The sun., 1890-09-19
sETERE ARMoR-rLArE 1Esrs
The Freueh Plate stands ths TRIAL Mech
Retter Than Other tsorta.

WASHINGTON. Sept 1s.-The armor- plate test
came on to-day At Annapolis about hundred
neopie Interested In ordnance attending.
There were three plates-one Of steel from the
Creuzot Works. another OF steel and nickel
from the same works, and the third COM
pound steol-wrouRht iron plate from Cammel
d Co. OF Sheff1eld England. The intention was
70 fire fifteen shots so that the first should bo
discharged Mt all the plates before the second
shots were fired. This with relative placing
Of the plates. insured an impartial test that
gives to-dAy's results value over other trials
Of that character.
Only twelve shots were fred. four Rt each
plate. 1t was determined to leave the remain
ing shots the Nth for each plate until Monday.
when the eiGht-inch gun will 10 utilized. The
plates were OF uniform size, eight feet high by
six feet broad. and ten and q half inches thick.
bolted to three feet OF oak backing. rs armor is
occurred on war chips. The projectie was a
hundred-pound Halter chrome steel armor
per second. and q striking energy Of $500 feet
tons. and using powder charge Of forty-four
pounds. A new stx-inch gun. nude In fifty two
days. was used with great success.
ne test demonstrated the great superiority
r s vesory es En'a o4
lean institutions. since the French pattern has
been !adopted by the Bethlehem people. and
showing are expected TO have q rival In an
American production at no distant day. The
elects BY a board OF ordnance experts. head
ed Fd,ysr BY AdRral Tb L A. Kimberly and com@od9rs
ducod little surface effect The proiectiie was
the ncho Ed d Plate i Ire ssb9unaed 900 feet loaytns
asiFous The prOiectiie psriorated fS' the iron ron
bounded from, the. all steel plate almost as
penetrated the plate. In. the second shot
against tho Cammel plate the projectlle pene-
In the third shot against the ,Creuzot steel
plate the projectile rebounded thirty feet,
lodging in the sand bags at the mouth OF the
nickel plate left the projeetile imbedded.
the framework, deepened the, cracks. and ,ex-
tended them across the plate perceptibly
and wioy split. The fourth shot hot against 9 sse he
BY more, than local cracks. The pFoieotiio re.
broke. into three pieces. The fourth shot ON
the nickel plate produced no great defects.
steel plate. but they were in the vicinity OF tho
point Sf imT act and did not materially shake
Sn Po% 0t ao
| ture into the gunner's house.
| The fourth shot against the Cammel plate
| was damaging. 1t wrecked the upper por-
| bodily and distributing the seven large and
many small pieces In all directions. The pro-
1GH' cut through the steeI. and d w wrought ought
iron and oak backing. A small part Of
| tue proiectile fell to the ground behind
| the backing. while the remainder three
| fourths was found imbedded in an enrth
mound 200 feet distant. having, taken an up
ward direction. The cracks in the lower pnrt
were deepened and the portion OF the plato
| remaining was scaled and shaken. The re-
pre-. entatives OF the Oammei people were pre-
| test was almost impartial although severe
| one, and were willing to have the results as
| They Will remain to see the sffect OF tho fifth
| shot on Monday. Secretary Tracy was pre-