The sun., 1886-12-05
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are. according to Prof.. Mezzero0. 70 be tho de-
stoyers OF future armies and nAvies. 0atling
and Siege guns. mortsrs. shrapnol. the thun-
derous charge OF cavalry. tho terrible bayonet
charges OF the infantry. are all. In tho Profes-
sor's opinion. TO give place to dynamite and
the fuid which. he says. England already
knows how to make. and which an enterpris-
Ing people like the Americans ought TO use II
they get into fight with another nation.
Il wish to be known as the inaugurator and
apostle OF scientific warfare" tho Professor
said yesterday. and this can only b 40
complishei BY the use Of dynamite and the
huid OF which shall speak In few minuteA
My object. Hrst. last. and all the time. 10 .
humanitarian one. for wish to make war
| so destructive that 1t will destroy ITSELF Many
have said that because established schools In
Europe and elsewhere whore tho manufacture
OF dynamite was taught my object was assassin
alton. That is not true. have always op-
| posed the use OF explosives for murder In any
form. My ambition has been to put into tho
hands Of weak and down. trodden nntions. such
no bellev. Ireland. Cuba. Bulgaria. and others
n 9 .sS sSs a. make them the
which believe have oppresssd them."
Tn. Professor sad that he had established
| They are distributed over Russia. Germany.
Austria. England. France. aud Ireland The
| to MAKE good dynamite and how to make its
!ise most efiectiv- from scientific standpoint.
miniature West Points. the knowedes cduired
| In th-n to be RESERVED for future occasions.
@ believes
that not on. oi his puuiis could suffer from an
accl.isnt white making or handling dynamite.
| thousands have false notions about dyna-
mite" resumed tue Professor: When prop.
cry ma,ie there is not the slightest danger In
or brown sugar. and is anits as har rmlass. You
can ny 4 W,.ha hammer and only that part
| will not communicate to til. remainder OF the
pie; My meo have smoked cigars over 1t
@ ns AN" and "f ha~ NOT only %n stood
be.i,ie them. ba, told ,hem to smoke as
npct, rs they nsased. On many occasions
toughest r"ads. and often h"isted one or or
two bounds to the top, OF u high tree,
exploson took pace. ! have also, put up a
produced no explosion. 40 that many trias
| and long experIrncs iead me to conclude that
handiN. Isp:nk narticuar,y on this subject.
To- show that II couii be carrled BY armies all
eSsn ~,n ean en
stuck In one that happened to drop on the
ground. mstt"rs @ % would b. vel yery Gifrsr-nt"
| England. Franc. Italy; and Germany and the
Professor WAS uuite dlsxns'ed wn,n he spoke
| :. |b"%'srd % NV Y"rs. T4s s Enssl 1 ose warn
ssnins ] st a,l the war ships Of the United States.
aud th.rs is no way BY which .n she could be do
proaeh her. whyi because they W are 'i o d lash. h
snd e.nsst S ,ast ,sr'y S
around her 10 tha distance Of thirty e'es i"e;.
and a night aha ia brilliantly illumina, cd with
.my. Ii one nj our llt!Ie ,orr.uo b"nts attempt
.d I" get n.nr her she would down with her
launch III u jifHy, and direct one Of her tOrpe-
does. st-ered ny electricity. right hang int" her.
torpedo boat h.? In addition. the InilsxiIle
carries. q numb.r OF Nordenisidt and Hotch:
casa % s1es "" sins M from oas sS1 !" ak
pounds. and throw anywhere from two to 1.5OO
ssh Of VIM mas soa %u sa
| 1900 pounds. Ask Of the wlnIs wher Amer
lea. navy ,, wo9Ia be II the Inaex,ble ever got
Th. Psos1Hr saia the h foregoing was only
hs said, she could stand seven miles out 10
| sea ami throw shot ami shell slap hang into
New York. Bro"klyn and Jersey City. and set
| with sile is flied with the spontaneous burning
naid TO which | p"sssinS'y I'm: = alluded lew mo;
| white ph..srhorus dis solved by bi-snlphrie Of
| carbon. The shell ia filled with it. and when il
ear sand tis fumes rom tn. fluid longer than
! minute. EnEinnd has 20 1no OF these sholls
,.H tn. shortest M possts order. The Il inn.xibe n
c"u threw u sh-, every minute for hours:
aud New YORK would b. deatrol ed In no time"
How could til. Inn-Xiblo bs destroyed 7"
We'll. her walls are forty-eight inches thick
| opposite the engines and her magazine Iwal,-
N.iour inches of which are steel plates. and
this arn,or extends ten or twelve feet un,.-r
| water. A torpedo boat would reuuIr- TO strike
her at least fourtren II fsrt beow tn. water line.
where The armor is but twsnty-fonr inches
| Thick. America has nothing that could 10 even
| that. Wasn't il shown At the tria or the 100:
| ton Armstrong gun al SIrZziA that the projrc-
| nj. from even that tremendous gun uou ID ON y
| nf prse y-t o. NisA F,Fn
tii.s 'r"m Amar.caS biggest gun would d"
more injury e the InfeAi"le than II they we're
"rI.n how could Wa iSht &; vessel with such
| stroy her. One IL 10 build FEW fast cru SHrs
o: say 5000 tons sh'-parcm.nt. and send Iia IA
| While they were p ,uring tn. r fire into her NV,
or tire" mere coni.i s"ni her iuil sp'od and
eighty-ton guns in.iow an an.ge OF ton d"Hr-es.
so the cruisers conlhnt b" hnrt 10y thrm ni,icii
rT"T' cad 'hs throw srHs"s on t' to f. .1
d".x .hsI's ~ ,, at VIII III. ihs sn"..""-- :,
lie Tunes from. the fluid w"nid kill ai tbs
| mrn on ,.carh. That IL one way Of krtt ng rii
build torI.io hnsts At least 100 ft.ei long. with
aspred Of forty knots an hour. having re,e.si.
| III. highest part OF the deck would only 10 one
foot above ths water. The nuiIsts from the
harm ess.y upon the little toat. and at her
rate OF spa.i II would b. i'm nossib:e TO train
lns 8U- tonners on her. as 1t takes several MIN
u'es to GO! them, them into pos,tipn. Our
. gun at least fourteen feet u dor water whi.h
cnuiL throw Q cI'ntart tOrpsdo that would
strike til. Inlex ib!o bsiOw bar 24-lnch armOr
p.aisa. tn. torpsdo cOuid be thrown iusi
well under the water AS above. In addition TO
| this sh- should carry q hollow steel tut~ Of
Rrrat power which could ba run out seventy
five feet when shs cnm~s within short distance
OF the -nsmy. On the end Of this t1te sh0nhi
.SSpoh.s the m"meHt On. i came II eont.s! With
.cientifc our new torpedo boat should
have. as ] maintained eight yaars alsO.
another tube and lore nump TO throw this
sponianaous buring huid In bulk on Tbs
ensmy'a deck. Surh q boat conld be built for
sl0o 100. The cIuiser New York is g cosi S.:
500 OUt. Thirty-fvs lorpedO boats that cOuid
dsiy the world could bs huilt Tor ..at price.
any sea. They should b" built In lifs-sav wing
sections. six fo.t square witt. walls about eignt
| feet thic4 of cnIkwood dipp-d in boiling
parafiins oil. Teen 10 Ienisr her invut-
| n.rabis against the lnfisxibis's mach,n. guns
aud large proje cities her deck shnu Il DO nrnde
| OF compressed steel at l.asi fifteen inci,es
| thick, laid upon q comnosits material So that
| IL IL we're even possible for this enemy to throw
.Ayn all