New-York tribune., 1891-12-20
TARGET NO. 2.

Carnegie, Phipps Co., OF Pttsburg, to furnish 5000
tons OF plate for the new vessels The develop
ment OF armor has been principally induced by con-
unued Increase in the power OF guns and In 'ho
quality of projectlles; but the improvement In the
quality and in the manufacture Of projectileS has
been relatively much greater than In that of the plates
and armor- plate projectles produced which,
so far compound and steel plates concerned,
from their perfection OF quality, toughness and tenn
per, be fairly denominated unbreakable and unde
formable.
The great competitive trial in September 1890. at
the Annapolis Proving Ground, Of three plates
one of steel and OF nlckelsteel manufactured at
La Creusot, France. and OF compound plate manI
factured at Sheffield. England the most important
contest of guns against armor known before on
this continent, and of the most important ever
held anywhere. not excepting the at Ochta Russia
In November following. 1t had been the talk Of
Europe well America, and it has made the An
napos Proving Grounds familiar In discussion. like
spezia Portsmouth. Shoeburyness, Gavres Ochta and
other places where tests have been made. The re-
suits we're uniformly excellent. AS far as resistance
to penetration Is concerned, no steel or compound
plato had equaled the nickel steel plate tested at
Ochta. The Annapolis nickel steel plate did pos
sess the hardness Of that at ochta but IL showed a
tenncity never before evidenced by any plate and
that, too. with absence Of brittleness which enabled
10 to Withstand its tremendous punishment from the
1O0pound II "a inches long seclpontcd pIojectiics
from the sxinch. and the 21C-pOund II inches long
steel pointed proiectiles from the elshtinch breech
loading rifles, without crack OF any description.
1t showed less liability TO be broken by continuous
fire than ever before noticed in any plate
since then other valuable tests. both OF plates and
proIecties, have been held the Annapolis Proving
Grounds. and also at the new proving grounds at
Indian Head The recent tests Of armorplaIes at
the latter range by the Board OF which RearAdmlral
l.. A. Kimberly Is president furnishes data which Is
considered by the Navy Department quite sufficient
to determine the policy to be pursued In the manu-
acture OF for practical the ships under.
going construction. IL seems therefore, that there
Will be no further delay OF the work on the new YES
sels because Of lack OF After careful consid.
Grafton OF the results OF the firing upon the six patcs
IL the unanimous decision Of the Board that they
be placed in the following order of merit:
l. The highcarbon nckel-stecl Harvey plate fur
nlshed By the Bethlehem Iron Company.
q The high-carbon niokesteel plate furnished by
the Bethlehem Iron Company.
g. The hIgh-carbon nickel plate furnished by Car.
negic q Co.
L. Tho low-carbon nlckel-stee Harvey plate fur
nishcd by Carnegie Co.
.. The low-carbon nickel-plate furnished by Car
negie & Co.
| O. The lowcarbon steel Harvey plate furnished by
the Bethlehem Company.
The right side OF plate No. 1 showed remarkable
qualities. Tho two projecilcs which struck that side
penetrated not more than seven inches, the head
remairng In that plate, completely arlng the hole