Show successful test of american armor plate BETHLEHEM B pa july 30 the first a plate teat test on the proving grounds of toe the t bethlehem iron 1 ro n company c 0 mp a ti was a made ri i a d e today day the plate via t e w was as te ten n a and n dy aw h half a if i inch n e h ban 1 i a r ve ei y iced i z e d n nickle ie kle steel plate eight by git six and a t i i weighing w e i g li in g eighteen e thousand six hundred pounds the plate was tempered with an ice water rive five shots from an all eight inch riffe gun were fired at the plate pl a t e four into and the lie fifth in the center each projectile pierced about three inches rebounded and arid broke into bits not a single crack developed in the plat eThe success of the test surpassed ed the expectations ex affectations of all cresent cres A em comparison p risno of former trials ah shows 0 ws this plate received a total energy of 25 feet fee to the ton fully va 60 per 11 r cent greater that than the tho plates sustained at t t the lie fo former r ner trials at indian head lead and arid yet is far less injured |