The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
HIGH EXPLOSIVE SHELLS.
MAS vRRnONr INVENTOR FOUND
NOW 10 FIRE THEM SAFELY

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The government is said TO be on the point OF
adopting the new high-eAplosiNe smell oeNihou
by willard s 1sham OF burlington Vt, and
using 1t against Aguinaldo's scattered forces
The Yankee engineer has had long, hard ngh'
in Washington TO gain recognition He hos been
knocking at the doors on the orunnnce Gopdrt
men' ever since the obstruction OF the oaUeship
Maine In Havana harbot IL the Government
does nnally accept his diaphragm shell VIII
he because tho young Nermonter has kept dosgedIy
Al H. His invention VIII win ON its merits II
II docs win. for he has not had poiiucnl backing
lie has seen tens Of 'housands oil dollars appro-
prncd by Congress ior experimental ordnance
material that the army did not ask ior ana did
not want While ne has had 70 plead TOT iunds
to test device applauded by Fading officers OF
the army. 30 rcmarkabio nave been the Uiais
OF this new destroyer AZ inc army proving ground
a. sandy HOOK that young isham has gained
the support Of some of the most conservative
arailcrisis' whose long experience IN the uials
OF ordnance has shown hem that not one IN
hundred new devices IL oi 'aluc W inc hoVern-
ment ana INC Ncrm"ner mas gnined theif
support despite inc 'ac' tha' ne has developed
his principles Of higheSplosive shell construc
uon along lines that they long ago gave up as
fallacious
The English Government has AN eye on the
YANKEES inVenhOn and If ready To take II "
Tor any reason our army does not adopt IL But
INC inventor docs not want England to get Ills
destroyer; he wants his own country 10 use It,
Some advances have been made 10 him by English
representatives to take his shell across the Allan
tic and sell 1t TO her Malcsiy's Government out
night but ms Than has refused TO do The
English have had great success in the use OF high
explosive shells charged with lyddiG They
were OF wonderful service in the Omdurman cam
paisn where they were first used. Lyddiie shells
thrown against masses Of the enemy from ordi-
nary field guns werc highly effective. Their
moral effect was great and their slaughcnng
power far exceeded that OF shrspncl One-third
oil the dead In the area OF action OF iyddite shell
showed no mark OF violence, the victims dying
from shock. In the Transraal War the lyddite
shells are doing great execution, so much 80 that
the Boer commander sent protest TO the English
general against the use OF lyddite Equipped
with these shells, the English are not securing
the earth for new devices, but II is recognized
among the English ordnance experts that the
value Of lyddte would he enhanced greatly
enhanced by the use Of the new American method
Of packing the high explosive in the shell The
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II more powerful explosives than lydditc cN
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Nv "e" my" ,Np'ue''e sur, GUS nov nave INC
endorsement OF the Ordnance Department Gen.
Burlington, the new Chief Of Ordnance. DOS not
g., a.. go. :, -, iii ..,ii. ~ -.
'a'o' u'e Wy OF very msh explosives IN ordinary
guns. although this is a subject to which the
Board OF Ordnance and Fertilization has devoted
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'eiSe pa' VI us ''en"oh ''''""s' Yen pu'
hngton reported To tie Secretary NJ War last
month that the Ordnance Department regarded
iii di.tr,., N. ,,.o ~ ~, h,,,h ..,,,,;,.. A.,
cannon, and that their employment should not
be contemplated when adrouats rcs,i,ts could
b. obtained from mider and safer form Of ex
posivc. The Ordnance Department was also
opposed TO the immediate adopton and mann
fsc,u,c 10, ia. in ,hs ph,ipnin,s ~ IN. ri'h
ia''ufc 'of use IN Ne rh'''ppihts OF hc ne" h!bh
explosive thorite hut Secretary Root interviewed
a a," ,,.l wv" y" n ""' 4" Wv" os N
n,n' po'h''u "u' w '""s' oI"'c'S '" VIC army
who say that the Ordnance Department opinion
does not ALWAYS carr. the d,v th,t a r,s ,,,ir
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osu W. y, w VI, new nso" Q, u'e
in England for the Use Of the American forces
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new high explosive the new diaphragm she'll
ana the new Engish mountain guns were all
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thcaton has devoted much n,trntinn 4, tbis ,,,.
tom of nrinp high rx pIn.Iy,, tivLt y"nrs 80
IN making it's flrst rennrt N,inrI;,r Sch,u.InI
then being president Of III. braId MS nns,,,,n
was taken; '''' '''''
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solved of 0;nx shell charged viii n sn,i.f,c,orv
hi1h cIpIn.ly, Of sutir,rnt d,s,Iurtiy. srs,rs
from an ,,rdluary ritl.d gun w,,hnui dang - ~
premature x ulusion Such N n,nbi,,n Il. - a,