Show In1111 SVM MINSK of the XII hils mvciitctl mil H i now tcMing 1 i pncumaf dnunite tim nt Fort lafayette Ness York Ilirbor which is destine to work a revolution in sea coast and 11t1I1 gunnery gun-nery The gui is 00 feet long anti has II bore of 8 nichis alit it tlirons a conIcal slicll three feet in length a distance of2Jf miles by tho force of air compressed to 1 a Htram of 1000 ounds to the Shears Inch In a recent trial this gun sent n charge of 58 pounds 01 mtro gelatine II distau of 2 miles mImi 1 exploded it just under tlm surface throwing water 100 feet into tIle t air Its range and ointmg i powers 1Itt iccunto ind when experiment shilllm proved its full eapaiit it will bo idoptei and placetl in all the fortifications in the country IInl 1 on ill large ships ifloa With the means of throwing dnamite without danger to tlioso throwing Itn distanco of two or three miles it will be impossible for nnlhln afloat to enter our harbors or come within range of our forts |