Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-09-06


Submarine torpedo boats are engaging a
good deal Of attention among naval men, both
in this country and i'll Europe. Some French
experiments have been made with boat Of
spindle shape, six feet in diameter by fifty-six
feet in length, provided with torpedo tubes
and driven by electricity, the power being
furnished by storage batteries, while the sub
mersion of the boat is regulated by means Of
water tanks. These experiments have been
carried out with a good deal Of secrecy, but
aRe said to have been very successful
The French government is also expert
menting with a smaller boat Of a similar
shape, but fifteen feet long and carrying but
two men. The boat is intended as a detector
Of submarine torpedoes and mines and de
stroyer Of the wires and cables by which,
they are connected For our own navy a
submarine boat has been designed, the mo-
tive power of which is steam generated by
burning petroleum while the boat is running
on the surface, and stored up in the boilers
when she is submerged. She is to be sub
merged automatically by means Of rudders
on either side, which are to be so arranged as
to plunge her beneath the water. Even
when running on the surface she will be in
visible at a comparatively short distance,
and would be able to use her dynamite gun
very effectively at close range.-New York
Telegram.
A Great Invention.
HThis is a machine that is to revolutionize
newspaper pictorial art,n explained Mr.. Gil
nochio. ut is filed with clockwork and OPP
Grated by a strong electric battery. It's mate
is at the other end q tie line. Now, you can
write a signature or a letter. and it will
transmit either, with the identical characters
formed with your pen. But that would be
nothing new Autobiography has been
known for fully ten years, but this will
carry out the autotelegraphic idea to the
fullest extent You can write as much as
YOU please-thousands of words if you like,
as newspaper men and others frequently
have to do-and this machine will chew it up
that is, transmit it-as fast as you can
write Indeed, the writing Gun be done on a
continuous roll, and when a score Of lines are
written the top Of the roll can be fed to the
machine while the writer continues filling up
the rest, and without tearing the roll 1t can
be regulated 50 as to keep pace exactly with
tho speed Of the writer; and by the time he
has finished the machine will be on the last
lap, and will end its task almost Immediately
The newspaper or other Office receiving the
matter will thus have it in the writer's own
handwriting and within few moments after
( it has passed out of his hands.
but how Is it proposed to transmit pic
/ turesr
"By the same method The paper to bC
used will be washed with weak solution Of
I chloride Of calcium, which will make it q
( conductor. The ink will be the non-conduc
! tor or insulator The pictures will have e
] be reproduced with pen and ink at the point
! Of sending, aud with this as the only delay
4 they can he transmitted without difficulty
/ every lire and shadow being reproduced viii
extreme fidelity"
Have you tested the machinef"
al have and found it work like a charm
So long as the clockwork keeps running 4
cannot get out of order. The machine is de
signed especially for the use Of the daily pres
and will enable our newspapers to produc'
accurate and excellent pictures Of events il
the issue Immediately following, instead Of
as now, waiting day or two for the artist
You can readily understand how such an in
styument could be applied on leased wire
where voluminous press reports have to b
sent daily and nightly. Every reporte
could then be his own operator. - hhiladei
/ nhfa Press