, 1881-10-28
A HUGE GUN,

tuutefNt:.., Nosy in Ort1nnncc-Tnr LIZ
Iisnfi.rfurtcil Accelernlflf@ CnnIlnls.
t;s:,iaAu, l'a., Oul "s.'-.tt the Srutt
Furiliry Of the lseattlng lron cntnpany. this
:.ftGrl,ml,, 81 0Nl pounds Of molten frpn wcr,
rourc,l in1nn gigantic nold, ntli Tim cast
t,g Of /, lluEu caui,o,l. which will be twenty
1--WE fGut In lCIlgttl. WIS successfully uccilIt-
ilislcd. Tile patter,i hf the gun Ii llcw,
departure In Urlnnilce- IL Is known Ms the
LyMan-i HASKELL Accelcratlng 'tr Multi
caanrge catlI,uh. Tho principle Is s!Ap[r. III
otl,er guus thu Iyl!ltlot, uf tlis ct'ar,:r and
consequent volume Of Eas produce Il tsreat
pressure in tllu brecci,, which II, however,
diminished ~ tic sEot passes a!D,,g
tic rlnl.nl,er. md Is inlcl, lcss
III tho l,itlzxtc. Thu ,'csign Of this
new pattern IL to maintain tho pressure
,tpun the Slot, making It as great ut the lnlz-
z!c :ts III the breccst. TlIeru arc four large
gloDuar pockets iii liur underneath tic
lrcerl, section, each intended for ii ctlnrge Of
1,uw,lur lii tl,p breech viii hu ,1ncctl eight
Gun pounds Ut ileyaEOlla! sfuw-btir1ling
powder, and each pocktt Will contain twri,-
,tY-elElt pounds Of powder tliat burns rap.
bn kept ~ by t!la explosions of tho powder
III cacll ellalsber successfully Us tic shell
lasses .,,l, mid l,y this accumulation uf lMW-
rr uf the penetrating f0iG, vt tho Sl,0l viii
EEEtu5 lllEFEHSttls &tNIs MN VIII
lu,s reported fayorab1y on experiments with
smlller guns hf this 1iatlcrn, status that thu
tell-llrh ucceleratlnH Elin wnllts be ;th
tH,Wcriul rs tilU elx1lty-ul,e.tutl Armstrong
gun. VII. lusli1tnel! E!li,; Of lllls
lrull have been penetrated 1T :1k' yards, aHl
thu inventor clninls TINT tlu. peilttrntfmt 1T
this gun, It's compared With that nf any 0tlier
gun l,Itlcr similar conditions. ~ ni fur to
ole n,ld 1ullf. II il also stuscst That 1u1lcat
| anost lnwlcr. ran bo used tlsn'' ~ l'lp orLl-
lAry single cl,arEc gun with inc HISS stra'n
Mr. Tinskeii, iile Jolnt Inventor with \. s..
LYMAN. hns been able this far so experiment
| oiiy with comparatively >mail guns, but
lilo ilrl,t Of Tarr .Sl'allao',st, nf New ,Yurk.
thu cnstlnE Of this gun was hegntiate.l with
| tllo lseasliiE, Iron Works. tl!e ll:st that as
hern ci.st there sIer tho Kebeftfn.l. This
| gun will bc Twenty-Five feet long, with u stx-
Incl! borr, INT! tho greatest tl"mclcr twenty
SIX inches. -...,
cslarc0u! Ir0n. lnrgety ttnl nl,.es II, V!rglIiil:
weru plutGu III tEiG Llr-blHsl fnritace t!t!tl
:,U0o pounds IN another. At l.alt-lMst tl!'s
afternoun the irnn was t:eclnse'l ready ~ be
poured iEto tho ,nsd. THIS lilo!d, which WIS
right III II great snt.plt ln ile ,nadtllc of the
foundry, wlIc!. WIS llsttf fur tlie Saslac pul:
posg during the War. Tbs ulnld, whicll had
l,Gen cast Iii lllyea nsld Afte!wMra lMllel To-
|
Ut tho hrperl secti.nl Of tho gun. Tilt 'eI
fapt Of iho m@tzxla Will 10 east separately
a:ul tho; two pnrts screwed t":etl!sr Il!e
sides nf :tlc mold wtrc pierced with |,t,Ics
tint tho iron might How down aiiu come inst
| tic l.,st,le ". liz !mttuM, n,Nl ns., VIII
gntes to. Hdnt thu cscapo ct EAses
Ile cAs|ng waS accomplished ngl,,,l w1''o.,' .n.,.
cnst Il lIltlu longer than necessary. IL A1n"
| for sl!rinEnetu III tllu two or three weeks hG
fOrr llle n1Gtnf will ueeuIue COOL. It was ems
SOLID, mi nller bslng l%red ont wil " ii,!e'
which will laye something Of II c1,s|!tutl-!kt
ulrect. md will tente', tue i0rcn % q tiu eN
ut Sandy Hook,
.'llIo c1,sfing wns lnaiu nu.lcr tho super
yIslnN If i. ii. und J. &. West, of tlla ]svatt
ing lr,I Works. u,nt aiming. others rresct
vera J. II. lt!skell., t'!o iiyelltar, Capt
iol. j. IT,, Stcvu,ts, l'rel. YIN Dur Wryde
un.l y. y, llarwe!l AlMl Z. =; fMtnK of Nes
Charles .A. fsrln]ry, Superintendent ttf III
NtretNW1l Stuel WOrks. Congressman Dnnlr
Erine.l,tro.lt, Henry kviIl. j. Y. Craig, j. Z
:5clnllnck, md lloratlo Tlexter, of tfil5 city.