Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-26 | Page 6 | Searchlight Pistol

Searchlight Pistol. A revolvrr bearing a small elect ru-Koarchilglil ru-Koarchilglil lias just, been introduced and (he Scientific American prints an illustration il-lustration of how it workH. Tho cone oT light thrown out from the Hearclilight contains a black center, which indicates the spot thai will be hit by the bullet, mo that a man hiding behind a door or piece- of furniture and peeping around to take aim, may hold the gun far to one side, so as to mislead mis-lead tho burglar as to his position. As long as the black Hpot is on the intruder in-truder (ho householder knows that his revolver is properly trained. The accompanying illustration fbows a revolver with the improved searchlight search-light attachment ami also a sectional view through tho searchlight. It will be found to consist of a battery A, a mercury switch B, lamp C, and' lenses D and F,. The lens D is perforated so as to form the dark spot above referred to. The mercury valve consists of a small glass vessfd in the shape of a horizontal horizon-tal S. Normally the drop of mercury within Iho voskcI lies in tho forward compartmeuf. But. on raising tho gun sharply it flows past the central constriction con-striction into the rear compartment and closes the circuit between the lamo and the battery. When it is desired to disconnect, dis-connect, tho lamp permanently a knurled knurl-ed thumb piece at the rear end of the flashlight is turned, breaking tho connection. con-nection. Now York World.