Show maxims latest gun hudson maxim au an english inventor has recently designed a gun which is a most remarkable remar remarkable kaile we weapon abou if it can be made to perform the feats attributed to it by the inventor he claims that it will hurl burl a ton ron t on of wet gun cotton a distance of nine miles and destroy a war vessel without even striking her he ele claims that this missile falling within feet of the target will destroy it utterly with ten such guns of twenty four fou r lnell inch caliber mounted on the fortifications of new york harbor says mr maxim in a d dispatch i to the new york journal L 1 I will guarantee to defend tb the city against t the combined navies of the world the total cost of this defense will be only one tenth of one battleship one hundred of these torpedo suns guns will not exceed in cost one battleship army and navy people regard maxims scheme as visionary |