Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-12
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WAzBTEGToS. March 3, 1ss5.
4 aay or two ago, at sbe suggestion of
j .,r,mlusnt officer Of the United states
s,x,. sent dowr to the ordnance con
ass.ion shops At the Navy Yard 10 see
A. suus being constructed there for the
~ cruisers Atlanta, Boston and Chit
On. These guns are seventeen in
sz,bsr. viz: two l0-iuch for the Milan
s.enob, fonr SiDch for the Atlanta
nd Bosten, nine s ineh for the aanle
Z ,.is. aud two 5ihoh for the Chicago,
q naed. To imagine what theee euns
! rsiias In outward appearance yoo lave
j ..ly 10 tsks an ordinary pencil case
vsieh shass up and draw IL ont 20 its
f, Al lsnsth. Figure 10 yourself then a
rssil-case OF the best oil-teinpersd steel
5 lsst In length, fnede Of q single long
"a With a hOie through IL ten inches
sismsteE. As Dne end of this tabe
epe FsinfoEces or huge thimbles Of
~ are shrupk, enc over another, the
n bsing about teo-fifths tha length of
= main tnbe and each Of the Others
ssqaaFter shorter than that preceding
4 sbfil ai the breach the thickness of
l sslsi IL equal 20 the diameter of the
,as and AZ the muzzle II Is only three
s1hA thick. THIS is the new Ataerioan
/ xagsh- loading cannon. The neatness
4 ! lie fitting Of these tubes. one over
= asathsg, is marvellous; the 6aest work
small arms could not be better.
Isss is not the slightest sigH Of a joint
~, the jackets anterlap, and to the
nzi observer the gun looks "a though
fssfv tnrned ouE of single piece Of
ssk. Tbs greovirg is what the old
\ sslArget rifle makers used to call "a
~ twist" shat is, the growing begins
siAs powder chamber almost straight
I'd the twist beeotlies more rapid as u
RFs lhe muEzle.
% much for the signalsment. Now
4 % ZEE what these guns Afe expected
do. The 10 inch rifles for the Man
sselaoh weigh eaaa "a tons and are -
iat lorR. Their service charge will he
g pounds Of prismatie powder. the
nins of which arc nearly one ZACH
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