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Show .'.l.'LtERY THAT IS INVISIBLE. I'-t-TcMIro Experiment Made by the British War Office. .':) Interesting experiment, tho Idea ' military, ofllcor, has been tried at. 4 cth..oi, by which It Is hoped to rcn ' i artillery Inconspicuous against all i... da of backgrounds. A battery of ! guns, with their llmbors, was I :di ipd rainbow fashion .with Btreaks oi red, blue and yellow, tho whole "kindlng, at a little distance, Into a (ct fused mass that rendered each gun .iiincult to locato whatever its sur-jouadlngs sur-jouadlngs might he. At 800 yards the outline, of the gun Is lost, while at a thousand It harmonizes with trees, open grass land, sandy plains or broken country. At a trial the guns uora placed In position on tho eastern slopes of tho hills, and tho artillery oincers at Aldcrshot wero Invited to try and locate thorn from tho western elopes at a distance of about 3,000 ards. Although all know tho direction direc-tion In which tho guns wero, none succeedod In finding thorn nil, even ith strong glasses. A section of 4jorso artillery guns were scut forward for-ward to engago them so soon as thoy could dlscorn thom, and they actually advanced to within a thousand yards before they were espied. At close quarters tho guns present a most In-tougruoua In-tougruoua appearanco, being a mass of daubs of color, but the Idea Is a dacldsdly practical ono, narartheloss. London Olograph. |