The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-26

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pCuhus ana aplc 10 eNapofate every zen
n''"u'us NOR contents OF water. IN IN.
ny tuue buffers tne water circulated apo \
'upe9 throukh winch the hames am nor
sAay' passe1 on thelr way toward ire
,,,..'' IN the water tuoa no Ter a
"', or culi OF small pipes hnld the water
lha an or these small tubes are completely
euii ounuca by the burning gas e. The re-
w, - very rapld development OF steam
n.u an easy comparatively, maintenance
tidt hleh pressure OF steam now de-
ranuei py modern engines of high power.
'uis phase OF naval craft might well
~" 10 "iolb WIN the offensive charaoter-
lsllcs' tor 1t Is by the Impulse of tn Sc
uIlNlnS powers that she may over'ake an
enemy, ana too, 1t is this same Impulse
that gives her a striking momentum Of
thousands upon thousands of tons when
enc rams a Toe.
RANGE FINDER
The ranpn Gndar 10 so, -4hn ata,- 800,
accuroto I,,o,.r,,,,,,,. ~" ""'.
| 80 VI tnc Instance u
! N' approaching enemy, ana is fashion a
| upon a simple principle of applied geometry
or surveying. Tn In TWO of the ,ons ana a,
either mast mr. nnv orber tn,n '-,,..,,i
| uoints oommandtn. -, wv ~ en- ~
! hori2on ara ,,ta'.ee, Vi'"' sweep oi ihe
| These ra,aa $3.50 80 i"hSS hhdels'
| and n teIepbo,e az, ~. W " t~ISs0Ote
! is in dirnct ,or,r,,,Iao 80 o-Si"SDi VI eAOn
| Inon sfghtlr,, " " go 'i va WIN tne othe'
vessel the tirst ono y, "i apP.o"culus
| ana 49, ii. IN COMMITMENTS tue iacI
| the other orerato,. " .i'' N.1."ucI crail 10
| tcIesrnrcs t t,,, 'NN ooln p'lus tner
| distnnr, ho,r,oS1 ut ~, ene s"tlN punt me
| ions w. L,Ct w wv observing STA
AN inch ana HE 80, 10 ne i'"Otiou oi
u trianyIo oc , ,nh9 hoi .i tne oHse ilhe OF
| other sides must 10 -, re VI 'Iu VWo
rectio, W. must ,iiuS. ne III aucolu WEIR the d!-
si,nnIn e.,J eVn aeie.ne telescopes, by
outn,na,taait,, ,.p 81 Nv aus leadlhs is
! az ~, - -, s4eVN4ou' giving the lehBth
| ~ -, ' W .niS tllansie IN yatds, Whleh.
| iect This e. NV .rue instance oil the OBJ
| in the connin,, 80, '"T receiving STATION
| of tto atati 'oNet, me man IN charge
! fh, rla|,i 80 ''UN e'ttneS mean between
/ nits :, ' w. 'Nu eHii,lns mana anu Trans
| rrt,,oi,,. W ."o uiais before each OF the
,bon io, Sun s,alluiis' ana 1t Is only left
| to - Nv Nv sun oap.aih or elevator man
hr,t a""NV 'no necessary corrections and to
| the case Of tho hig -, ' IT,, .ne tarset, IN
where The elevator man il unahla ~ 10 W.
the object TO be fired upon. the operation
| ~ interesting The gun captain or divi-
bair, =, LIZ elndps' brings me cross
general vertical direction s,no,, 20 oear III
BY an electrical arrangement the oleva-
.luu Iov range Is recorded on a dial just
pVtore me elevator man, who controls the
gear Bululns the elevation or depression of
tuS Bun' BESIDE nun, also is the range
lhuleatoT dial operated by the man in the
~ n 'tn poMeI; ana ne must alter The train
VI nus gun tlil tho dial worked by the
movement or the gun reads in unison with
we uiai giving the Nnge-finder reading
Wheh theN accord the elevator man places
MS manu- upon q button, and so long as the
Two ul"ls are kept in agreement by the
ran,o VI Wheei on MS right his hand
remains on the button and the circuit Is
oioseu LOT hring and need only the pressure
y. the gun captains finger on a similar
uu''on 10 ulseherge the gun. The moment
.np Two aials disagree the elevator man
thn,,ah M nhser from the button and, even
though the gun captain may press his but
vator man nr' r rSn no, oe nred III the ele-
same moment win ,r1nr "na at me
such a nicely, It is no wonder Thai ,bo e,o ~
mem mem OF chance has been largely cut out
''oii' n'ouern gun practice
THE STADlMETER.
"e s'"u'he'er Is the range finder TO-
ohV person "here either the known length
n' 'en' Vi IN OBJECT stands IN the steid
ol that base established between the two
positions OF the range nnd5r inst do...,,,,.,
The sea line becomes one "a, - ~,
angle ana tbn rnn',,, asae VI 'he tFl-
nreschin, o uv NnoWh height OF thu ap-
snrIe nsuto form the base, while the
he No., y, opSvrVatloh touching the top OF
tho a u.s. VI .ne yessei observed must give
,ano,, 'I ha' On 'he sea line With the dis
ohser,,n ",iomn on me sea line the angle of
us rsHs!oh also determines the height OF
sladimetsr ,S' uar,n, ms application OF the
finder, either The distanc a''t 81 ~ We 'Snse
must be known to determine its hsiebl
di dis ns,sh1 must be known 10 diicoSer ,ts
{ OF much onicb ar way or another 1t admus
sible with sextant Tin si1n Wcre pos
when your foe is coming toward [o MN =