Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-10-23
WHAT We SAW AT THE CENTEN-
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| most e1cleut and terrible guns that
could Be constructed OF these Is great
variety Of gun machines, that are eapa-
be Of firing frO1 fifty % i've hundred
tines ! minnie Some Of these are the
sane, Or nearly the sane, as were used
By the Germans With such terrible eject
upon the French. IN the var between
these nations A eating gun Of this
kind Is FROM three to i've feet long, and
Is pat On light wheels. 50 that the whole
thing can Be drawn by men By an in
esuious arrangement. the prepared car
tridres can be fed from 4 sort Of rsssr-
voir or hopper. and slipped into their
places At An AMAZING rate. By the turn
ing Of = crank the piece Is fed and dis
charged. and 4 voIIev Of lead Is great As
that from several rsximeuts. Is set Hviug
wherever and whenever the captain Of
the uu,zss battsrv desires There are
uauv kinds Of these guns. and thew are
the objects q uush interest
Beside 4 great variety Of t0rPedoes
and submarine batteries. there are sew
eral Of th0se very dangerous fish torPe-
does. Of which 50 much has been said Of
D.
ate These really wonderful machines,
which are capable CT gong cut into the
4. water = nile Or mere attacking and de-
stroyIng 4 vessel without having any
body nearer than the shore 70 direct
them are TO al apPearznee- Is harmless
Is an empty cider oarreL hey are IRON
twelve % twenty feet long. and not more
than three Test IN diameter At the arg
= est Place They are round taPer1ng on
snail 1t saen end and contain Al en-
-. glne f2r TIER Pr0p0-slon and guidance
together with steering apparatus and
powerful torpeda he engine, Wnlei
: Is either run BY electricity Or compress
= ed ar, turns little propeller wheel /
the stern, and operates the ms OF steer
= Ing gear Ct the machine, 50 that Il zoe
M cut under icater, and proceeds stralgh
toward the vessel or other object It
co designed 20 destroy. The engine IN II
machine Itself Is put II notion By BEN
n connected with wires. Or 4 rubber tub'
"a which run back 70 the shore, and a
he drawn along Is the torpedo advances !
on the water Just bow tke operator Cd
sr' make the machine steer itself to Il
= right CT left I'd OF down We could L
. discover Bat snail Tags appear to
sf put At either end Ct the machine, Al
ted these are probably made TO run lust 9
i15 Of water. and the sperator. looking thl
. : his glass. watches the sags and stes
TO the torpedo On rs Grand Of destruction
non when the t0rPed0 strikes ship or 9th
'feS Oogee- It Is discharged. destruytng It's
-. and the 06Iect which It attacks
/. In TINS particular department Of
bGIldlng, almost everything Essd by
navy Or army Il shown Al kinds
EeaPous. uIniat1rs vessels, fac lHli
II Il nou1tors. gUn-ooars and other shiE
equipments Tor ea71lry- artillery and
-yss t41trg' hospital aPparatus, tents. ei0
sb7s Ing' ese-
Eut IN another department. nay Be $
v.rv the nest interesting things that belc
Bay to the Smithsonian Institute and