Davis County Clipper | 1900-08-31 | Page 2 | Big Gun Tested

ilac the new IS boch Gath maua torpedo pun the largest ever built in aliis country has lieen tested at tiie bethlehem steel works to determine the velocity and of the gun and proved successful solid bbott hinga ton were fired after two preliminary shots ibe third was fired with a charge of pounds of powder and showed a pressure of pounds and 1806 feet velocity while alio fourth shot with the same charge recorded a pressure of pounds and a velocity of feet the gun is intended for coast defense the inventor claims that it will throw a shell fifteen miles Is used in the charges the gun is forty four feet Ion saud weighs fifty nine tons