The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-11
I'M; ORDNANCE BUREAU TRYING TO
MIKE 4 CINNON.


mil ronfcssr4. Not heing nm expert in The
fuYr 'e business there was no alternative but
,a4.. 90 the prn 1irnl md scientific mon for in
f,-r fion and .r, tho pra.ti oll operation " nil
H.. f.t,st inpfo,. rnnts I'm furun.ca. which
49,. lurlv din; and tho result ia W. nrc try
r., ~ mako itnfossible thinvs possible. and
r. souor.lv in.n,. l,oo Of NIL known facts I'm
er go md rr,., iani knoOlrd,e that have bocn
d.y .,nod within tno last ton or twelve years"
nv. Or,uauco Burrnu loitily Wishes it's hands
OIL .hcock nrd thc failure 10 make the gun.
IL. lo rulli, will MT let the haflnd inventor
.,. .i,,o O., his ,a.i,n,,i shirt 81 sbntnn
n nrlnnno. urr.ou hna c,f to stand with
hi. rthn4,.l..h.,n cuusl,t actually irwin,
20 no,rr,,,n,..r.r onnn.nr. and. ne MIGHT
b., 0.,r op.ia.f,.,,i. ,ho llra.,,i'a own journal
~ i.nornn 4'ipidity. and incapacity ia
c.. fl IN mako t,.s bran in OF our army th,
Jn,.lNrcst,.l of f,o world
n, .rt.,,,..e ,.,..,.i... ,.. r,...,....,. .....
'.,'' '',''.N VIZ, '''.,''''VN gu"
n, ~ boatol lr,, wrou,,ht iron disks or
- sos" Thas, .roos.s ,y,ro nnIe nj Low.
ls, .. Pa. Of pttslnr.,h blooms unlorn I'd. ion
bo.,.,.rvin nm tt.f.n, f,u vr,r.,l with ion
p,o..l. NJ stoo,n ., h,,l, sil,.nf n aG.innh MIS-
g., ,rbcv ,,..r,.s.r,,,, a., ,ot,,r,l or,rorv n,
S.. .-o Ii NJ, p..r, ., t t,,y, IN int, a
Gun Apcxnrnai,' ,,lur. y,,s c,.~,n1 Part ofr
" h,ntin,, f,rn,.,y..,t n y.,,.r ho,tom ~
,,, ., ,ibr,.,'., - ,h,, H., .t,.t =, ,.hm, &,
r. on. The feed pipe and the discharge
~ 81 the water bottom should precisely indi-
ct Il" level OF the running wnt"r within. Yet
!" WIS pu' 'n '.' '"i ''i'' III i,''r' IEn'-
J" "' h"' "' .i' N'"'' ''""' ""V e''
no. ''"" '''.n i.'''' e's VI an
A. .fi. vot.r I.t.,n, WIS n,aJ.. al co.t iron
e .lvfn4 80 t,. Orluonce pur.,u ah,, ia
nv III. ,,lvc r..s c,,,seJ his, s.,.,r, in ,h,,
IN '7' ''N'' - '""7'' ",-" S'''un III 'ne
'h' VIII, "I N "u' nl '.'' N',''r "iil 81
IN '.pY '',N w. "".,''uS "' s'n'A'ns'
=, ms "'nu "' rs N,l' "'. ,'''r W ''nnN.
VI "'"'' l'' '"' s"''''"'s 'ir'W "''v
VI ' 'N.'", 'l J." i",n u 'V'n
~ an" "'' - i'' "'u'''. 2. "uo". eNs'
- ,''"' ",' '' VIZ u ~, us nO' v,'S.
"'' 80 an ".-'7' "' '""oe H",u
u fN' 'N 'i''' V'e4 ,.o
anu 'i' "'pe was .Ni' '79'N t'"' u
W" '"'1'' '"'. no' o' l'""u essential
III i '"so D'"'in '' s"''u was u''ernilhou on
're were punched holes in the centr,- OF
th' chooses. In the lower one. when In the
hei AZ furnace. was a cast-iron pin. whose use
wa to centre the one above 1t when lowered.
m pring the two accurately together The
Or nance Bureau was perpleNed and grieved at
M unexpected wlliulness OF these pins. They
woHh not stand upright Ihey would tip over.
Ut" ordnance bureau mas actually made n pub
I' ora against thcse pms mat they acted as
' were 100 lhrge LOT 'he noes worse
d. them' refusing TO centre an upper cheese
low ''d 10 meet H. partially upset II, and pre-
We ~ union win It's mate III the bed oil sand.
NJ me sand hllei the holes IN the cheeses
M" many the sand proved IN many ways to be
- rprising nuisance that the broken cast
IRON water bottom was called from Its scrap
honp 10 come and he mondet and do duty
RSun. hoop OF heavy bar iron was