Deseret Evening News | 1901-10-25 | Page 3 | The Gathman Gun, Its Inventor and Its Remarkable Target

Ii j I 1 mr ir u t 1 L LouiS L r z I THE TUE GATHMAN GUN ITS INVENTOR AND ITS REMARKABLE REMARK BLE TARGET T A ny anti and navy An men the world over ocr will watch with Interest the test lIst of ot Jouie eighteen Inch torpedo throw Ins In gun nt Sandy Sandr hook Jook The Tic targets fur for the lie test are arc composed cd of uit the lie must most Improved armor plate 8 by 10 feet teet In i length Jen h I In cud weighing twentysIx f tOll tails wert ert en nt at th the Bethlehem Iron Iroll com coin l plant especially for thesa o RIll mid cost tO t some saint O They arc nrc Intruded to represent a n of the armor plato plate of nf the Iho battleship Iowa Six Sh pounds of the largest amount w lri llred from a of ot ordnance will I t Iu tv u f l to t the shells shulls Thuc hundred and anti teu ten pounds pound of powder will be lie employed to t hurl the projectile weighing 1800 pounds at ut the lie rate ruto of et 2000 feet tact per ver second ww M A