The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
Theme of Romance Realized
 Ln Maxim's Noise Silencer

ouirinr ten minutes to load and dis charge successfully, and with range of not. over a hundred yards. An archer with his six-foot yew-bow could let fly twenty shafts in the same time, the exactness of his aim and the range of his arrows being greater than those of the musketeer. But the noise of the firearms was a factor to be considered the flash and roar frightened the enemy's horses. and threw them into confusion, and so the long-bow and the cross bow were supplanted by what was undoubtedly. for several genera tions, a much inferior weapon.
 The principle on which the Maxim silencer Is based is that of centrifugal force. or the property possessed by rapidly rotating bodies, of flying out from the center. This principle can be demonstrated by filling a washbasin with water removing the plug in the bottom. and then rotating the water rapidly with the hand. A hole will form through the center of the water to the outlet at the bottom of the basin. but no water will run out. Bearing this in mind. and substituting powder gas for the water. the description of the Maxim silencer will be perfectly clear. -
 The device which seizes and silences the report of gun, whether a little 22-calibre or one of the new United States army Springfields, which is be- lieved to be the best and most power full rifle in the world, and the bullet from which has an initial velocity of 2.700 feet per second Is a tube which is screwed on to the end of the bar rel, no change whatever being made in the gun or the ammunition used. For a 22-caubre rifle, the silencer is ap- proximately four and one-half inches long and one and three -eighths inches in diameter. and weighs about five and one-half ounces. For one of the powerful .30-30 rifles, the dimensions are approximately six and one-fourth inches long, with diameter of one and three -eighths inches. weight about eleven ounces. The slight weight of the silencer does not impair the balance of the rifle. and there is no interference with sighting. In fact. experience has shown that the small increase in weight at the muzzle end slight reduction in recoil obtained through the use of the silencer. To attach a silencer to any rifle 1t Is only necessary that a thread be cut upon the muzzle in front of the forward sight.
 How 1t Works.
 As soon as the gases produced by the eXplOSlOn or the pOWuer enter the silencer from the barrel of the gun they encounter spiral chambers in the interior of the tube and are set whiri- ing at great speed. flying out of the periphery of the silencing chamber. As the only means of escape to the open air is near the center of the silencer, the gases are unable to escape until they have slowed down. This slowing down must needs be very gradual; therefore the escape of the gases into the open air is relatively gradual. and, of course. without noise. The bullet has passed through the silencer without interference or touch ing. the opening provided for 1t being much larger than the bore of the gun. owing to the location of the silencer on the end of the barrel, 1t is also ap- parent that the bullet has acquired its full impulse before the discharge gases are slowed down. There is nothing about the silencer to get out of order. and one of these devices should last as long as the gun itself. The silencer may be easily detached and carried in the pocket, If desired.
 Gives Strange Sensation.
 The sensation caused by pulling the trigger of rifle, hearing the click of the hammer on the firing pin. and the hiss and impact of the bullet. but no report is at first strange. but soon be-