Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-02

NNAH = 80 = - -
Lisat Zalinski, e the Fiifh k4lillsRy,
gho has been eEpeEiUeatlna vita dsn-
amits e kost Lafayette foE he paai u
nouths, h deIiahted With the results Be
has attained with bic 6-inah pneumatie
dynamite aan. h has fred over 90
sharKes 10 al and over 100 cartridges
loaded vita dynamite from 70 % 100
pounds uithOul single aoeidsnf. and
be has proved eoiisluaiVely thai dynaa-
~ ana eleetfieity, the two noat poteEt
and powerful faotoFu In modern soieEee,
can BE- aahiagated comp lstaiy, and. when
eomhined, can Be utilized a. TIE simpleG1
and a1 tn same Tins m0as dealEustlva
foFea IN warfare. The exparimonta MADE
n She lower bay recently, before BeeEa-
faxy Whitnay's Naval Beard, onnsistina
Of Commandars Howell, Go0dFioh and
Bradford, hago oEeited q great amounf
Of di9cuaatoA n army aud navy circles.
ed promise 20 awaken q 1ore astlvB
interest 30 tho appiioAtiou Of dynamita
gan claim thai, smaoth bore e L f., &
hes practically oSeFeome eli tbs diHeul.
ties which uaro supposed 20 lie IN -
uay-nameiy: accuracy Of hre, rapidity
and safety. Hho gun i discharged D
49, 49,. ZIAa AANN0N AI-.MANNA AMlA4t44a
pressure ana consequently greater aeea-
Eaey 81 Ore, q siEueR advantage over tlae
Uanal powder charges Of the Eiaed gan.
toe latter beoomina overhanfsd aflar
many Discharges, Whiis shs nneuma4in
gun can huKl q 100 pound charge o. dyn
aesite every mlmata nll day long without
lhe aliahfeat expansicn oF tho neo6aaAty
for swabbing.
Lisna. ZaIlnaki, uhila proad o. tbs
aohio4amant Of he gun, depFeoases TIE
newspaper ialk that be has reTelution-
ized modern warfare. he modestig ds-
oIafea he aeDifoa 70 no such honor. In
81 inlegyieW be said
This gan L q vaiuabie and impefa-
tive auxiliary - modern ordinances, par
lleularly 81 time when the defsnseless
condition Of tho country exposes rs g
hnmiliataon o. degradation firm the
meat insignificant Power on tue Rioba.
don't say that q Il the only thiaa we
ehenid have, hat Il - desirable tninR
% uao IN oontnnc4i0n With other arms
and impiementa. ! have noticed that
same Of ehs critics Of che auu mainfain
thaa tta efficacy would be Loss IL Il ex-
n8usted its range Of two milea upcn
vessels lying four miles away, tue latter
firing their guns not only at the dynam-
lae gun, buf also a. the town lyiag be-
gona. In saoh an emergency ~ never
would think 81 mounting these guns -
tarteffs, has would plant them upon the
bows Of neet tnaboats OF cruisers, take
all the chances Of q torpedo boat, and
Fnu oct Witain range 81 ne big ships
end drop oar l00-p0und shells upon
them. Il might prove % b fpfloFn
hope. but Il ue bad atty o. sixty taRs
mounted With lheae auna, making allow
anoe for the innoouraoy and elumsinsaz
Of the aFmaueut Of Che enemy's ships,
ue could make q fashsr UNPLEASANT fog
Them
roe anai experiments on the gun viii
soon Be Made, when ten charges OF 100
pounde Of dynmmita Qill be fired for The
edlhcation 81 the Naval Board ana q
selected few. In the meantime the e0ua-
pany thai made the present gun are nov
manufac lurinR q new arm, larger. leneer
ard hsavior, With q oaliber Of lo1f ineh
q, oapabie o. dropping 90 ponnds Of
dYnsmite upou . xo981i two miles away,
and sandina the iargeel ahip ahoat. meF-
ehantman o. iFonolsd, % Dsvy Jones's
locker IN the tWinklina % a. eye.
Idoak. Zalins ! declares thai with the
improvomenis be haa made 10 the twe
little electric batteries that discharge The
dynamite mass the moment Il strikes 80
object. L gill be e easy and e safe %
haFl SO pounds Of this explosive - aVs
pounds.
An0thar ssidenoa q ths eonhdsnes
rapoaed in the future Of dynamite Il
shown By the fact that designs have been
drawn for the construction Of q cruiser
80 feet long, With q minimum speed Of
swenty knots an hoGE. carrying two o.
more I0,{ inch dynamite guns, with Q
alinRina oapnaiiy Of 800 poandn Of dyn-
amfta. The uhip Il long. lon and SHARP,
vita 4 ran nxtsuatun. she vii oaFFF
two funnela, one forward aid tbs other
at Of . taFro1, whose pngpoee b not
made known. ne dynamito Raaa are
oonosalad under q THEA aAeathiaa q
arnor forward. Whsn ready fer ase,
Tie nFmor slidas egun tie sides; the
gan, alroaay loaded and elevated, Fsns
iia nose sot bangs agay q ~ enemy,
hidss nnGeT he arnor anlil anolaeE lead
b inserted, aad Rapeala the cpsEation.