The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23

anything about Isbap's shell, he knew that
lsh an, would do whataver he said he would
gave the inventor, an order for trial at Sandy
Hook. That trial came on In September. A
WSs ed Sm hes qe at
four.inch steel plate. Although the test was
success ,.tc the oTdnHnGe Bureau did no more ore
to the Board Of Ordnauce and Fertilization,
submitted his plnns and secured an allotment
OF $4,000 to carry on tests at Sandy Hook.
When. Gen. Miles and his associates on the
Board Of Ordnance and EortiGcation came back
from SANDY Hook on Tuesday evening they
OF the diaphragm shell; In, THE ,SuN OF the
next morning was told what the shell had done.
it had been fired from l2-inch seacoast rife.
with rharg,c Of $50 pounds of brown powder.
chamber pressure and the shock q being
hurled suddenly with velocity OF 1000, feet
second The shell was not fused and did not
cheted ont to sea Never nefore had any such
quantity Of nxrosiye gelatns been fired from !Ha
grounds nxpcctcd TO SEQ the big gun blown
into n thousand fragments. More guns have
been at the gTH9Eias sh r9m
One, OF the interesting features Of the tests
of the Sims dudley Defence Company. that
the shell thrown from mis- new 5-inch powder.
This shell carried twenty mounds of explosive
Relntne and was fired at n,extremH range OF
%h%n ' h ana Senra hn The Il" sms Gnddy pa"
were using ,diaphragms. protested 70 the board.
hut the ordnance officers said that tho quos-
TO deal with. For that matter. Gen. Ab-
bots hoard was experimrnting with dia,
% % bus the ess SSs
and since then the attention OF the Board Of
Ordnance and Fertilization has been directed
dsyns say sRe Islam says tho
diaphragm shells some had tin, diarhrasms
thumb I He has eYolvsd Complete theory S Of
construction. applicable to al'kinds of guns.
from sxteen.inch coast, terr91Irs to
system proves flaw iess he viii have no diff
Guilty in projecting his rights
be made within few days. An INFUSED shell
vii be fred into sand to see II II Gan withstand
aG es rnsn sse E Be rei
plates Of Pinch Krupp, steel are now being
made. They viii be put against i an an, oak and M
This will determine the destructive power
2pSh sf ss sss5sd T II III. e pgnd
energy sufficient TO lift tho battleship Oregon
hundred feet in the air, One hundred and
the water Within twenty Ave ieet Of batte
ship would blow her sides right In. Fired from
With "a @ @ Fuse would sail al weve miles miles
out to sea and explode In the midst, of hostile
were detonated at the guns mouth.
No armor- piercinR trials will be made Just
now. The Yankee inventor says he doesn't
shell. he says, may be made on the diaphragm
prin 'iple. with SUFFICIENT number OF cham;
explosive gelatine through armor But he
holds that $50 pounds OF explosive gelatine
decorating against the side of the SHY is bet
ter than a few pounds twisting In the hull
DR.. Hiram futile OF Tacoma. the inventor OF
tho new high explosive. thorite. sent thirteen
pounds Of his destroyer through soft steel
plate, four and half inches thick. on the day
the Isham shell was tested. The ordnance
officers do not believe thorite will withstand an
attack on thick armor plate. But, while the
firing was going on last week. il was suggested
that 1sham she Is charged with thorite ought
to make remarkable armor- piercing records
for this would be com bination OF a safety
shell and a safety explosive,