Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-27
It IS "MIREX" NOW.
EXPLOSIVE that 0u'c'asSts TorpsdOsS
or DyBGmlls Guns.
REVOLUTION IN NAVAL WARFARE
prom,ssd as q Result OF an Invention
by Chicago nsn-Wonderlul
claims Mad..

CHICAGO, Aug. GA small brass
pr,isciile, measuring four by one and
one quarter inches, waa thrown In the
,.heof Van Buren, street from the
environment pier, and at depth OF
FIVE feet It exploded. A volume OF
water spoutej twenty-five feet Into
the air AMI dead fisn boboed up to the
.utfsce AMI Il Gated about, mute testi'
r,oniaIa to tn. destruot. ve1ess Of the
explosive.
The name OF this now explosive,
which ia lho discovery of two Chicsgo
men, ia Mirsx.
From resent experiments it's inven.
tors claim 1t lie not wild abatement to
ray that the m'rex will revolution re
modern marie warfare.
Unlike the mamie topedo--the m ost
per cot destroying proiectile now
fnown to naval Oh gineefs- mirex, in n
cDmuarAtivsly small brsss casing, cat
be thrown from q cannon at Huy die
tanc, desired upuer twenty miles anu
droppeu into ths water mt The siue OF
m.,.p .war, will siLk to q stated depth
and explode with nDnihilnting Results.
No wiz. has to be connected with the
new prti ctile, ss Is the case with tn
pubmsriue torpedo. The mIrex pro.
i.ctile dues not pierce the stecl armor
of a punboat, Tut II slmuly settles m
the water to a iepth OF five, ten, d
teen, twebly, or any humber OF lee
the CD .rater may wish, aud then ex.
Modes. Its discoveries are Herman
Il. Prefer, a salesman from Brown
ipg, King l. Co. anu William 3. Oar.
lev. counected with the Clsniost
Hosiery company. They are not ex.
pert CHI smists, ard mirex In It's perfect
state iB the result OF some luck and
good deal OF hard wUrk anu enterprise.
John Ii. Edelmat,a wealthy former
PnilaIeIpnlnn, has such faith In tine
virtue OF mirsx as . destroyer OF ships
and navies, that no IL backing 1t iibet.
ally with his money.
Mr.. Pfefier Ia modest man OF %
years, anu IN speaking OF the explosive
saiu.
at is neither liquid nor solid, nor is
tia powder. Wnile experine oting
with it, barley ana myself smoke our
pipes and handle IL as We would ~
much sand. IL lie an Id aud wonder.
iu mixture, and Its N, me sigDidss
Lothing. 1t explodes At any depth We
desire, inc OK piosion depending on the
qusniity anu quality VI tho composition
we place III tho projectiie.
1--WE are now having gun model
Constructed In Chicago, aud within six
weeks this cannon Will be finishei anu
presented 10 the United States navy
department.. 1t viii throw q proieotiie
eight inches long and three and bal
inchss In diameter. This will blow
into atoms any ship that Will
float in the lake. Each Of these shells
will cost about $40. vastly cheaper than
tOTpeuUe now J.. use, and FAR more
accurate anu destructive"
MIR. barley Is only 10 years OF age.
He Will not divulge the character or
nature OF tne new explosive. The pro-
jectiie uted IN these experiments Is
about the 20 OF u giauI nrecrRoker,
and the enus OF the cyliDuer ars
closed with n su Dstanoe that icoks like
lin ioiI.
Mr.. barley was once connected with
the navy department and this ,xpei-
ience caused him TO take great Inter
est in marine matters. He IL well
arquainled with officials, anu 1t is said
they are following the tests with great
Interest,
From all that u.d be gained at the
experiments II is PROBABLE thst mifex
is composition OF q isw well sn,wn
explosives whicn ars treated to cleo.
lrlclty and ,xpiUus uhuer water, sub
lected to q certaIn pressure.
Just why ihey txplOde under this
condition even The use verers do not
cain 10 July unueletaud.