The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-04
NORMAN WARDS RIVAL.
An Inventor who wants to make the Ac-
ausintancc Of sccor kobbcr-ou.


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hcad-a remarkable head and then wonderful
red nccktie. and then Marselilcs vest entered.
taking seat as though he was afraid sundry
needles were hidden in the cushion. Hope yer
well, sir and am your obedicnt servant, Hiram
1. Lover, sir, You can leave out the | Ia your
notice, SIR for printers don't Ike capital Is"
lie moved a little restlessly In his chair, and
kept tapping his left knee with roll Of fools
cap paper that looked like the manuscript OF n
u came to sec you. SIR" and the vou came out
with so great an effort NJ emphasis we felt com-
plimented Il came to YOU for the purpose Of
ventlon.
10y. "YYa ard the people Of this city; cir, have
seen its workings, and therefore YOU are all
doubtors. SO am |. We have advanced too far
In natural philosophy and dynamics to be duped
easily. don't come here To tribe with you la
NOW, sir, what Is the range Of our largest
cannon2 SIX miles, Good And the largest
calihre Of our heaviest gunsY About thirty
inches Good. Now come to my plan. | have
sgnn-or, that Is am going to have one-of
forty Inches bore. That's big gun, Amt II
The engineers have made fatal error IN the
past IN surprising cannon were only made to
shoot shot aud shell No such thing, sir And
WHY Because we can get a range OF eight
Thousand miles Just a. easily as six-an have
ITO resume, sir. make my big gun forty
inches cnlibrc. load II heavily, and, as mis-
silo. charge II with another cannon. whose out
side diameter is forty inches. This second can
non has bore " thirty inches, aud into II
load another, still smaller, with bore Of twenty
inches. Into my third gun ram another ~ ten
inch bore. and aga.n into this one OF tive. and
the last gun load with a heavy charge a steel
shell.
Now what occurs1 We adjust the friction
primer Of our big gun. We clear the crowd
away, and We elevate II fOrty-hye degrees and
pull. bang! she goes on. and the charge sends
the second gun six miles on Its way. Now my
invention comes Ia. when that second gun has
reached six miles and feels like dropping, the
sends the third gun six miles more. All goes ON
Lovely now. When this third gun gets to the
twelve-mile post its own precious time fuse is
alight. and bang II goes, aud, slrmmaelng
through space, IL sends the fourth six miles
more.
Nov, my boy" said he. getting familiar
when this little fellow huns along his six
miles, bang! again II lets of, and my lfth gun
scoots through its until IL sees its six miles
over. And now the little nVe-nch fellow is
blown out. going like lightning. IL gets To its
SIX miles end and there's ~ AMI another
bang, and my steel shot goes speeding ON Its
joyful way six miles further.
We have calculated our aim by primary
geography, and W. know exactly where that
shells going TO hit. And now look back and
see what we've done. The second gun was shot
SIX miles; 1t shot the third six miles that $
eighteen; that shot the Afth six that's twenty
four, that shot the shell six that's thirty the
range, my dear sir, OF my smallest gun. Don't
you seey Amt there the figures and they
don't lie.
when Secretary Robeson buys my idea, ] IN
going to build cannon to shoot around the
world.