The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

20 guard the haruor of the city of New
York. the largest and NOSE poWerlui gun
ever built br auy utti0n. The gun VIII
throw pilicctile weighing over -VV
pounds stance of fifteen miles. lt Us
81 Irsech-loadiug gun and viii cost IN the
ucienborhCOl of $4,000 lt VIII De known
as the Mckinley 16-inch gun and is fully
able to protect the city of New YORK
alone
Thc ceyer,st thing fort in itself il
the urW sm0kelcss. uoisoless and lame
less gun. which is specially designed Tor
coast defcu-es.
The value or This is that farmer who
wishes to protect his little coast line can
have n allowed hy the government one
of these guns zoo his shruhbery and make
a. warm for the enemy should they APP
proach too near This cannon is SO IN
offensive and iucouspicuous in its work
that d. is invaluable for small inlets.
What the mortar boat is TO the little bay
The smoke.ess. uoIsoloss and flame -ess can
non SIS 90 the little stretch along the
shore
A FARMERS GUN.
Naval officers say that with "a suihclent
number OF these they could actually guard
the entire coast line, making IL impossl-
hle for the enemy 90 land.
The only trouble with this cannon is
that it does not throw as far as the Dig
guns of the navy. ON the other hand'
if s. more disappearing. 81 you VIII allow
Tho term a warship can fire further
to be surct bat it cannot aim as accu-
Vow suppose case The Spanish ter
ror. tine Crislobu Colon. is approaching
tho shore. DO opens mp its IRE and IL
necessarily does damage. Meah"h mo
80 is constantly approaching. During
this approach the little noiseless, lame
sent "a
steady fire into the warship and does
considerable damage 20 its parts exposed
above the water.
Tho warship attempts 20 destroy the
small cannon. or course, but now WI
81 locate 60? TO is extremely difhcuit
o. hit amy one spot from a Warshlp.
Even Bunalo Biu with his trained eye
,g,uI9 find u hard 20 touch a target
with one of these big guns aboard
cruiser The small Nmokeless' NOISE
loss fqmeless cannon ON shore on the
ofbe- hand. readily hits its mark. lls
course describes the well-knoWn paIdDoio
direction and with one or two misses
a. first will hit the deck or me snlohe
stacks of the cruiser Wild unlaIlns az
curacy This has been zone assam '''--
KEY WEST GUN.
An rrirnportant gun IS the Key west
v-r rfiqa l5-iuch gun and throws sheHs
containing from nifty POUNDS 10 y'
mounds of nitro elatine. Ihey are iloun'
81 IN carriages a-ranged TO be turned
and elevated boy electric power so that
the gunner standing on the platform on
tIc led OF the gun has entire eontIoi
girorit, by moving levers He tTaNeIses,
stobs. elevates or depressss without ever
crCs taking his eye from the sishI
ma, breech IS intcrlocldng. The shsht-
-, ,,o,.sr,ent of the breech will make
& impossible 70 hre Under g gToT ,be s On
80 -,---,i~e LARGE wrought iron tunes
~" ~ connected underground with the gun
~ two is-inch cast iron Pipes wh ,Sn con con
- Win a cylinder air pipe IN the cen
nee be eoin pintle. The air hows
, NV oi these pipes into swing }.a Joint nj
which allows FOR orr. me sa 42159 through g pipes
NE gun, .' o''e of the carriage 20 the trun-
S SS 8' Of the esca acne. Of os T9es hi, Sss air
ron "a. o"c en- p''H itself and allows for motion
in u vertical direction