Show ANTIMONY CANNON BALLS extensive experiments are now being made by order of the english government to test the effect of shot made from antimony upon wooden as well RS as iron surfaces sur sui faces As far as they had been tested the destructive effects of these balls balu are more apparent than those arising from iron ones for as soon as tile the surface is struck the metal owing to its lis great brittleness breaks and the tile various par ticks consequently widely spread tile the authorities seem to be much elated with the tha success which has attended thase experiments experiment and we are informed that an immediate imme dute duta supply of antimony ball bain will be to our deets an fn n the baltic and black seas the use of this new missile will create a demand for our cornish antimony which chichis chis lg now in considerable consider able abla request st english paper |