New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-02
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

inventors who happen 10 be officers OF tie Navy
seem 10 fare better IN other nations than this where
the ability i, well the services OF the officers are
recognized the property Of the Government ana
poorly paid for at that. Admiral Coomo' VINO III
vented the flashing signals which now In daily use
in the IlrIt,h Navy has received 10000 for his IN
vcnion from the English Government. And yet II
ADMIRAL ColomG had taken his invention to II. Peters
a. much for Il, value 1t wculd be impossible t. ex
aggerrte. In view n what Tie British Government
inventions. il is not surprising that Admiral COl0mb
,hou!d ecl that b" was entitled to hIh"r reward
Bat NJ, GOscl"n said: $4,000 OF nothing
But England u not the only country where naval
Inventor have been rewarded It the only country
where naval inventor, have protested against the treat
mcnt they have received. II j. onh recently tmt
Lieutenant Persl received lr,m the spanish Govern
mcnt for hi, invention OF the submarine torpedo boat
that bcae- his patent ~ nobility and, what IS
far better the Of 100000. The inventor Of the
French submarine torpedo boat. the Gymnotc how
ribbon; and f1r prcuuary rewards. thcy arr un
ANYTHING they honorcd with complimentary letter
and Tat con -idcrcd sufficient. II the United states
p,,s civilian. for rcg Invention, the officers would
pc. sbly be able 20 start a bank account
one Of The latest bS Of relating 70 invention
- d. troy life tn bate !, that of French scientist
who la, made a discovery which l. lihcy 10 r'vou
tl,atc r art Of war Paul CiGard is the scientists
haIi,tiqu~ a gIz lqucrr." and II can be used 10
propJ bullets, cannon balls or she'll The value oi
the discovery is considered great TINT h. har been
voted by one commercial body 10000 frlnc,. also a
gold medal \ small ftc"l receptacle is placed under
the hA1cl u the .iGc containing 800 drops vi The
LIQUID sie. 81 each phil 81 the Tiger one drop fall,
ut, the bro ,h of On" barrel behind the bulc'. and
contact with the atmosphere Ctn-r- II - VOLATILE
iu tintan.nu- ly and with force u expansion eX-
hrflrr IL with greater velocity than glnpOwd"r No
sound or smoke is pro-iuccd from the discharge.
Another c'cctrlc automobile torpedo boat which in
some respects resemble, that invented by Captain
John \. Howell If the American Navy. ard which -
receiving many commentator, by foreign naval oil
ccr- s tie llalplu savage boat. It. main popularity
o., distinguished from other submarin" torpedo boats.
- an arrangement by which the torpedo f. fired from
the boat after pa, In contact With the netting
surrounding vc-cl. and is fired downward. being re-
tauoi by = chain tat 10, course s semi circular.
II thu, explode, directly under or alonSs.d" Of the
v-sci ATTACHED. The boat is submerged near the sur
fsce 81 the wlt"r aud Is gildcd hy iucinde,,"i
l,lht, which show from tho only. The boat Is
driven by storage baiiHri,~, and carries Win II hVe
mile o. wiz for guiding purpo"'. ne screw pro
urllor nakcs a. many a, 1000 revolutions per MN
ifc and zlvo, tho boat considerable speed
The French submarine boat Goubct haS recently
made some very ,fnl trials IN ChcrbourS liar
Dor The boat remained under water two hours.
moving from point - point and sinking and coming
10 the surface apparently without difficulty. Tie
boat Is cast In one piece Of bronze eighteen feet long
and sis feet In diameter, and stability IS assured by
MAJ If lead which can be released aud attached to
the keel II /, propelled by cle'trlcIW nnr LIN y
oxygen COMPRESSED IN Tubes containing sufficient ior
twenty four hour