Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-11-18

| 720, 900 thalers, although every pait az
it was manufactured within the forra I
/ it is worked almost uuinterruDtecilv
day and night, that 30 NAV earn
the interest on the capital invested in
il.
This establishment is not devoted 10
warlike material solely. All sorts Of
railroad material o. the heavier kind
is prodnced in enormous quantities. A
quantity of aXletre5s were before the
war sold to a French railroad company
and after travelling q distance Of l69,-
400 English miles, not one ofthem was
found to be in the least damaged. Even
england, the country OF cast steel,
SENDS orders for them. In the year
1860 the export to England, the colo
MES and to the United States amount
ed to 564 aXeltrees and 1896 wheel
bandages.
The construction Of ironciads in
England, the United States and France,
and the other maritime countries, ueces-
sarily led to the demand for more pow
erful weapons of attack; the most e2l-
penenced artillerists and manufactures
Of armament devised means and plans
for the construction of cannon. RiEcd
cannon, superseding the old ones Of
smooth bore, were first brought into elz-
tensive use during the civil war in the
United States, while the first brecch
leaders were manufactured by Ilupp,
Whitworth and Armstrong, Cast steel
was at first used in the construction of
light field pieces only, until i was found
to be fit for the manufacture Of gums OF
the heaviest caliber, the danger Of taeir
explosion being obviated by giving
greater strength of metal to the breech
end Of the cannon, and by encirclmg
the same with several bands Of cast
steel of different degrees Of strength.
In one Of the buildings is seen the
/ ,oOO-pounder gun which created sttclla
sensation at the exhibition In lar n
1867 It was thought the Prussian Cove
ernment would order 1t TO be shipped 20
the coast of either the German on the
Baltic Sea, to be used for coast dcien5ai
but these anticipations have NOS been
realized, and as the French feet has al-
ready Withdrawn from those waters per-
haps the gun may be brought into u5e
during the siege Of Paris. The gun was
intended for coast defense, and it was
calculated that its projechles would
pierce the heaviest ironclad in existence.
1t has one great advantage over the
heavy columbiads Of Rodman in the
greater facility Of pointing it ia amy die
rection, owing to the ease with which If
moves on the. gun-carriage. The can-
non proper, one of the finest pieces OF
steel which could possibly be raade,
weighed S5 600 pounds before 81 was
bored, after that process only tofly
thousand, showing the enormous loss ln
material of 45,oOO pounds. The cast
steel bands which encircle the cannon
weigh 10000 pounds; the inner SIDE has
40 spiral grooves, which represent
length of OLA inches the massive or
solid projectile weighs 400 pounds,
while the cast steel grenade does rot e11-
ceed / 900. The charge OF powder
ranges from 100 to I2o pounds, for cach
shot; the cost of the gun, gun carnage
and the other apPurtenanees aInol.l-- 20
IAs.ooo thalers. The other smaller guns
exhibited by Krupp in 1907 have at
tracted a decidedly greater attention
than the one above described, and he
has obtained a prize medal for every one
of the designs invented by BIN. The
number of cannons Of all descriptions
manufactured by KruPP reaches $500,
of an aggregate value Of zic15. coo
thalers. He has now on hand orders
for 2. 200 guns for several European and
other governments, representing g value
of over 4, ,oOO, 900 thalers. OF these 95
Der cent. are breeCh-loaders, varying
in caliber from a to 800 pounds while
few of them will have CaIlbcr Of 600
and even I 900 pounds. The FIusslan
Government has always madeline most
extensive purchases Of Krupp. 8 guns
and the superiority of their artillery IS
the best proof that the confidence placed
in his cast steel breeCh-lOader5 has not
been misplaced.