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Show A lllazluy Mantle llomh. I!htmln,ttlug shells for lighting up In i nc. ureas of ocean in llfo-sm lug wink in to obtain the range of tlm vs-sels vs-sels i.f an enemy aru propo'eil by I lie American Illuiiiluatliu Stic I cnmpai.y m Balllmiiru, Md. The shell used Is a hollow cylinder unide of steel tubing and chmged with edeittm or bide, svhich. coming intocontaoi. with water, generates ncelylene nas. Tho cud nf thu shell remains ab ve water, and at this end urn hurues lighted by an eleo trluduvluii cutiU'liied In the shell, It I claimed thai the Hutu produced Is 1000 candle lower ami cm not, he t-xiitt gulslied by water. The shell is to be slim, from u gun to a dl-tmico of two miles, nnd limits Willi urn1 quarter of its lengih above water. Engineering N- ws. |