| Show THE MONSTER lio llo WROUGHT enox gun the great gu gun it is a great groat fact in our ilist last we described tile the conveyance of 0 this tills gigantic piece of ordnance from tile the jorge lorge of 01 the mersey steel sleet and iron company to tho th 6 shore al ut and intimated the bourse course of experiments which would be made the week to test its 0 on u mon day d ay iy last the ponderous mass maks s ws wis w is removed by means of rollers irom from on oil board the tue lump and tuesday was wms occupied U led in it placing it in tile the position po bilion deverneil neil I 1 w aich was deer deemed the most available for experiments in firing it was wms pointed laa inn northerly direction towards a ridge of sand juts into uie hie bcd bed te a little beyond ue the formby farmby landmark on wednesday the first regular triad took pince place in fit the ahe presence of the Aless rs llo ilo admiral Gren leli consul captains middleton and aid adams 0 tile tiie royal lloyal artillery and several other military and und scientific gentlemen the krucli 1 al superintendence superia of the tile experiments was under the llie direction of mr air clay manager of lle ile tile lie mersey works and lieutenants sothern and Weldon weidon lV eldon eidon or of the artillery there were six experiments on oil this dy wil wll shot allot and shell tile the former we gleinig lbs ibs tile the latter lbs ibs mid and lbs ibs the 1 shell sheli wis w is one of 13 inches maclies fa clies ciles the I 1 charge of powder aaril varned varied d from irom 10 lbs tho to 30 ilys IDS ltd ane t lilter kilter mtr chang hargea a shot of lbs iba wai wal propelled to the di distance istance first graze of 2000 yards the full lull range 0 ot I 1 the fire altogether being 2 miles the recoil with the was 2 feet feel 8 inches indies in llie tile last experiment on oil wednesday a 13 inch luch sh shu hll h ll travel travelled ld 1500 yards in 10 seconds and aad finally stopped a little ol 01 two miles ia a 28 seconda econ L db dh on thursday a large number of persons were present oil on fh th ground anit anil the tile chiel chief experiment experiments consists of the llie discharge of a ib lb shell sheli she with a charge ch rge of 20 ibs lbs of powder adolid shot of lbs ibs lii lil a charge of a loade baell of Ib lbs ibs with a charge of and al ib lb shot with will ac a of 45 ibs lbs on fj friday iday the tile firing was made under the superintendence of captain vandeleur Vanda leur of tiie the royal gun Factory Woolwich it comprised e d nine rounds ali all with etli powder charges of 25 lbs ibs the girst first t round with a ball weighing ibs lbs was fired against a target at a dista distance nce uce of yards composed of an iron plate 3 feet 9 inches by 3 feet and 4 inches in thickness of forged forgea iron being heing exactly similar dimitar to the plates wilch which encase the floating batteries and which are c considered on impregnable the plate wass fixed against nine balks of timber limber each balk strutted bistrong by strong planks and the whole buried burled d in a bank oland the plate plata where the ball bail L struck was shattered to pieces the tile ball itself broken into fragments and the timber behind splintered into chips one fragment of tile the plate weighing about 1 I 14 cwt cat was carried 80 yards beyond the tile target tater and another weighing more than thau 1 1 cwt cat was carried to a distance of yards one of the huge liuga balks of timber was launched on end to the distance of yards incidentally as an example of the dispatch which characterizes the work at the tile mersey foundry we may mention that tile tiie plato which formed this target and which weighed upwards upward of a ton was manufactured in less than seven hours the relna retna inder of the exp eap experiments erli on oil friday comprised the firing at a target formed of a birrel surmounted by a flagstaff flug staff starr and placed a distance of 2000 gogo yards the first roundal round aimed almed at this object was with a ball ibs lbs and at an elevation of degrees dr grees the tile shot was in good line but carried rather too far the recoil was 2 feet 8 inches the second rund was at tiie lite same elevation and aud with wilh the same weight of ball this went very close to the target the recoil was 2 feet 9 inches in the third round the ball fell rather short but was very close to ane target recoil 2 feet feel ag 3 inches in the bourdi the ball alighted within a yard orthe of the target reil recoil 2 feet lye ime 4 inches in the firth fifth ine inn biall ball fell 10 yards short and two yards to the lite left of the target in the sixth experiment the ball carried 1 yards over the tha target and a little to the tiie leit left left the recoil being 4 feet 10 inches thu the seventh round was so near that to the range party the ball appeared to strike lle ile the lie mark the eighth was a apparently parent ly 5 yards short abort and a little to tile the left phe the the last discharge di chare on friday was at long range at au of 12 degree degrees and it if it e estimated that lle ile lie the ball carried to the distance of yards thus concluded what we WO he heiro iro ira major majoe aitcheson Ait alt elieson describe de scriba as the most which lie had llad ever sen seen tho experiments with rezard regard tn to accuracy of gire fire both on this and the other days were pronounced by the other military gentlemen present as eminently satisfactory |
