Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-17

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Couspatat.yc s'ifisis of isssvy et1k
Euancs rcceutlv took place tiptt tho
obscsrs territory SfNi.t IsIind. i
Boston i,Arbor. The c1uaf ESnfe
we're suclj us 10, ,oi,strate th6x III
The susostl,.bore suma Bn land and
belonging 10 the soycrnmeri taS -
insreasc,l fn Vrrejsiofi s,,d uGSS6t %
|au extent Shiel. will Sdsb,e sisski -
hiesssd dcasfoy, with single Shetv
any iroiisttsa - lothci war vesset
[tliat ever Heated. The e xpSts1neuSe
took place uiidcf the .observafioh ef
captsin 0f Ortinsnce Or tie navy
jep.rt,psnt. aud under tho supcsvl-
sion of Nof1asaM Wizard. agent Of The
traspnrtulent aifa Inventor Of ftbc ri1ing
Improvement which adds seSe re-
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to"s each ah" OF io..hcn cAhoe''
Ono Of them was uie common
''nooth-bore a,id The other was rined
~ accordsHce with Mr. Wiards IN
v.sntioi', but In other respects there.
wits no. difference Whatever. ons
hundred and forty pounus OF
powicr r. tho largest quantity OF
ammunition ever used In gnn-w0
fred from each, and the pro)eesi!es
were respectively 40 pounds wes&n.
Tn, targets consisted Of wrought
iron plates of fifteen iuciies In thick
ness, and flsey were erected side oy
slide, $50 feet distant" The ride pro-
jectile fred from, The Wizard gun Wss
Of conical slinpc, aud the one hrs0
frsin the common sinootli-bore picoe
was necessarily round. The SSs
frat named went clear through the
~. ucb mates and ont Of sight iuto
. s.,d hnnt IN tho rear. The iiSuo-
ution .,f the almost inv ulnerabls tai.
90, u.e comn,.,e. % rrent wa thS
forco With which IL was struck ti,aS
fragment OF 800 or 400 pounds wds
| tbrawn c.ear across o.. island. dis
t.nce not less than a quarter Of 8
m:.. The proiectile from ne
slnooth-bore gun penetrated only
about 6 l-2 inches, and, as the advan-
| tarcs were precisely equal, the sups.
riuritv or the rifled arm was at once
eat, bIis,,ed by the experiment, and
I admitted by the government author.
. | itirs Of observation. Compared
with other comparative tests, this
styc of gun is the most .destruc.
j tive ever yet produced. A S5-tor
gun of 12.incl, caliber, was once fired
81 i'm England through an iron plato II
n inches in thickness, showing the com.
i paralirc penetrating power. Of that
arm to he about 14l against 22t ol
n the gun at Nut lsIaud. This iIn-
provenent, rs the government un-
! dcrstaads it, docs not involve the
manufacture Of new guns to secure
IL. Take the preeent armament of
: our forts. just as they are, end they
can be r.fied NJ one-tcnth of the cost
!, shat new guns can be manufactured,
and At the samc time their cthciency
Of s,nOotli-boro ordnance Is not In
u tho least Impaired; aud, including
the cosi oil riding, The arms will be
cheaper by one-ten,h thau tho best
English guas. aud for destructive
powers aud efficiency eau hardly be
eoualed. ..........- a,
i Under this Improvement it 10
| c,ai,nsd that tho r,ficd guns belong
,nY TO the Uuited States government
NAV he made to have greatly Increased
efficiency, endurance. penetration Of
iron plates, higher initial Ve'ocity 10
the shot, much longer range emu im-
proved precision; While the guns Oh
the sinooth-bore will remain rs essen'
TALLY as good or be better smootn-
bore guns than they now arc' and' II
rifled, they u. ~ be, after she Improve
mcnt Is applie"' used ehcc'iveiy a
smooth-borc guns, II uesife"' ny 'ni'
means all the spheracai pr'Jectiies
now Oh hand may TO utilized, and all
rfsArrlascs, implements, platforms,
ordnance stoss-N-S''@- service Of she
gun may oe n'auesvssiabie. The I'm.
prOVcnlent CONSISTS III clnlHy each nuu