Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-07
new !. S. GUN marvel
| MAY SHOOT 800 MILES
NoiseIess and Smokeless Wea-
pon Has Velocity OF Five
Miles Second.

Now York, July IA new gun.
with a velocity ranging from 10
miles a second, which may be ueNciop-
ed TO hurl a proiectile of tons from
900 IN 400 miles, was demonstrated
rr,asaav afternoon in the tower OF
rho W. .lwortn Building by Dr. Mill
,a,. Ieaoso Hutchinson. former Chief
f1nxineer to Thomas a. Edison. The
weapon was not equipped Win
silencer. but ii was noiseicss anu
sno,xeless, and fred without recoh'
soon after DIR. Hutchinson had in-
terested himself in the Invention,
which he predicted could find VIDE
range of uses in the peaceful arts, ne
was appraised Of its tremendous oc-
structiye power by one of the most
able ordnance experts in the country.
This expert was So interested IN the
weapon that. according TO DIR. Hutch
inson. after he had concluded his in
spection, he remarked;
"This gun will dc more eventually
10 bring about peace than the
Peace Conference. II will make war
100 terrible for nations to engage IN
wars
But in spite Of its potential de-
structiveness, the weapon was tested
Yesterday with the greatest conh-
,1ance In it's safety by DR.. Hutchinson
in Il, ,.vesence of more than a score
~ witnesses in one of the rooms OF
his suite.
on the fifty-first floor OF the world :
tallest building. DIR. Hutchinson ;
proving grounds consisted Of boN
os sand such as he might have USED
Il plant window flowers. The box
Was placed on the floor Of his office,
and on top Of the sand was a piate
If regular boiler steel three-duartera
~ an inch thick.
Pointing the muzZle Of the weapon
vertically downward perhaps ~ iine
v-ith the heads OF scores Of unsus-
pecting tenants. DR. Hutchinson piac-
III the nuzzlc flush against the boiler
olatc the same as a rivcter places
The nozzle az his pneumatic hammer
i hich the weapon resembles, asalnst
stael beam. a slight pressure on
l,n handle of the weapon was fol-
wed d. click that sounded some
ming like A cash register,
I.,ftir- the CUR from its position on
III steel plate, a steel slug. three in
hes long and one-half inch n dla-
y.ter. Mas revealed lodged IN n"
late. The ploicctilc had been stop
ID midway on its flight through
steel. its nose projecting on one
VI. about the Same distance that the
,ail end projected or the other.
ire gun was designed 50 that its
gicYectfe may be stopped on is pas
s.se through sheet Of steel with
thc precision that a subway train can
II. stopped. The tail epd OF the pro-
icctiie used in the demonstration was
threaded and served the purpose OF
tolt tc which n nut was fitted as Dr.
hutchinson examined how the thread
i slur ,cuid be used e bolt on an
other plate tt the huh Of leaking
ship at sea.
The adaptahility of the gun for un-
derwater rivstit vas recently test
u ~ ne New York Nevy Yard IN inc
preserce OF experts by Frank Ortlloy.
Inc worlds champion driver. le went
II dcpth OF IS feet in regulation
diving GEAR. and shot = slug through
4 plate of steel three eiEhts Of an inch
thick. The driver said that there was
10 percussion under water from the
CUR. and 70 recon He ccule rot be
convinced that the projcctle had
been discharged until the plate was
drawn 10 the surface with the slug