New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

StL.araooafumg ana porting the hem, and firing the
In considering the problem of The transmission Of
and has been in use for cdkirolnns and directing
torPedoes about twenty years. The FIRST application
Mr., Sims, and after some preliminary Experimenting
with small pulling boat he completed cigar shaped
not being successful in point OF speed larger boat
was built since when the PERFECTION Of the torpedo
~ the ynsmcs on shore and the motor on board has
been completed great increase IN speed is CLAIMED
Tor the Sims Edison torpedo. AS Will be by the
ca o16 the RRS cS9ss Of two R c the
meets the two, being Inclined at the bow and very
sshSsp 90 a, either to cut through o6si.ns9ns o.
the cut Both the float and fish are Of sheet copper.
The former Is about thirty feet long and filed wit,
even II struck repeatedly by small proieetes Is
would stll sustain It's burden It IS broad at the top
~a Rapidly 'n With eon TSs S Which
oSsr GIs acgs Of explosive is 1 ne
ploded will or by conclusion against the object Of
attack The fish. or torpedo hui is cylindrical with
may Be seen The cut ne a has has four s9s
Compartment Is separate from the other, It can be
taken apart when necessary for storage and can be
nSS Service The forward Compartments carries
the explosive, the next compartment Is empty, the
electric motor and steering gear. Its total weight
including o 4o-horsepower motor and 5000 feet of
S SSa and dit Pssn6 resistance 1 At rest s0 oS The
Edison generator capable of 100 to 1880 revoln
mSsT drove the boat at speed Of over twenty
miles an hour The cable is compound. having
small insulated conductor IA The centre for the steering
snnllar conductor for the motor current; Steering
is effected by powerful electro magnet INTO which
poafi,ed relay acuaed BY the current shore
battery through the central condneto OF .as cn5e
the hand Of the ofcer on Shore control the relay of
z
while at fun speed the beat may have It's course
The is G esPd any there is
no probability OF premature discharge nc moment
that The 2 a has 9 s4 s ana i Rnf ds
or night by simple anmeter in the circuit showing
Sectsd by the ' stoppaqe Of the boat BESIDES the
many advantages possessed By sueh torpedo so for
an iHstrnpent Of offensive warfare on the high seas a.
nearly all the vessels are fitted vita dynamos ara
engines for them BY carrying generator for TORPEDO
service, each vessel in commission can have one or
OF the Sims Edison tOpedoes fastened by 1oOiSt
hawsers furnished with electro magnetic snap-hooAs,
the electric cable communication being then
permanently With the generato The ogSce s cam
trolled by the navigator Of the warshlP In qeti9n
distance Of two miles stop and send the torpedo or
ahead, guiding 1t TO the certain destruction OF inc
Another recent invention Of torpedo controlled BY
electricity is that Of Lieutenant T. Hapne OF me
by any other In all other torpedoes OF the con-
roled' types it has been impossible to have hr ef
and as this was matter Of much expense the drills
have been conducted without using an exMOsivc
charge. In Lieutenant Halpne's torpedo TINS dlmcuy
has been overcome The forward part OF the toipe1o
has a bel-mOuth opening into which the explosive
charge IA fitted IN It's case. and s there held unu
the object of attack is reached, when L Is deechea
and that part OF the hull which contains the cchana
f. left at safe distance. The explosive chaTee can
then be fred at will end the iOrptcn proper, or NC
| hull can be run 10 the starting point The power
used con be either compressed air. elecllc OF ocT
| motor working on a screw propeller. ,so.
There arc other automobile or hsA trpenoees
especially The Whitehead Brennan Victoria schVar1z
kop that possess much merit but they are SO he1Ty
like the Howell, the Hail. the Patrick ana the hatphe
that IL ls not necessary 10 describe them now Jonn
l. Lay the inventor Of the first controllabe torpedo
that reached the phase Of an actual service weapon
he claims for II speed of sixteen Knots with range
| OF two miles. -. - -
new invention OF a submarine toI pedo boat or as
ibis sort Of weapon Is frequently referred TO- the coz
troabe torpedo. hos recently Appealed at Detroit,
and II II accomplishes all that the Inventor MAINTAINS
for IT, Jules Vernes dream of the Martins promises
1 10 be realized. The boat Is. in appearance, IKE
donhle-Oonted cigar II Is forty feet IN ength, SIX
teen feet deep from tap 10 bottom and It's extr5me
breadth from the mdship point Is nine feet; Inc
motive power is 10 be storage battely % ees.ca3s
| connected with a screw propeller on each sde ana
| fine vessel can be submerged by simply turning a
switch al the shore station. The inventor OF ,nis
deviljsh weapon" declares that the machinery Can
no IN adjusted as sink the boat to any depth ana
send her along at speed Of ten miles an hour win
ease ~ And shouid any Of the machinery become de-
| ranged the torpedo would Immediately rSe TO the
surface by the stopping Of the propeller which alone
Keeps her submerged The inventor has IN air ehan
her rrOvded the capacity of which is sufficient Win
the aid of chemicals. to purify the air for two men
| for twenty four hours.