The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

other cra OF the bore il Was 50 hot that 70
would consume 4 chicken Ia less than half
minute. bus the desired effect WAS gained.
The metal hardened under the eonnseraet-
Ing TEMPERATURES and the gan was aciu-
ally forged, AT the end ~ TWO hours the
iGs.de had assumed The gray hue % steel.
AT the end OF six hours the celor had eS-
tended 10 he outer surface, showing that
the entire iugot had been chilled and
forged. Where this method eSceis. in ef-
fe,s. the former one Of forging by pres
sure lies in the fact thai this lingo, wss
forged from within, every particle OF tho
metal receiving It's proper and proper
tsonasc amount Of hardening. py the
other method the metal az the bore and
that outside were hardened. has astwrea
them lay A band Of metal thar was as saft
ss when q part OF the original ingot Thus
Only half Of the strength Of the metal was
obtained. while By my process not an atom
- lost. In my gun | believe that have
all the advantages Of a twasr ia the east
AID u superior condition IN the metal OBJ
tanned by the method OF forging bringing
with i a strength Superior TO The hnils-up
gun and subject 10 none of Its structural
Weaknesses
Every forging used In gun manufacture
is frcrn an ingot. BY the old process Of
a hole that no amount Of forging can
remedy. 1, may tie in tho heart Of ihc In
gel and remain andetected. The forging
VIII only change the shape OF the aperture.
and IL viii remain then uuietgrted until
some day. when under a firing test the
gun bursts. because the defect was there.
II may even outlive the test ana may hsiyst
when In action.
This government wants gan which
vii not buckle. one which has a longer
life than the present gun and one which q
man need not be afraid 10 fire. In my gun
| believe II VIII be proved that the need
can De supplied. The general lines OF my
gun are like those OF the others. exeaut
that, not being a iaeke;ed weapon IL is
more symmetrical and handsomer Its
range and riiling Will be the same as those
now IN vogue, will be the brsech mech
auism. Any heavy gun can be manu-
featured by this process, and l antic.rais
that the test viii convince congress OF the
truth Of my claim.
DIR. Gatilng's new gun was cast ana
tempered at the Otis Steel Works IN Cieve-
land and WAS rlIied and finished al the
Washington navy yard The ssst~at Sandy
Hook VIII include the firing of is.p,une
charges Of the brown cocoa powder. fss.
pounds at the T,neNpound pressure being
the standard. II Is proposed alsa 20 test
II with smokeless powder, hut as Ito
strength is double thu. Of tho brown, an
less IL Is desired 10 test the gun 10 the
point OF bursting. IL ia not probable that
more than sixty pounds at a charge os the
smekeiess powder viii be used 1t 10
probable. however. that an attempt 10
burst the gun will be made In order TO as
certain it's exact strength over the aver
age Of s1.eo OF $500 pounds resistance,
The success which the Gaiiing cast gun
has now successfully undergone can De
appreciated when IL Is known that tbs
highest pressure Ia which the fs-inch guns
OF the navy are subjected IN testing IL oniy
2oeS pounds To the square .nch-New
York Evening sun.