New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-23

irregular hole, its rim spunteTeu. SeNoia ''"'N'
rsdiatcd from the aperture. tw" OF them extending III
6n~ lines t. the plates edge.
The third shot was fired at the Crcusot nickel plat,
with good deal the effect AS TO surface indca
tons a, in the Crcu,ot stccl plate. The prolecuH
point had entered the plate short distance, ana re
bounding lo twcn.y five feet from the target, broken
In several pieces, Tile effect OF The blow was con-
fined 10 the point and the screw thread was fonha III"
disturbed. There cracks. and the slight up
hcava around the immediate POINT Of impact was ''e
natural result Of entering wedge.
The fourth shot the second shot against inc
CrcusOt all steel plate. There were 10 Tasme"''
thrown from The plate. The proiectile almost pene
trated the plate and rebounded near the sandpaS
fender which projected the gun machinery Inc
surface Of the plate showed no injury Deyoha '"e '"
damage as in the first shot. The hole made TOOK ''le
form OF the prcjcctc. which Il had seemed 10 ""u'u
with eycnness The shell itself. notwithstanding the
conclusion OF the blow and its reverse direction was
picked up in good condition il had neeh s''of.e"eN
an almost mperccptible hveone hdndrco'hs VI q"
inch. Already the supremacy Of the French over
English plate was recognizable
The fifth shot. second aeains' the 'ah"e' .o"
pound plate extended the work OF the demoh''oh'
c,r ricccs n, p,atc flew 10 the rear. and again the
p,oicrtIe WAS found pl0ughed its way throus
into the wooden backing, b'rasng up however III i.'
nc,,oraton The cracks lcn;thenrd and dcepeheo'
and new seams appeared until the lower P'' Va Wv
rlate was a rntworlI Of jagged lines confce""s "o
two points a impact and extending I" the eosc ''"
bottom At one side the plate surface sech'u ~
.nrine from AN adhcring back. The whoe appear
once Tins early suggested the abandonment o. rlhcr
discharges in that direction. Tart OF the p'ojc'''o
was found O foot from tic plate. ,.,..,
The sjxth shot was the second against the nickci
Mate The projectile imbedded i>ei III .'o p
the point apparently having pehetfa'eu INC WV"
hacking four and one half inches. The same evenings
OF surface as in the fr@t shot was p'esc"'e"' ' ~
alone rising above the surface
rh. scvcnth shot was directed against the schhcocr
steel plate the third in that direction. Inc pom.
of impact was in the upper corner anu 'n7 ."'N.
The second shot was reproduced Inc P'o!'
thrown back, after penetrating Twelve iho"e''
lance Of thirty feet, and huri"d nsen !" wy t.,
Lays before the gun. The orihce was sn'oo'" -
contour and its edges undi>turbcd Dy cI''"S
The proicctile was wholly uninured is Deloe' saw
for an imn,aterial shortening IN Iehe'h'
The eighth shot was the third against t'o O"" ar,
plate and, like its predecessors was os's''o"'
projectile again perforated tue plate FAR o INC "oo
hacking which it gni,cd. The vicinity OF the pom.
ri impact was deeply uss"'eu' ''o ~
through the plate. u,o.
The ninth shot of the day. the third in TIC series
against the nickel plate, fastened the pro]ecuc i''
and with its base nearly flush with the surface oi INC
plate 1t had penetrated of cours the w""a @ no
probably about three inches ihe'c WIFI sum nv
cracks the damage remaining local. ., Mat. or
The fourth shot against tne Crc, n"s ted ,hc point
-f the proecte in the plate, The bare TDoi n n+~c
falling the gun fender me eee no WI observable a
TheS werv coned 10 the immediate area of contac,
Each aperture had its outward tn h o. but here
r r r,s ~ no remote surface ndenturc per
spso & OF xa 'Se vD S 'e far
deserted until Mondays firing should put " '"0
T6e eleventh shot or fourth at the CANNED compound
plate tore out bodily the upper fonith OF inc pae
b.d d"u nn .evcn iaSe and nany small pieces The
ower potion O SaS badly nauenccd The prectls
SomSs small III BART Of the base spt or and
M tie rear wh sM the a,ante OF xeT oo
Ing at least seventy p0lnn>' ""m $3.50 ~ s,rth The
appearance presented by the CHmne Plate on ,hS w co
netln Of the four shots was 'os o wce the ad
vanagcs had seemed SO spp-et Una, r ine sna1!
Of In" Plate Wa estto!>;ea Key on noa.u,r Secn
The eees Of the hnsi sn"t ma es carh HcS
c 6; q the plate s' %rr the
oG i enc" tie 'e Eject wneS the fourth dnaSc
While there ,no>e who viii asernc the wreck lol 10
question and without argument that the Cainne
plate. The procctie POINT Just penetrated The plate
before breaking up Their were no srasEs Ina ap
The damage in the other Creu>ot plate was local
There were no surface ,sar and the ep sEs
srmor plating Of any descrpton ..o o,,. ,;,
The used at Annapolis tO-0aN was II new sA-
inch bYcrch loader made ~ the Washington ordnance
hops, Tho same satisfactory result, were shown as
With the six inch rife Thursday II the present
te.t has done nothing else in the drcc: evidence ~
American excellence. it has demonstrated the merit
and worth II American ordnance. The three shots
hrcd to-day did not inurc the gun. Its acton was
prompt and true While II was larger than nc gun
Of Thursday the INITIAL xclo. uy was les Dei'
instead " 2,O23, as On the former OCCASION hIghN
1--WE pounds OF powder were u>cd IN Inc gun I'D '1s
the .0pOund pr0jcctiie against the targets ne
chamber pressure was small not more IMAM lour'eeil
tons per square inch =, ,..,,,
The interest OF the day centred IN tbe p;u2ee.ier
IT ha, been decided to use t1h sneiI, ana tmv Tpp
tnnity was TO DC anornea u Co"poso" TIL VII. rir.S
Eonzer shells useo III lhui>oaS 'e' b., I;,r,inx
shells arc maze ny villa = ho Th a. Eirb a. CO
po.css; ane hIhuia' ,nieI oes ,oI ~ DO nonnds
"i f's.au, nr-t, r,or ,b., the I,oyer Shell,
Th cin,e in~o,ysd in tbcr n,anufact,re embrace
,rpnarod nont ana a .nt,er base II was derided t1
.ehipeeu Po,at INV $50, ,It uits tho ecbt-inci
Iv aa Tas P~,U v,v ~ Tho Crcmsot and tht
sun a'lons" poId s. - denson Tic mates
hammer dTHls dpHtdicu ITD"l uC'N"".