The morning news., 1894-11-25
TURPIN'S GREAT SECRET.
The French Inventors Machine for the
Wholesale Destruction of Armies.
From the New York Herald.

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Paris, Oct. 60.-The specifications Of
Turpin's patents, which placed in the
hands of the fortunate patentee an engine
Of such destructive power as to render him
the master Of the world, were published
yesterday. Strange to state, there was no
great upward jump in French rents, nor
was there panic on any of the bourses
of the powers of the triple alliance In Or
der that Herald readers may be able 10
form an appreciation of this wonderful in
vention, the simplest thing is to give N,
Turpin's description of what he calls
u Exterminateur"
The artillery system of Eugene Turpin
consists of a cannon with light tubes
mounted and articulated. at the base on a
special carriage, carrying loading and
motor arrangements, whose object is TO
give to the gyrOscope protectiles a rapid
motion on their axis. to insure precision
IN their direction. The mitrailleuse con-
strGtted on the plans annexed to the pat
ehI can discharge siXty-seven projectiles
10 distance of about 1900 meters, and
cover surface of 10000 square meters
with 35,5JJ dangerous explosions within
raalus oi zoo meters from the point of exc
ploslon. I he total weight of the appar-
alus loaded Is about 800 kilogrammes The
ordinary cannon of ninety millmeters bore
weighs with its carriage, 2,O30 kilos, and
the gun OF eighty millimeters 1,605 kilos,
ana tires twenty-siX shots.
In the next war the country which can
throw the largest quantity Of missiles and
explosive bombs within a given time will
nave the greatest chance of success It
VIII therefore be necessary, to attain this
obJect, TO create a new mitrailleuse firing
shells Of special kind. which cannons, on
account OF their weight cannot do no
matter what may be their caliber. With q
caisson mitralleuse SO, 500 bonbs can be
lhrown over 5000 meters at one shot whicn
Is equivalent TO "A volley from $3.50 men
urlhB with repeater rifles for a minute.
FROM this fact ii can be seen what tre-
mendous attack can be made with the
sample apparatus which will give pro
rata as good results as excited firers
ne caisson mitrailleuse ought to my
mlnd' to accompany troops of the line,
III front of the artillery, and be ready to
concentrate its fire on any point, so a.
70 brlng is aid to bear instantaneously or
support a retreat Two batteries of mi
lIdllieuses containing twelve extermina-
to!S can thus in moment do the work ot
"V'' men. II need not be said thai ap-
paf"tus OF this kind can be constructed Of
war etc. with @ larger number of tubes,
because they VIII be fixed tubes"
VI. Turpin concludes his specifications bv
stating that his invention can also be app
Piled TO coast defence.
VI. Turpn's projcctlle consists Of a shell
hNci TO metal called a cartridge, which
contains charge Of powder which pro-
Je'ls the whole. The proJectle and tube
are so arranged that they can be- set spin
hinf with great rapidity. thus giving th"
precision the want OF which has led 90 tho
abandonment Of military rockets. " Tur.
pih claims that the effect OF this TDia.
non is also 10 increase the speed of fh'
missile up to the point Of ~ FAN and 'hr
nohtrqueut explOsiou
Before amy opinion can be- formed as '1
ihr value of the Invention this point H''
haN" io br determined by practical 'h
r'fI'hnt Du ihe whole. our contempofaff
r. np' particularly Impressed by ths NV
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