The Washington bee., 1899-06-10
a WONDERFUL INvgn-,.

Doe. "sn So. /, s.sa Rotary a R'oou s,....
William Fl. Beyans q ro,
can but thirty-two wears ~ fYaug Jug 4mert
vented a system by viii, "se' has in.
or a field gun can be u an.,-e lle reeol
sumed. euIrely Nm
1t is estimated that twop+r :.
snellS can he fired from his o., ,I,SpOund
SIXTY seconds and this viii suh every
accuracy than from anv III Greater
IKE nature in the worId gun Of
II Is contained within ~
winch Is fitted by Means os SiuaiI box
eontrlVed devices undpr IN. " eieyerly
sucn IaShlon as not tu fnterfa.'a in and N
IT'S movements either Iarprarlr reLe With
Zontally. This small mq.[aE, or hOr.
uer can take within itself -, al Won.
IuI recol of three. feet. power.
WOruS' can receive and ,.ansr,nl ~ Other
!he twlnklinS of an eve rIa 'iue La Within
Jump or a gun whirlI >.r'.r. D"'thWani
pound shell a distance of 5,.. a ., AiIeel,
yards. ave thousand
Edward W. Very, viceprcsi5...
the American Ordnance C6,n,a.rgn gn,urnt q
ah ordnance expert Sfgr.5 and
watching the tests which ,r.r. di'ef
with gun fitted up m pri{ p,T made
Conn. with the ueU rnrar, ..'u-~typort
TEN. that 1t meant rry.I,,,i'. y" SY$
manufacturing througheut rl'' ~ Sll
AMI said that he was r.,rfI.. World
elsht SHOTS out OF ten could he nra', 'll5
IN Il target ut range of five N p'"Vl
yards 10y a gun modelled ON NJ. VguIald Td
ans design. TINS couId ba ~. ~. oe''
SAID. without thee Icing anv mug na' ae
ty for re-aimihg the Gun -, na..
did the new recOIi work
After "a nImber of tests with -.
tary recoil it was removed fro,a ~
gun with which the ofH,i,I. ut
company at Bridgeport We're evro-3 .S
menting, and shot was fired ,.i,te., ,Pe,L,
it. SO great was the force of ~. J,1Uu'
coil, that the gun carriage and an NJ W
lifted and thrown distance of ton fo1..
in the air. landing muzzIp dov,r,.o1s ayvs
in the sand.
This new recOil. while. being 6ttoj
at present only on the New field ,,,,
designed for the competitive go,.7.n eu''
ment test. can be used on all gnns
Mr.. Reyans claims that il will Sow
one-third of the weight in the carrio,,,
of stationary and coast defence ,nny
when in place the rotary rpcoi is
under the gun and almost entirely con
cealed from the view of the gunner 30
well as protected from the shot Of hiS
enemy. The box itself rpvoIypS on q
shaft. This is enlarged in its central
portion into saddle which remains
fixed. On the outside of the cheese
box or hollow cylinder there are gear
teeth which engage with similar teeth
on the under side of the gun body. The
cylinder is filled with liquid consisting
of a mixture of glyCerine and water
THE backward jump of the Gun on
firing causes the cylinder to reyoIyp
and the liquid within to pass from
one side of the piston to another
through grooves of varying area cut
in the walls of the cylinder. An the
beginning of recOil the liquid passes
through the largest part of the groove
at the time that the gun is moving
fastest. As this groove grows smaller
less liquid can pass through it. and
the gun gradually comes to stand
still. Then by means of springs, shaped
after the fashion of clock springs anil
to the Side~of the cylinder
and which revOlve il in the opposite
the gun is returned to lis
normal position when it is ready for
shot. The entire movement
OF the gun back and forth after the
shot leaves it is so quick that it cannot
be followed with the eve