, 1876-01-14
MOUEny INTERNAL MACHINES
Tho Apparatus for the Destruction o.
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Londo,, TintkA, Xxx. q.
Tho recent lsplotabIo catastrophe at Drrmfr-
tavon has once moro drawn attention To tho faut
TINT tino aud money atill continue 10 bc eapend-
ed, and &alcnt wasted md misapphed, in tevln-
ing tic moat refined methods OF executing tho
meat dtntatlly sud dlAbolical dcsigua. htcchan-
icsl sk,li appe11s 10 be lAtt under special contr
button III these ms.toss, although It can scarcely
10 doubted that tlloso whoee skilltM hands
Innocent Of tho intended application Of THEIR
hapdiuork. As far as we At present know,
10 whose wsstel life has jaat baen eloaaa by
nLHtos. bullet at DlemeThayen employed AL ar-
reratus, consisting Of hamsner,. which was TO
atrikc q blow On aone explosive substance at tue
end OF Predetermined time, aud which hatn.
NOR waa actuated by clock-work. No ptoc!sa
description Of the maehiuo alsa as !ot beau
givsn although the exact !art,crlnss will doubt
icsa tranbpire during judicial inquiry. Il ts,
however, BY no means inlptobable that thu mo-
chanicAl arrangement will prove 10 10 very
| nlYcl like ono which WAS tcs'xued lot q stuAAf
| daa.arIIy purpose nearly thsos years since. As
Dyer tho signature Of "Warhawk.' and which
appeared lii tie Tines OF tile 22d s,s... thcso
| was At tha& time conspiracy 10 shlp quantity
Of htshly.,nsursd hut worthless goods on hoard
paO1as a.,so,iss hiss'' with Ds tho goods sa
to bo shipped IN informal machine, which
st eivon time VIZ 70 e'pl9oe' &C. eaaso suo 20.
| their miserable rouar] Thls machine consisted
| Of a rboos containing powerful explosive COM
round su,d an exploding Apparatun- Tho prtn-
ciple OF tho e1plolor MAS thas OF tho neodlo-Knu
Deodle bsing driven into pr1lued oaftsidEee
aud causing the eAposion Of tho whole n,ass Of
| tho compound.
Tho mechanism consisted Of d nesdl1 CT sirlker
| Eet in bolt. At the other oud Of Which Wal
spiral apring hcld In tube. Whon tho bolt MAS
forced back into tbs tsbo thess was. OF course,
poxorful prosauto behind il tendlng, 10 push Is
outward and to d'iso the needle iuto the
until Ahs proper niomsut for The dis.
charge had arrived. ) catch or stud Tss formed
I on It, which was mate 70 engage with lori
zoutal lever, having haniuaer-ahaped bead.
| 7ln loysE waa cunnetsed Will springs 10 AZ
ranged IA to Akva constant tsn1oney to rsloAso
l ever, waB couutarActs by broad disc OF mota!
Which, boug placed cluse agaluat the lower part
OF tho leyeshuad. hed il in lta place ih trout OF
the cstch on tho ne,dlc.bolt. ~ the dito "aa
cut notch sufticisntly deep to aliou tho lever
had to drcp into it when thas purt Of tho DISC
Ma presented 10 IT, and 90 70 re!easo tho ncsdle-
bolt. Tho disc WAS rovolvcd " train
Of cloek-wosk 10 sppedcd - that the disc
J should travel = gwen dlstanco IL =
! dehnttc time. Tie edge OF the disc wAa
u,arkxu with number Of epaces. one sl,ace
representing : day, aud tho edge would travel
tl!onrA thht spAcs iu enc day. Assuming tue
Disc to ba narkod into ten portions, and tho ma
| ehipe to b required to explode In eight days,
| til, lover 1oull hs set at hie cighta mark trou.
1 tl,D notch The cloek-work would then Ia stattAti
and tue diso would revolys Outll' at the end OF
tho eighth day, tbs notch would Arr'yo y tas
| lover bead which would " forced into TIE notch
| by ils sprinae. The unedle bole would thua ba
| released, snd being inpelied sharply for1atd b!
Tho powerful spiEsl Apssog a lts Saar. would
| vuse tho axplosioa o1 lhs cartridge aud 10 Of