. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 09 (August 1904). n this point), and trust-ed to their superior pieces and better gunnery todisable the en-emy at the costof a minimumamount o fdamage tothe was ob-viously theproper coursefor the Japan-ese. Suchfighting wouldhave to bedone mainlyby the 8-inchand 6 - inchguns, and of the 8-inch Rus-sia possessed but twelve guns against sixteen carried by the Japan-ese; moreover four of those twelve were the short 30- caliber pieces of the Rurik, whose velocity and range were very limited. Hence, in the earlier stages of the fight, the of const
. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 09 (August 1904). n this point), and trust-ed to their superior pieces and better gunnery todisable the en-emy at the costof a minimumamount o fdamage tothe was ob-viously theproper coursefor the Japan-ese. Suchfighting wouldhave to bedone mainlyby the 8-inchand 6 - inchguns, and of the 8-inch Rus-sia possessed but twelve guns against sixteen carried by the Japan-ese; moreover four of those twelve were the short 30- caliber pieces of the Rurik, whose velocity and range were very limited. Hence, in the earlier stages of the fight, the of construction and tactics once more strongly veri-fied. That the speed of the fleet is governed by thespeed of the slowest ships was proved by the fact thatthe slower Rurik dropped behind and became thetarget for a terrific concentrated fire from the fourJapanese cruisers; and although the two faster Rus-sian ships repeatedly returned to her assistance, theywere themselves so hard hit in doing this that theywere forced to leave the Rurik to her fate. The su-. go far to enhance the value of the copper bottom infuture warship construction. - **? - THE NEW BALDWIN AIRSHIP. BY J. MAYNB BALTIMORE. Capt. T. S. Baldwin, of Oakland, Cal., is the recent in-ventor and constructor of what proves to be a verysuccessful dirigible airship. The first and initial trial of the craft was made from I d o r aPark, OaklandSince then sev-eral othertrials havebeen made, allof whichproved verysatisfactory. No high alti-tude was at-tained by thenew Bald-wins princi-pal aim was todetermine ifthe movementsof his shipcould be con-trolled. He as-certained thatthis could bedone quiteeasily. At a heightof about 700feet, he circledseveral timesclear aroundthe large park,going bothagainst andwith the wind,and moving at Displacement, 12,367 tons. Speed, 20 knots. Coal Supply, 2,500 tons and liquid fuel. Armor, belt, 6-inch ; deck, 2 inch ; secondary belt. 4-inch; casemates, , four 8-inch
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