New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24

The British Admiralty has, AFTER q series OF very
thorough experiments, adopted wired quick irlng q
inch run weighing seven tons II has "A capacity for
sending an elongated 100 pound shot distance OF four
miles so rapidly tina, there four shots In The mir NJ
Forty Of these now guns have been ordered ana
are nearly ready for the several British war shis ha'
have been selected 10 be- armed with them
The battle ships Of the French Navy are 10 be sup
piled hereafter with new and improved compass III
vented by one OF her bright Young officers, Lieutenant
Lephay BY the adoption 81 n combination 81 lenses
and mirrors the inventor conrfvcs 10 throw from The
pinnacle lamp OF his compass vertical line OF Hight
on the interior side OF the box between the
card and the glass. This *. for the time being. n
fixed Inc and bears known relation with The line OF
the ships keel. II thus marks the course 81 the
vessel Another combination Of lenses and mirrors
above the centre Of the card throws upon me In
terror side 81 the compass box second rny OF hehi
which moves nj the sam" tim" that III" card moves.
Tie navigator sets the conrs" bv moving IA" raNs
that the ship being on her cours" both ar" Ia on"
and all thai The hcmSman has 10 do IS 10 Keep Ia" TWO
lines In one" " nov b,ihS h''>,hi. UT jill" 10 Wv"
know the course that the YES eel + steering
The offdal tests 81 the battery OF tic Chllian
cruiser Captain Pratt recently mad" at Ia s"yn",
France were unusually Interesting because the 'ur
refs or barbrttos. guns and ammunition HOSTS were
worked by electricity. They NAV also b. worked 10y
hand In case o, arrangement Of the electric apparatus
The tests were conducted privately that t. In the
presence OF n specially appointed board only and are
said 10 have been satisfactory. both regards guns
ard turrcts The CHILEAN vessel carries four IL
inch rifles mounted I'm larIcti"s and arranged In The
shap ~ a lozrngc-one firing ahead. another nsi"II
and one sporson,d ont either side. thus capable
81 giving wide range forward ana All mere gre
also clrdr, Canct 81 inch quick hiring guns, cotplrh
in close turrcts. There also fourteen Iio,chkiss
rcyo Wing rifles three different calihrcS nv" other ma
chine guns mounted IN the tops, and four N"d t0rpo
ubes-oue forward and aft. and two on turn
tables for service either side. The steam trial
Of the Captain IraI. which took place IN Angn'i
last. developed speed ni L. hh1.s n'"'r ""'""'
draft and I-.3 knots under forced draft
The Navy authorities Of Sweden have ns much con
I'm the ideas Of the late Captain John ErcSSon
tle ycdisl.Amercan Inventor Of that type OF III"
war vessel known rs "the monitor" as have the
officers OF the United States Navy, who had reason
ia apprccIate its value during the Civl War. They
recently launched at Fulnbodo, Sweden, III" donhle
turret monitor Thule twin-screw vessel with
nroYcct,ve deck 900 feet In length. AZ feet BEAM ~
feet draught and 300 tons dlspihc"inehi;, Hhc j.
calculated 10 have II speed OF 10 knots. Ter s,'l
armOr varies from "a TO II J.. inches III ti,"t
res IIcr main battery will consist oil on" lOlhch
EISw,ch brcrch loading rife I'm each tnrrrt ana four
cinch brrnch loading rifles. She Will have SECONDARY
battery OF five rapid firing cannon ana SIX hachIhc
guns
There IS very little disappointment among hn'Nh
Navy officers that the royal yacht Osborn" III her
recent steam trial onside Portsmouth liarbor showed
norLcd falling of in speed rom the time she was
,or n generation ago. All vessels show these
diGrsnces I'm fact 10 vessel has test OF speed
rndcr so favorable conditions as when new
She has recently been fitted with new set OF boilers
I'm. NJ tbc original old fashioned type with mean
~ 900 horsepower Developed The last trial she
oG an average speed Of II u knots. as against
a nod n, 10 C3 knots with 3.37i horsepower he
yrjopmcnt on her trial twenty years ago.