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Show Maleil Hllh .Muerbnn .Inner. Only two of tlio coutiolllirft armor ieaM by the Ignited BlMea lutd bt-en tnado at Indian Head, Md when It waa dlatoveroil that American made armor for irotectlttg ahlpa of the titvy waa beyond it doubt the bwt In IhoworM. Bl i-omiwling platea were aet up b b hot at tn Hie trial. Tho three ptatm at the aeconil competing trial wera each 10, luchea thick, 8 feel hlh an I fc-t wide. Hchlnd them was a "backing" ol the kind that would bo In uao when thf phteewero employed to cover theildea cf war veaaela. The dlfferento In lha platra uatnt for tholrlala waaonnof composition. Tha rteu1t of the ahota prove! that an armor made of an alloy of nickel and atetl, highly carbonised anl chilled by llu Harvey cold water Jet jmiceaa of inrface hardening, la the beat In tha world, aiel It la made here at homo In the Drth!brm iron worle. In Pctiuatlvanla. In the lt foreign ehlp armor hereto-lore hereto-lore known the projectile haa lift a bulge of live to all Inchea at tho back n( tbo plate, where It haa not actually (icue. t ruled the backing. In the American armor tho aame kind of bulge la only one-fourth of un I noli. The facta denf onatratnl at the Indian Head trla'a ara eiirctnely gratifying. The new navy will now be pnahed more rapidly than ever Innirryibort time the Unlu.l Suite will rale all tho waa on this aide of the globe, an 1 can dlcblto her own lllcy to Huropeetn powen on mch ilnti a, for Inalance. a ehlp canal acruM the lalhmua Utwtcn North anJ booth America. |