Evening journal., 1915-07-21

The wars Of the future will call to
their aid more and more OF electrical
appliances, and the experiments Of
the young American inventor. John
HAYS Hammond. now in progress off
I the Massachusetts coast. indicate that
before long torpedues can be success
+ fully guided by wireless. The effec-
! tiveness of the submarine itself will
be much increased by the use Of a
! submarine telephone. by means OF
which orders can be transnitted
through the water for half mile.
This is the invention Of DIR. Fessen-
den. an American, who was formerly
with the Edison laboratories.
Electrical Apni'ances Rule
The modern oattleship is becoming
every year more and more given up to
electrical appliances OF all kinds
Countless operations are accomplish
ed by tho aid of the electric current
Now comes the hattleship California
which is to have electrical propulsion
In every department. OF such a craft
the skill of the American electrical
expert and inventor is made mani.
fest.
The whole world knows how com.
pletely naval construction was trans
formed by the invention of the moni
tor by John Ericsson. a Swedish en-
gineer who became naturanzeC
American citizen. AS a builder o
war craft for the United States h
had a dispute over the bills whicl
greatly hampered him financially. TIL
90
however. fired him with new zeal an
he evolved the famous Yankee cheese
box, which fought the Merdmac wit
such telling effect The use of a re
? volving turret. the masking Of propel
! Ter and delicate parts OF the mechar
ism and the use of amor we're al
clements Of a new navy which othe
) nations were not slow in adopting.
The evolution OF the war yesse
y has been looked after by America
inventors since that day.
: The Wars of the Future.
II is predicted that the submarin
, and the aeroplaae viii be the grea
r factors in the wars of the future. Al
nations have struggled with aeria
} navigation. but 1t remained for th
I Wright brothers. working in a sma
e. bicycle repair shop in Cleveland. o
to evolve the aeroplane. Glenn CuI
, tiss and others have also been work
p ing with the problem Of breasting th
. currents of air. and European expert
- have been laboring for years to d'
= yelop the machines which are no
It so effectively employed in the drol
s ping OF bombs upon hostile camps an
l. fleets, and even upon the lurking SUI
l. marine in the depths.
i- Gunnery has always been an a
D which has attracted The inventive ge
s ius Of Americans. and some of Il
best cannon have been fashioned rro
American models.
4 Ericsson strengthened the cannC
n of his time by shrinking bands
T. steel on to them. The labors of MI
d jor T. j. Rodman and Captain r.
= PARROT in peffecting artillery al
G well known. The great guns at Sane
n Hook are operated by means of Il
disappearing carriage. which
z known to this day as the Bufinstol
= Crozier disappearing gun carriage.
+ In the realm If rapid fire guns u
| talent of Americans for making 70
Y midable weapons of light weight
G shown. Hiram Maxim, so long
h British subject and rejoicing in Il
= prefix of Sir. is a Yankee. with a
the ingenuity thar name implies. I'll
t Maxim rapid fire gun Is an America
d invention. albeit it IS made in Enl
n land. Hudson Maxim. who has il
!. vented many devices for warfare,
It a resident of this country.
/ Inventors Handicapped.
Every step in the development