Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-06
EARTH TORPEDORS.
An Invention which is A bout TO Itevoiu-
tioniIe the A ~ Of war.

f''''o "hi'h HtIe idlcly J'7I'h "
Thur have been published 10y the
Geneva papers. The result of the eX-
perimcnts was considered so satsfact-
ory that the Swiss military authorities
have advised tho federal council TO
purchase the right Of making the tor
pcdoes and the secret of their construc-
tion from the inventor, Lieut. Feodor
Won Iubowitz Of the Austrian army.
The /ubowtz torpedo. according to
several high military authorities. is
destined 10 effect partial revolution
In the art of war, especially Of dcfcn-
siyc war. 1t renders possible the lay
ing, in "A very short time and by com.
mon workmcn, Of series Of powerful
mines, any one of which can be made,
as circumstances may require, either
harmless or arranged in such amanncr
n to be exploded by a shock, train
fifteen minutes sixty men can furnish
with these torpcdocs line 1000 yards
long The system moreover offers
great advantage for strengthening
the outwork, Of permanent or tempo
rary fortiBcations barring dcllcs pro-
tccting Al exposed flank. reinforcing a
harricade cnycri,g , wc,k dc,,ch-
mcnt nr Defending limo of retreat
The pcrCcctinn of this rngino of de-
,tructlon orcuri.d Iicu, Ipl,witz
seven years and II il .,5J now +, have
alI the uror.rtf.s which spcb an ipvcn.
tion ought H. ro..c.. certainly .f .f.
feet. rhcarncsg .iIprlirity Of cnn,,ruc-
tion and .aa. ~ ,,,ri,,,,,,,i,, Aucr
a series of searching n,rcrimcnts +,
was WARMLY. recommended I.y ~, c,.
ginccr section nr the Au.,rign ,pi,it,r,.
commission and v.,, usol with .pcco..
dpripg the I,,o i,.prr,c,,,r /, hc
sru,h ~ u,,,,,,;, ~ ,,o .,,.,st,,,
ten mon ,or,l,,,I, l.,,rcl +, .c,c,.
,.cn minnie. n. ,,y. ,, ia, ,...,t.
fne.n ,,-,.J,,s L. ,rrc,-,r,o tho
tnrr,,r., g.. , ..-, ., ~. .,..,,,.t
Tho clar,c i, .,.rI,.f,.. rr,p,,l ,or,
,ioc and ,,,. ,,,,,., , .i,,,.r. i,,cri.-
mechanism r,n L. l,,rs, cf,hc, ,lo,c
ground under = Iayer of earth or
under water Tbc,ar,cd,,.s ,,.. ,,,i,
in series cnrr.sr.pJirg With ,h.i-
charges which rangc from f.ur ,.,u-,5s
to 100 round. an, ,r. rr,ssc5 r..,,c,,.
ivelv arcorJin, IN tho psc for which
thew ar. destined ,s .orr.J,c. ~ oh-
soryati,p ~ r.r,,r, and ~ ,,.rc,,s.i.,,
Thcfw,las, named slr, d, ,-o moan, >,
ho exnIadrd rs. tho c,crnv ipy,,unt,
riIv of course Tho c,n,,c, ,,rrcJo
may ho rpt IN any rl,,. vyb,-. "a cr
i.fnnc.. i. no, lil..,, ., D.. s,,.,..r.od
IN an abandoned c,rriagc rI,rcJ ,,rcs.
a r,,8 tchi,d a., a,.,, ,- , ,,,,o ,,.h,,t
has +, 10 .r.ncl ,bo NOR, -c,r,, u -,
Tho ,l..trglo t..i,,, s,,g,i,,., g. ,.,,,s,
tho c,rIasf., Tboror,ys.i., ,orrcI,
Is hidden few inches beneath the
soil or inadrain. and cyrIolc. rc,dil,
under tho weigh, n a number ~ mon
mr. tho prcs.urc of a vehicle mp tho
tramp af a horse Tho f,ur r.url
,orpcIocg are for instant uso and
ha.nr, easy ofir,n-ror, may na ,,l,n
a,no., whenever ,ro,r. c,n mar,
Twenty fix. ~ ,borp ,,n 10 ,,,,l.,,1 80,
ona 1,, mule 4 sfn,lo ,ar,od, 90
this calihcr ,yi,l hrcal mn n, nrdir,-,
ro,J :, ia uu width and ,h-co -
four ,orrcd,as sl,,g, r,,J ,rc spe
zion, ,o render +, smr,s.ahIc Tho,
ppIvcrizo EVERYTHING within 5i,uo
tor of seven and break oycrv,bin,
within a diameter Of thirteen ,po,rcs
from the centre of cyrI,.io, Tho,