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Show WORLD'S GREATEST GUN. pi Hurl a Projectile Weighing 2370 Pounds Twenty-One MIIcs-Evcry Shot Will Cost Sinnn h J"at l'"cn cnmPlel "' the l sin i Arsenal nt Wnterlclt, u"' u,trcnln h rlll. which. c JL mi W 1' l'nrles of the ord-" ord-" .d r ttimnt H the most power-I'lYnn power-I'lYnn In th! worU1' ". Ii h "' ' n "er,M ot ,lm,Hr ., werm" to lie constructed for ' , i i r of tho United Mates. "lu r t tpc ticular feature of the " un i in enormous range, which i Mtlm l 1fll ncollt twonty-ono miles. t(l ruii il range has been cnl-1 cnl-1 V J James M Ingalls, Iirst ' o i 3 artillery, for many scars , tniitoi n' t'lf Artillery School for r j t l't Monroe, Vn. Ills llr-' llr-' , ijms tint the nbovo ran bo ,r , r uith a muzzle velocity ot ". . ' otul, with the ncceasniy ?',' d lion of the piece, ami that . ,l n the dlitance Indicated 1lndl w " r. ich tllu 'H'xlmum J ', , t 16 feU, or u little short 't' is n rnwuslv greater thin the r i um 1 ixte hitherto obtained In : h r i,n tin lerord of nitunl r in 't picont standing to the L ill of a Knipp l)4)-lneh gun, which , , p 1 In til picsonoenf tho l:mpo-l, l:mpo-l, ft.cru inj on Apill !?, 1S12. The r sur 1 n e vv is found to bo 22,12,) , ,1, or r u hU speaking, 12V4 mills. sr it ' height reached h tho ! I, II tn lis Might was 21,1'ji) feet, . i , tl innt than four miles, and ft I'm n "I i' between the Hi lug of Up sun nl "' striking of the pro-tjillewi'"" pro-tjillewi'"" ke oiuH It was pointed ittMl li ' thl min been placed at r ft DIM I" the Alps, cbvnted to ,1 (, nnl llr d Its shell would u ir r feet hlwher thin S.I n'm ' Hi fall would have hcen n the n h rhind of Chatnounlx, on !if olh ! 1 f the mountains TjI this I rfornnnci', Kreat as It ,j he -mirs positively Insignificant ftrnpr. 1 'li the cipibltltlos of the n Vm rli in Klin If tho latter wore rtup at th Hattery, nt the lower end c! Manhittin Wnnl, In tho city of Vir Yak 113 pitltnafd range of 20 078 iirdi means that lis projectiles, nlmed e0raYmVesl,hor' ??M h" " '-ri '-ri miles hesond Summit N J 1 1. feerLTarV'8 ' ".'bS!, "'f 'mm which the tube Stlhl we Khed "j"" '.,he '"hl'he. works tons aril Vi ,.. fu"'l. or 912 Kro, 1M tT,.,1;"18'1, ttClK,1S mm 'nd.i , or 1 1 Jnlt . ,,h" rmt K"n JwnRth of projectile, 6 feet 1 Inches penetration of sleO, .sllmatedh I'oit of flrlrtf; once J1(KX u-' "L'i n.f tlll'e nlone, 31 tons, ton, Rht 0t tUb0' J lckct n.l hoops, " 5 Wth smokeless powder, nt at Present tnarite or ,n pounds, hut If the ol I VCd" wiVr'- u r,nd " ,i... " ."'th a max mum pnn. ou.ul"1,nr,;rf '"'""n MO ami l"m pnuiiim tn the squaiu neh It u ett Jee'lle J 11 "SJi "lhriw S Jeetiio welRhlnR 2170 pounds wit!, n mulo Mloclty of 2300 'fee" per second that by u.ln n"i'" no.t hnprotmble "or irtlilU "ia '"W(,r hurnlnj,' po-ttir, po-ttir, Klvlmt a less max mum pressure tel?!!!.!"1'1 ',ne.,'B' ,hnn this wit , be',,,p,eL;u"r?,"n ",Cru,8e '" " c" J,"",II1'11 the sun will ,e tested Is "an m k??nni rrobibly not cf)1!; for Lt" .carr 1Ke l,n l,Pt,n nude i.w. t " ' "al montht will prob-ahl prob-ahl elipso bcfoie thin addition 1 work at sL'rtv 1 Wnjmently Installed .. ?,..,,,00k nn'' "ork on other Runs of like caliber for Hoston ?iri .,ronlsco. nml "ompton Ho'd"' wn be ordered ns soon ospuislhle. |