Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-06
INFERNAL MACHINES.

Full Description ct Their Composition
aIission-The Equivalent ct zee |o""o
of Powder Carried Under tile Arm.
The most common form Of mfr :
machine is that known as tle 5ic,
TO all intents and purposes, it j
ordinary tin can, very like tltat INV!
astral oil is sold. The eau, for such
is, is made of heavy. gaivan ;z43 =,
one-sixteenth of an inch in thick
1t is one foot high and four me
square. This mac..ine, as well as !.
OF those now mate i'll this C. untry,
filed with q new powder, invented u,
Holgate, of Philadelphia. It ha> til,
form of ordinary gun owder, is of /.
dark-brown color, only cXplodes i, car
nection with the simuitan, Gus appliua.
ton of fire and power, and is estimate
to be 200 times as powerful as g'an
powder. The can holds, the efore, u.
equivalent of 900 pounds of powder
Upon one side and near the top OF th'
can is attached, by means of trass
screws, an ordinary clock-spring move
ment. Above this movement and con
nected with it is d small round lr,sS
wheel about au inch in diameter, ii..y.iie
upon one portion of the Circumference,
slot or notch. A spring passes upon
the edge of the wheel, which revoi> cs.
When the slot is reached in the circrit
the spring falls into it with q snap,
which in turn releases another spring
falling upon nipple, upoa which is L
gan-cap. The nipple is of iron and ex-
tends down into the powder, and tue
explosion Of the cap instantaneo' .sly
sets Off the compound in the bottom OF
the can. The machine can be SET any
where between one minute and tl,.r: j.
six hours. When 81 is :eatlv tie '9',-r-
ator closes the lii, listen, it ,,ith It
iron locker AID DEPOSITS whe ne ',,:tl
desire to slarse the pl )sion. 1t &
be kicked, rol ed around OF ain,nv,vd
but until th>. Song TITS mo IL, /
and explctles de cap tie e /, Do i'm
ger i'll It's handing. Ay p.tJnS tie ID
close to tie ID the mel Ii, 10, ict; ri
of the clock can be hoa d, ,ut III . ::
not noticeabie at q disGes;c CO OF SIX feet
The machine is air-tight, and watcr o.
any like fluid has no effect on the ex-
plosive compound, even were it lot her
medically sealed. It can be securely
packed in barrel of lard, barrel of
petroleum, a box of tobacco, bag of
flour, or with any of those articles of
export which are not likely to attract
attention. The power of such machine
depends, of course, upon the nature of
the confined space in which it is placed.
The most powerful internal machine
made is what is known as an "eight-day
machine" Like the ticker, it can,
however, be set from one minute up
ward. A machine of this description
recently made by Holgate, OF Ph;ladel-
phia, was fourteen inches high, six
inches square and contained the equiva-
lent of 5000 pounds of g,1npowder. It
can, however, have either q square or
spherical sh pc. It is made OF galvaa-
lied iron or stout tin. The clock move
ment is so arranged that it can be taken
out and away from the machine, and
connected again at q moments notice.
The operator, if he desires to divert
suspicion, carries the empty Can il lis
han,i and the clock movement III u s
coat-tssil pocket. The explosion IS
caused by defamation. The sliding bar
of brass, drawn by screw attached to
the movement, when it arrives at the
slot in the small brass disk, springs
upon delicate glass vial, made Of .
hair tube. The vial, which CONTAINS a
powerful acid, and Is heruaeti' Il,
sealed, in breaking allows the acid to
escape. This causes the defamation,
and the explosion fellows. The wire on
top of the movement, which is held ii.
place by rubber land, connects VIII.
the cap. The acid runs into chlorats
of potash combination. This ma lime
con be sunk into water, or secreted n
any fluid or compound--in box o.
oranges, key OF nails, or loaf o,
bread. The force of the explosion.
would be sufficient to tear the largest
building in the world to atoms. l.
placed in the basement of the Capito:
at Washington and set off, not one sIone
would be left standing upon another
A most peculiarly-constructed an,.
deadly machine is the Little Extef-
minator" It is two inches high an
four inches square, of thin sheet brass
nickeled on the inside aad outs de, anG
has no ld-only minute hole in on
corner. The machine is filed with ?
volatile, the fumes of which ca'lse III
staatane, us death. The principle i
the same as that of the ancient Ch;Le>.
"sgink-pot" used by them so effec.iv,.l,
in warfare with pirates. A thin bia,
tube runs in through the small noI,