New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-04
ought to make it his business to see that 1t Is
realized.
UTILITY or SMOkELESS POWDER.


Nou that cucrgctic administration of our Army
and Navy has invited public attention {" the
possblitirs of modern warfare peculiar interest
| is felt in the experiments here and abroad with
the new snokcless powder which, il Is loudly
prnc,aurd is T. revoluiioni7c all cNi ting methods.
Different varieties Of The new explosive have been
tested and put in lisc greater or less extent IN
France (iprmanv AIstri;, and Italy. Its manu-
fartIrc has been from the outset surrounded Win
the greatest mystery and secrecy, ana eNfrl"rihary
precautions have been taken by different hatioh,
in turn to prevent outside IMITATION oil
the original formula. i5ut experiments with am
monium nitrate, in which the products OF dcr"ih-
position are almost entirely gas'"nS. have Ion:
been carried on in different quarters an" s'Nei''
processes have lcen followed with Su'cSs. sir
Frederick Abel, the pr >Irnf oil III" brl'lsi .'s-
| sociation declared III recent addr's" AK i''"S
| thot :, far rs .mokcr,,nc>s is concerned, no
p,,,.ri,I con surpa,s dynamite. But the oh>iarIr>
f. lis appration as "A propusivr AGENT. r>T"rIollA
in s,nnll.arms. it is well known, have not been
sufficiently overcome 10 lead to lis general ril-
Payment
The tests Of the new powder III thiS country
made under the supervision Of the l"i'i"'''h
Board are not vet comprtcl. ana no a"'''"i "Nr
opinion i, accessible concerning the actual I'>""S
Tho reports from France and Germany al" S''''
what vague. but the partial adoption {" INV Nv" ~
plOsivc in the armies Of th"S" r"Un'r"S '"'"i''
,hc be, evidence Of the esteem in which il /, n"ld
In England according t. sir Fr"'l'ri'K ."'' INV
c>pcrmcnts are decidedly rncouracirs. The sell
stivr nature of the compoun', and It's lia"i'H u"
deterioration by chemical charge through Vhr'
ton, of tclnucratllrr. soncwhr' impair c"h""''"'
in the permanent utility of the present pr"l"'''
In warm countries or IN ships holds Nh" dli'"I'"'
Of storage are considerable, and are sonr'lin'N
fourl Troublesome even with the ordinary gun
uo,y,lrr and The disagrf,'lhlc olor when accom-
p,nio, the combustion Of the German "NpI''>i' y
cited as a serious detect.
Nevertheless. few pr"pl" who Law" never '">'"
par, in actual ho>tliiI"> can rra.H" wha' an I"''
por'an' brarinr the rev invention mnS' nave WI
land battlr, where tie cun'rnding forces are III
plain slgh' and all naval operations ~
Chickamauga. Us repeatedly happened during WE
civil War the dense clul.s of ,mok" which hung
over The Union and Ton! "l"rlf" lines nI;h'" me
afternoon a. black minl..hi. and IN MANY
buitlrs the atmosphere was :" l""tl WIN N''
pluror. varor> riat after twenty ininf'N lrH-
the men ,ppl hardly breathe. When fari'-"'
oprr,,"l lone rl' lIld>on n" ."- W"I'"'
-, his own sWp.,r WAS ~" lin'nr'iI' '' rt'>" 90
tie Grounding Of his ,iIp>: ~hlc II = fr" 'ha'
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r..t,i, there. are 10 $3.50 upuo,,> o., :" ." vita,
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