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Show The Nordenfeldt Gan Played Out. . Engines of war are short lived nowadays. nowa-days. Three years ago no praise was too high for the' machine-guns which had brought to a close the bombardment of the forts of Alexandria by driving the gunners from the guns they were serving. serv-ing. This week those same guns of Mr. Nordenfeldt's invention are pronounced obsolete, and no longer fulfilling the necessary requirements. Recent experiments experi-ments carried out in Weymouth Bay by the "Polyphemus" against dummy torpedo tor-pedo boats have shown that the quick firing gun manufactured by Messrs. Hotchkiss is the only one at present whose results are satisfactory. ; But Mr. Nordenfeldt cannot complain. He has' had a lengthy innings ; and it will not be long before the inventor of such a perfect piece of mechanism as the gun which he introduced into the service 'will have another weapon ready for the defeat of the rival firm. London World. |