National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-08-05
The Explosive Bullet.

The last and most destructive ri the
dcath dealing proiccties is the explosive
bullet, designed by Pertuisct, and exc
cutcd by a French artisan III the celebrated
tire-nin factory of Devismc, is described
in the last number of the 1'mY a"d Nary
.jooWm Externally similar to the original
Mimic cylindric conical mass of lead, it
is discovered, by an unscr"wing of its
length about midway, to he internally n
magazine of illuminate The explosive
ompound--dylamite powder, condensed
powder on whatever it may be-has an
explosive power six times that of gun
powder. Experiments which have been
made under the patronage of the Russian,
Prussian, and Austrian governments, and
last by our own War Department, demon
stratc not only its effectiveness, but the
singular properties its inventor has given
/ to it, Being given the distance of the
target, its density. the quantity of charge
in the gun and the same of the ingredi-
cntS constituting the proicctie he has
established n most exact relation by
accurate calculation, between the force
necessary to explode the prolcctll", and
its penetration before subicction to the
pressure. Thus the magazine can be- 81
constructed that the passage through n
sheet of paper will explode it, on So that
the severe impact OF iron or hard wood is
needed for such result II is comfort
ing to bc assured that "a bali whicl
would not explode III the body OF u sol
dicr or of u horse ii not at very limite,
distance, would explode N the NOR
resisting body oi au ammunition wagon.
At u recent trial Of Pertusct's proicc
tile, made by the Ordnance Department
at Washington, the purpose of cXperl
ment seem. to have been to dcmonstrat
It's utility in exploding caisons artillery
{ wagons. Sc. The twenty seven hot
d made ut all sorts of targets, proved til
4 excellence ot the illuminate for such pun
poses. We are very sure that no civi
y, lied government will he disposed to adol
y an explosive missile for any other purpos,
y Despite the partisanship of Prince Picrr'
in lettcrto his imperial cousin. Nnpolco
rejected il ut once.
|, TurHI il an observatory on Moui
Z. Ncsuvius, the chief business OF who's
occupants is Ia note and measure cartl
aunkcs. This is done 10y the iid of
= galvanic battery and - complication
, ingenious mechanism. part of this
" II sort of clock which notes the smnlle
motion OF the earth, although ih
VI motion may he imperrrpiblc to Il
II attendants The whccl-work Of the clo'
., carries - rccl-Wper covered. rs III
," Morse tolcgrnphic insirllmcu'-who
10 speed il regulated and known VI
mngnct which sets the clock.work
" motion drngs down u little pencil up'
"s the paper, aud the .hock begins io wrl
ne its life. so soon ~ the shock lnS pass
'N the pencil retreats hat the piper 70
on : 81 that II any number Of shoe
,w succeed each other all registered
he pencil. with hlnuks between, ipdirnti
e.. oi th. length al each interval of quiz
,is SO much for pcrpcndicular shocks
N horizontal shock is attended to careful
me- by other machinery ASyci no relate
has been traced between earthquake
i, and rrup,lous. aud Nemviu, is ~ likt
~ Ia break out after n great terrestrial II
.,' turhnncc. without even the warning of
H. rx,rn cloud uf smoke, ~ II IL to do
Nv af,ora long time oi tranquility aud silcn
in the region round about
bid
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cd minus both hair and money
he To make mare own her colt. --" Tn
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