. The railroad and engineering journal . The recent trial, in Chesapeake Bay, of the dynamitecruiser Vesuvius, although not successful in determining. Fig. 3- the actual, value of that vessel, has yet clearly demon-strated to those who have studied the experiments, thetremendous force of this arm of warfare. Since the trial the verdict amongnaval and military officers has beenpractically unanimous that there ismore accuracy in this high angle offire than had been first supposed ;and if the experiments have had noother success, they have at least suc-ceeded in creating among army andnavy men te
. The railroad and engineering journal . The recent trial, in Chesapeake Bay, of the dynamitecruiser Vesuvius, although not successful in determining. Fig. 3- the actual, value of that vessel, has yet clearly demon-strated to those who have studied the experiments, thetremendous force of this arm of warfare. Since the trial the verdict amongnaval and military officers has beenpractically unanimous that there ismore accuracy in this high angle offire than had been first supposed ;and if the experiments have had noother success, they have at least suc-ceeded in creating among army andnavy men ten times as many advo-cates for the dynamite cruiser as for-merly existed. It is unfortunate that the trial wasconducted under circumstances tend-ing to make apparently a target-practice out of what was in reality anoperation for determinint; the rangesof the pneumatic guns. It was well known beforehand thatthe tubes would carry thejprojectiles Fig. 2. to a distance much further than that reached by any ofthose fired in Chesapeake Bay. It was also well known be-forehand that the principle upon which the pneumatic gunis constructed requires and p
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