
Hrscsewing of it, length about mitwav. to be
internally magazine of illuminate. Tic e1-
Ilosise con.roand-<ly powder, con-
dersed powder, oz whatever it may bc--has
Of sun1o~,ler: Experiments Wild,
Il the lsass;an, 1'r1.s7ian. and Austrian
goss rnments, and last by our own War be
ta1sneut. demonstrate not only its ell ,,csivc-
hae given to it. Being Z ven the distance Of
tie target, its density, the quantity of Charge
Ill the gnu aud tue l1Ne Of tile ingretI cuts
corstit1itlgtle projecti!.., he has established
= most exact relation rs accus1te calculation,
between the force Necessary to expl,slo the
proiectile. and its y,eue,ratian beture suajec-
tim tue trcs=Ere. Thus the 1l1asaxiuu can
be 20 constructed that the p asar;e Ut tue b;4l-
let through sheet Of paper iii exrsol. il, or
70 that the severe itnpact Of iron or hard wood
IL needed fur rush a result: II ], co1nfutt,ng
TO be assured that y ! ball which wuu..l uot
explode in the bod: Of = euldirr or of . horse,
it not 81 very limited .iis:unre would explode
il tie more Resisting body VI an ammunition
wagon.
particular nissile to which our attcn ion has
been drawn, By t'iEri}as rrorriety OF ciEcum-
STANCES lrince rier1e Sa2oleon, the tee nolre
of tie Enapsrte family. appears TO have been
It's insulrer frum little pamphlet. badly
translated from an essay on explosive {tuicc-
tiles w1ittenbF the I'rince. We arc not snr-
trscss to learn that It's an l,or entertained tho
idea quite number of year, ago, aud even an-
piled II Dasi=u,e to make him i guu Of pastic-
ul1t calibre, suited to Lulu.e prQiectIe of
copper, u Of Ill alloy Of lead ani aut1mony-
The fac. Ut Devismes declining to produce
the arm ,lefeatcd the Princes purpose.
The eiLics Il slaughter are defined in 10
EcepEnized code, tnlt tsese is pretty general
secard among nations tha. e1t io:i;e Luii-ts.
ehall not lie csed in snaaM armr. OHr xea.la7a
bavc not forgotten the convention into WHICH,
at tile Instance III Ru-*is, the prominent na-.
tl0ns Of Enrope entered year or swo ago.
During our own var there waA IN occasional
sr1gg.s.t!on OF such missile. teiug used. but
ne psx!tr tu be1iive that the few cit INSTANCES
wera altogether imaginary. We EuoH that au.
lnScation Of this nature-whsthsr reEtuisete
or nut We are urceFtaiu--was offered to the.
roafederates. aud declined, on the seo-e af
tu-s sentiment, by the hoard of-cIamininG or
tcafe and II our memoF, il not at fAaIt tlte
iutrEal mi-s.l- WAS considered III . similar
sra1, bs Cur War Department.
At = recent trial Of Pertnisrt'a nreiect;1c>
u21de By the 0rinance Department At Ws.i,-
i76ton, the Purrose Of experiment seems to
Lave been to demon@trats It. utilitv in e4i.:u<1-
:nE calsoue. artiiIery-waS1as, dc. The tszet.ty-
seven shGt- made 81 all nctts OF targets uxoy-
ed the excellence Of tls, illuminate foe such
purposes We are very sGee that no civilized
government will he disposed to adopt IN et-
l,Iosye missile for HI: other pu1pose Despta
tie partseanslip Of Prince Pierre, in letter to
bis IMPERIAL cousin. Napoleon rojeeseti it ut
onca.