The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
Silent Gun viii Shoot 5 Tons
300 Miles at 5 Miles q Second

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! '"c ''" iorK Times OF Wednesday.
! a new gun, with velocity ranging
/ from ono to five miles .ocord
| which may bn devo,on,., >, -, :.
/ r.,t.,,,,,. "'e''Pcu 10 huri
/ P.oJ'''I'' OF tiNe tons from 200 to
/ 800 miles, Was demonstrated vester-
/ day afternoon In III, touor 90 o..
/ Xvo,i,,or,. ,.r.,.- va the
] D.. '"''u''s ny Dr' Miller
i'''>e Hutchinson, former chief en-
/ ginccr TO Thomas 4, Edison Tho
weapon wae no, ,,,,,,,,,o, ..,.,.
icr.,.- 49,, WI" 81 %
uut u was noisclcss and
gu,.., '..,, """ ',I' without recuil
| tcr,..,,, ~, iiI''hiHSon had in
vji,h n'',s, IN the invention,
,,,,,.a "c ~ "I't'd could IND wide
he ,,,s o,'S rS ~ tae p'acetul arts,
I,s,r,,,'. ''' "l' w 'S'u or It's tremendous
aj.in n,.,i,.' b'"cl ny one pI IN" most
NJ n,',. 'u,,a.'Vr experts IN the country.
! ,..,.',,.'"'P'' was 80 Interested IN the
it',Lt'' 'lat according to IN.
6iy ,,"'.',.o5n. di'vr ne had concluded
..,r,. h. -. ION, ne remarked:
ms gun VIII do more eventually
W. ., ing ABOUT peace than the peace
,.-rfl.i, VIII make war too
v.,r,, 'O' H"l'Hs To engage in
~. l..
.,,.,,',i, ., Sp''U OF us potential de
,.,..,,.,. ~ ,i''hS, INC weapon was tested
-, 10y WIN ne greatest conii-
''S SaI''y hV pr iuIchiu-
.a,," j." ,'s' presume or more than a
-, WIln,S'es IN one OF he
Gr ,a ~ S.it'.
III. Wy Is lioor OF inc world p
,,r.',.i'. "u'lulHS' 1T Hutchinson a
.NIHS FI"uh"S consisted OF uoN
", VI S%lu' SuEh as ne might have used
P.t'' 'I""W lowers IN" box
,,I I.'' ,u "u nc I'oot OF ms office,
-, ,,,.,,,'' w ,nc "uhu was a pIdte
. V&.'i & nH' steel thrce-luarters
,.,, '.i,h'
paIp, 1""',i' i1hc 'nsh Register.
ui,..,Ls l". lnu|H'e or the wean-
',,''i! Wv "aru' perhaps IN
.t.!e .,,...,'.,,n ",tn the hea"s or scores or un-
,Sp', '..F tenants, pr. Hutchinson
pi,u p'I w we ihuHIIr fIush against the
up''V' l,''o, IN" came as rivcter
i,',,,,,'7. i,r,s ."' upH"I' OF n = pneumatic
.i!.t,'''''' Ht'ihSt u aStteI Deam.
S,lE proFSur" on me handle OF tho
tn,' wa" i.IoNeu ny chck that
e"i''''"Ihs IKE cash reg
'.i'4hg IN" gun from its position
on 'i'' steer platS steel slug, three
i., l'S l"ns ana one,haIi inch in
p'd.c. InG prolocti'o had been
t"Pp'u Wia"aN on It's flight through
lIr s'"'L us nos" projecting on one
s,"' apout the same distance that
'h. ttI ehd projected on the other.
h' KUN was d'slgned 50 that It's
proJ'ctlIe may be stopped in its pas
sage through sheet OF steel with
ne precision lhat subway train can
ne stopped. The tau end Of the pro-
l''tiie uF"d In tho demonstration
was 'nr'adel ana served the purpoS"
OF bolt 10 whlch a nut was fitted
as Dr. Hutc chinson explained how the
'hrehd"u slug couId be used 10 bolt
on another plat" to the huh OF
''uN'hE snip ht sea.
ne auap'apll'N or the gun Tor
''u wa, ,NvlInV was recently
H''r ~ ", Wv Nv iurk navy yard IN
Cr,,,o,. ~ ,,rta,s ~ TtnI'" ,,
rta wont 70 , DOWN ~, tno, ~ roa
ur,tior diyin,, s,o,r ,d % 49,. ,v ~ ,,t,,
through uIatn of stool ,hreo.cigLibs
~ an inch thick. The divor said
that there was no porcussion under
water from the gun, and no rccoil
He could not be convinced that the
nroiectlle had been discharged until
tho plate was drawn to the surface
with the slug piercing It. The plate
N'AS 'dN'n 10 ld"'l lilplNt WH'I' u
pressure or 'lrht IONS was required
3" lor'o tho SIZE .nl o, lts place
, f""rr Ni.'"nt No,s'
Uue 1"'ruuS ,l.i." ,u", nI" vi 'nr sun,
~, P.at,uu -, iiuI,.,ins'" .n,aoi.', ''',,
,n.oa s,o,I ohtoc, II, ,raii,, - ,o,
,,oa, ,'otoro mo rrcinct,," a, ~ thc
,l,te yyaro rnnl,nS I. Gloss un
nuick,v hcroro tho protcctilo oscnnos
ana ecaIs tho pertoration about ,ho
nroicctile. The gun uses smok lass
rurpowdcr operates without noise.
recoll or flash, and an unhcari 20
mr7@1c velocity con be ACQUIRED
"The present velocity of 1850 feet
Dor second attained by tho naval IA
inch guns IL about tn" maximum for
large ordnance now in use. Nuzz'e
velocitics not exceeding 1000 feet
per second nrc the greatest In high
power rifles"
DR.. Hutchinson pointed out that
tho high power rifles attained their
vo'ocitios with small proicctiles, and
that their barrels were long ana
their powder charges about three
times as great as used in the gun he
demonstrated.
Tho reason why so much greater
"a,