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Show ADDITION TO WAR'S HORRORS American Claims to Have Invented a Shell Capable of Scattering Molten Steel. A . new type of projectile which would scatter a white-hot mixture of molten Bteel over the object of attack and at the same time permeate the atmosphere at-mosphere with a deadly gas, which would make it impossible for fire fighters to approach, has been invented invent-ed by John Hays Hammond, Jr., according ac-cording to a statement made by him. This new missile, he says, may soon appear In the European war. The missile is designed for Use In siege guns, as an aid in destroying towns and dirigible balloons. Mr. Hammond explained that the projectile projec-tile carried an aluminothernilc mixture mix-ture which, five seconds after the projectile pro-jectile was discharged, would turn the steel inside to a white-hot mixture at a temperate of 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit Fahren-heit When the projectile hits the target, tar-get, the Inventor said. It explodes, its white-hot contents setting fire to whatever what-ever inflammable material it strikes, j To avoid the possibility of quenching the flaiues, Mr. Hammond said he had equipped the projectile with a ehainbor rW wiiich are deadly. The Inventor Is a son of the famous fa-mous engineer, John Hays Hammond. He invented wireless control of submarine sub-marine torpedoes. |