Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02
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snNeh br American.
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me world moves 40 ~.
pfove'nents follow one ano,h. aal In.
rapid succession that tbs Z such
original designers is often III. as IN. q
maze OF notifications, and Nc M .. an'd :
becomes famed above "a ~ n,'ator
we turn TO modern war mach;a 10y L
shali una apt illustrations 81 ~, 70
In most OF the effective ma,ar, ~ and
great European armaments NJ ~ - the
cunning fashioning OF the Yaa V'a Ne
ventor Admiral Porter Ia, ,o,'s ~
.hat the guns at Hampton Ro.s O'a %
monitor and Merrimac a.. -ae
sounded through the world s g,
nonnced to the British that their ill., ~. =.
steam ileet the finest In tha ,s,s I'm
INA, .na' .ime was obsolete. The er...
iron iieets Of to-day have hear a s'eas
oped from this Monitor germ -v ~
liquid compass, that makes 4, n,. ne
70 navigate iron and stee. ships i 4 ~
Invention OF Mr.. Richie. Of Broos i ~
Mass. The world talks Of III J y
gun, yet how few are awara - @upp
fact that it was only through ~ n. ' =
vention OF the American co, s =,
bradwell, that Herr Krunn ', ~
enabled to make his guns eT ~ ss
General S. V. Benet, Chief a. a.,
nance U. 5. A. speaking on nj. ~
ject. says: - 'uo-
All modern steel guns nre OF ono 4.
teihs, either the Krupp bolt system 4. =" ~
lerfupich screw used in the F'reneh ~. ' IN
ou' Bu"s are OF the latter system vbeh 80 ~
10 oHcf the greatest advantages risa IN, .esms
MODERN inventions, it is an American ~ - sood
Tor that matter, is the Krupp or ram. 20
gave krupps invention the prac,lsa, .' shas
Tne great trouble with the Rrupp g,,n va aue,
escape OF gas at the breech m was 80
come by the aid OF the "Bradwell pl.,ta ,a-
n'on.o' Oh C'ionei Bradwell an America,
"no SOU hrul'p the invention. 1t consists ~ y
-. ..''" ''oei piaee' with elastic edges, that III,
III .ne pleeen. AM the pressure Of the "a,
wedges IL tightly against the sides ,a ,s' 90
vents the escape OF gas. re'
ne iiao'iihe gun, mat terrible wean
on now so important part Of the great
European ornaments both on land and
sea, is primarily an invention Of ~
American, DR.. Calling; the French
mitrailleuse is modification Of It a.
Is the Nordenfelt. In june 1883 Mr..
denfelt brought suit against Gardner
inventor OF the Gardner machine ouo
for infringement. Gardner showed
that the principles on which the
Nordenfelt gun was constructed
had long been developed in
the American Calling machine
gun and Winchester rife indeed lone
before 1873. when Nordenfelt got bis
English patent. 1t may fairly be said
that this principle has found its highest
development in the automatic gun OF
the American. Hiram Maxim, gun
which will fire 600 shots a minute; the
recoil being utilized to load and fire
and TO keep stream Of water moving
about the barrels for cooling The
! disappearing gun mechanism is also
his invention. The screw propeller
an invention that makes it possible to
sink the motive power Of war ship
within and without, out OF range Of
. flying shot, though first tried in British
waters, found no favor till Captain
Ericsson came hither. The revolver
now in universal use, is, as every body
knows. the invention OF Colonel Colt
of Connecticut. We may add to the
list the dynamite gun, yet in the H.
fancy of it's development, and the
dynamite cruiser, intended to make up
for its shortcomings in point OF range,
of which an English authority recently
said there was not. probably, ship
afoat that would be safe before it.
/. The torpedo. now holding SO impor-
, tant place among war material was
first made practicable and effective
= during our last war; its cousin lie
-, automobile torpedo, OF comparatively
= recent designing, is also American
!, though there are several foreign forms
of the same.-Scientific American.