| Show gj Telegraph bjr CannotfSoninl Guns have for some years been used with mott satisfactory results for fog signaling on the Swedish cot Their signals have been bean as fur ui twelve nautical miles which wo believe is a greater distance dis-tance titan thesignal from n sire calf be heard A new gun has just been manufactured and stationed nt liolmo dadd in Sweden Coinmni tier Kngstrcm leavIng furnish wl the drawings for tills as well as the previous guns Tile one In question is made tsr best wroughtSandviSeu ISessemt steel by Uie Stafrjo EngIneering ConI ny It is tell feet long and Use calibre is sixty millimetres The breechloading mechanism is of Commander Khgstromi design and allows jOfHring from twenty to thirty shots per minute It will thus be omJtJs to flre UtUrs cccordlng to the Morsealphalet one shot beluga Jot and two shots close together dash Of tills Ryttfm of glgnalin more may be heard by and by The breechloading mechanism can betaken be-taken out and to pieces In lee than a minute and without the use of any loot and aba put together without any The cartridges can bo used from 100 to MO times Thsnua rests on a gun carriage of wood and U placud in a mall wooden sued Uie barrel pro ectlng through a hole In the wait rhe thee or house is very conveniently conveni-ently arranged for tIns men With accommodation for refilling tie cartridges eta The gun with 130 brass cattrldgei spare ports and ammunition am-munition for 10OVO chut has only cost 275 The gun tan probably stood some 40000 khpU fa Uio cost forte shot exclusive of the powder will be only about Ijiffiiiecriag |
