| Show THE D 11 STRONG 1 aux E experiments s 11 have iava recently been made at ness 1 england 0 with 13 big ig wilf tile the GO counah gun gun of sir ajril william li ani armstrong 0 its calibre is ia 13 2 inches greatest external idi ameter 4 feet 51 5 inches total to tal 4 length 15 feet 3 j inches ad aal weighs over 23 22 tons the anck kf k f of the explosion was ver very Y great and distressing to those vrho acho were wera obliged to stand near but the tha noise noi se was less painful than thai tha from the three shots were fired at all an elevation of three degrees target 14 1500 yards distant mean error error in range that is the difference between the fall of the n nearest e a r C S t and furthest shots 16 2 11 yards average error from true line of fire one 0 foot icille nine inches three shots were fired at thoc ii extraordinary elevation for foi s large rifled gun of 23 degrees degre egV seconds the shots dis disappeared tippe arad in the clouds but touched thy the earth after neftaly half a minutes journey at an average distance or of yards or nearly 41 4 miles with a mean error between aar near est and further shots of 89 yaa yancay sir and a mean deviation from tilt the true line of fire of 2 T yards five rounds were fired at fiew div degrees of elevation showing i mean error in range of 26 3 yarda tards and in liue of 21 2 feet at ten degrees elevation owl mean error e aror in in gangew rang ewa 45 yara jard and in line hue of 1 71 feet s i the Yelo velocity city at feet froth the muzzle was waa 1240 feet per pei at yards 1112 foet per second at 1000 yards feet unpracticed hands haste loaded the gun in two ancl a half minutes ini tho the at five or ter degrees elevation eldva tiou ex a clear gaia iu accuracy over the fro scott aud and lauw ddn caster ait cr coville tiu g guns |
