New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

pNrc1TS GecAh11 70 ~
- Gun n the world. the safest In con-
pI'o',,-- - -,,,e+ ,ov-e-ful IN range. capable OF
80 q 1Oe-pounG proJectile through space
,.,o-.-, OF thirty-nve hundred feet
a. NOW nearly completed for the United
-. ,,yerrfrert The she'll at It's highest
80 -olut OF flight would be about ten
- ,b-ze the earth. soaring four miles ahoFe
- n. Mount Everest IN the Himslayas. be-
- N be the highest peak on the glooe. Inc
80. -acs OF this shell would be sufilcieht 70
-. .he earth IN about ten hours ms
s-t.,.1e after going thirty miles would have
- enough left 20 penetrate six Inches OF
s,eel $3.50. D., mira
-.., cor7posed throughout its entire lengl n
-, u, rolled steel sheets and supermposed
- ~ pollshed steel wire IL Is 10 De M
- r,- Nav and taken 10 Sandy HOOK TO be
80 It's completion. some experts say VIII
- q rnenora bic era IN the system OF aTU--
-. manufacture and, owing TO Us soholty ana
,rsee8 nonhurstlug qualities, the great NeIocl'y
=, rs shell and SIS stupendous range hopes are
.-,,bt that L VII prove itself TO be the most
eC-r-isssle death dealing engine Of warfare IN
-. and that the famous gun kings Of
7-r,o,s viii 20 now outclassed by American IN
,,.7,frv IN the production Of a fighting machine
f,uble En- power ana range thosa now in use IN
81. country. A Tribune reporter recently Wis
reB the plant OF the Scott Iron Company or
READING. Penn. 70 look az this leyiathan az II
law Graded IN the lathe. wrapped IN its mantle
NJ tvreutv-one ruges OF steel wire. II is ol5
.-r7es long and weighs twenty thousand pounds
This weapon has been constructed according
70 The calculations Of a ballisuc engineer OF
authority. Colonel John ~ ingalls, Y. ;. A. re-
t~ed His predictions for this s-N-lnch gun now
on tho lathe are startling enough range Of
-lf~tv miles with an elevation OF 40 degrees.
More starting are his figures for a ren-inch gun
a. The same kind. built in proportion. having a
55v-s.- chamber Of 1923 cubic inches and us
Eng charge of 800 pounds OF smokeless pow
DER This DE- declares at an elevation OF -
degrees. would send a G00-pound projectiie with
d velocity of $500 feet a second to the distance
a. dfty-une miles
The shell az ifs highest point OF flight would
Do about seventeen miles above the surface OF
The earth. Tha monster shot, as So left the muz-
ge would have an energy IA Us blow which
would be- equal 20 lifting sixty Of the biggest
freight locomotives ten feet In the air.
% Is possible. moreover. according 70 the in
ye1;or. J. Hamilton Brown. 20 construct six
teen 0r twenty inch gun Of the same type with
Increased proportions and additional layers OF
vire. enlarged powder chamber. etc which
would have "a range OF hundred miles
after Colonel Ingalls, had verified and re-
VERIFIED his calculations and was forwarding the
results DO The inventor of the gun. ne himself
uas amaze5 az the range OF his computation.
saying "The results are so astonishing thar 7
Gave hes.tate1 20 give them since I feel ayr.
taa- 30 one WIZ believe them. However. hav.
IHatc 20 mistakes ia my calculations. and lovaltv
90 Day methods and tables should give me oour-
I-e-s0 here :hey are"
tle Is" sE-nch gun appears on the sceae Of
CD o1la1une time. The bursting OF guns -
Gently In our navy has resulted in some spr-
lG'saE discoveries as 10 the efficiency OF our
Aes' types ~ built-up guns; and some experts
ia'e calculated that the existing types OF
weapons upon which our national defence d.
rencs are from 50 20 IS per cent less efec.,vs
fhaa British. German or French guns These
''.'-H'oas as 10 n alleged inferior condition
a., uGr naval ordnance cafr so--7e g,,,,-,,-. g.,
'.e recent action Of the Ordnance Bureau
ID Issuing ara order lowering the r4uzzla velocity
az naval Guns by reducing the powder charges
80 as 10 give the projectHes from one hundred
10 Three hundred feet q second less veIori--
taan formerly
Inc ne" wire gun is the first one OF twenty
I've O-.nch and twenty-five 5-inch weapons for
"i.ea The government has set aside an allot-
l's'l q S'tt"5t The nearly completed one is
ING DUN under an especial appropriation OF
S71'5" including mount and ammunition for
T-a' tests. and Is 10 be adopted on the report
~ l-e Board o. Ordnance AID Fortifcations.
1he main feature q this gun, wherein lies the
secret OF ITS strength and range is In the en-
p-oyment OF fat steel sheets to form the ,ar,ral
'-oe' round which are wound layers OF steel
wire
The wire is put on by a special machine IN
vented FOR The purpose. which IS. "a fact an
automatic tester OF the wire at the same time
detecting any flaws and weak places in the
metal The plates forming the central tube are
brought from the mill Dos inches long. &c inches