, 1875-01-30

Nfhrd gnu. which. Ut tliatancc Of fG0 feet.
@ ehsEs t,t ct i panna. o Of owo5 ,ns
In thickness. Tina experiments thou n'atlo "arn
cansjcfcd highly %2.afa Story; md. hy rncnv, it
WEE sel'u,r1 s!trt tho luited s:at-r nigh. clam,
TO have the r,:st po.csfnl gun in eAist-
cnco, Afterwards, however, II was dsHcnrar~d
that, With chatGe "a much greater thhn that
for Which tllo gun vas deHiEued, tho racol waa
such n, IN ths opinion Of tho Chief 1t tho Ill
rea,t Of Ozdlauco, To rendof II entirely uneou-
indeed anywhere in the service. III
September Of Last year. tho experiment.
were reKzsmcd: and, at tho thirteenth fire With
h"sy charges. nls rifnd gun burst, lhe target
Inch kun, navy pattern riasd on air. WIkrd't
plan, hurst With ctlfge Of fA0 pounds.
III ths upia'sn Of Nri..-t@an. Hsnnt, Chief Of
Ordnance, the incst successful drlrE 20 far has
been with q 1Q-iilcI liodunn. lined with wrought
iron and con7osted hto an R-nch rifle.
0ne OF thcas guns las slfraur tup to the mill
die Of iAHt month) Erred 5l3 so1i'.s. vlth charges
Ut 10 pounds nf uw3or ,:,l sl,ot ot 1s0 on,ids,
capabia Of penetrating l,c;es At irot-Arn,ot At
range of frum 800 ~ LOCO yarIH.
Now that wo tnaT SEQ Just how fn- In advance
Of European nations no arc in THIS respect. va
will paaa by Tho s,nsliar rihed guns Of tho brit
isl nary, such ~ the Armstrong, someraet. and
I'alser. other OF which can do splendid servico
At 900 Yards and pass to tho 35.ton guns n,
tia Devastation, whrh ara a* tlts time tho most
powerful Weapons in the naval service.
target representing tho Fiae Of the war-Bhip
Sultan. constructed Of iachh1 Of armor-ulate
ansl II incltes o< wool. tha 3j-ton " Woolwicl,
Infant" with shot Of 70o pounds. peustratsd
At 4 distanco al Z nilos: and another target
representing the Agincnurt WAS pierced through
! At rango Of 4,0uu yariis.
Groat ~ This ha1 bcen considarsd, It will bv
utterly cclipsel by tho Hl-ton gun at present u
| course of construction in Woolwiell Accord lc
to tho Army and Nary Gazett when lts cal, nrs
shall have been enlarged to IG inchca ct II At
ntSf ft1s Ind u, RI
Of 900 pounds OF powder and project4,c Of
1.G5o pounds, will DO over miles aud Us duty
will be equal to that OF penetrating \ N-inch
a1mor-ptats at + distance Of 4 mic.
Such ara tho gn1s of the British ns.vy; 2nd,
when We know the enormous atrengtb Ut some
| OF tho moro powerful shirs Of which it consists
| {ths Horculss for iustaucs, which, exclusive Of
franes and gitdcrs, has = total thickness OF
| ttI{ inches Of ifon.--9 inche8 'are IN orr
| thicknoss,--n ~ inches ot toak), no l4r
| somewhat 1t loas to uud,rrtand Ii
too dattcrtuG estin.ata OF tho Tiines: Il,
mora especially ~ this nA1,o vchH,l, like other
VI tho caanuol fleet, caa, with, tin, 19-ion rifle
Gans slonc. balch fortn her deadly 4no-pour J.
p'ojeetiles upon my stveu point, at tue rate d
| ahout 20 shots Ver minute.
| A Muath ur Two more, and Dritaia will adj II
ilor sayJ two moro iror-cads trr ,noro pnw6r III,
thsn tilesn, with manor n ,nches in thickut ,ss
eu:inas "o,king up to ll,ooo horsepower, at.
| euns capable ai throwing distance ol ssy ora
I,itu1 y cl.s!tad shut OF l,Gn9 poaatls. s.ne
| It u.ay 10 ueitllsr practtcabio nor prtt3ar t a
tl.s ttsae far .;r Unl.ol stasen to attonpt I.
| rival Eu:laoa on the suas. The time, lit "A
hofs. will nAycr co:,te Mheu tho tuo nation rH
b.i.!s teeotl.r, savo siao Ly nide. Ent, Vi 81 -.
| dycc tia cloul OF fttttno warfare rLaH <Irii
from, eoEse wien it viii, le. lis trust, with 1t,
| Arcbar, of Msryand, that cnr county,, he lin
improved well the TINA Of p.aes, and coay, iol,
fdontiy to ths a4manitnt 1t hsr uwn aea eoas
| lefansoa. 4, = O.