Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Fig. 1.—Front. View nf ir(/;77<.rIarget, after practicewith GOO-pounder ArmBtronjj Gun, The usual mode is, to construct a target in all respects tallying•with the armed side of one of our iron-clads, and then to try topierce it with shot fired from guns at various distances. A Warriortarget, for instance, consisting of a 4i-inch armor-plate, backedby 18 inches of teak, and an inner skin of f-inch iron; wliile aLord Warden target had 4i inches plate, 30 incties teak, and liinch skin. In early experiments on the Wa
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Fig. 1.—Front. View nf ir(/;77<.rIarget, after practicewith GOO-pounder ArmBtronjj Gun, The usual mode is, to construct a target in all respects tallying•with the armed side of one of our iron-clads, and then to try topierce it with shot fired from guns at various distances. A Warriortarget, for instance, consisting of a 4i-inch armor-plate, backedby 18 inches of teak, and an inner skin of f-inch iron; wliile aLord Warden target had 4i inches plate, 30 incties teak, and liinch skin. In early experiments on the Warrior target. Aider-sons steel shell, Armstrongs conical shell, and Pallisers chilled-. Fig. 2.—Back View of do. iron shell were tired at it from a 7-inch gun at 200 yards: the Pal-liser shot excelled tlie others, going clean througli the target, ar-mor and all, and bursting behind. On another occasion, a Pal-liser 115-lb. shot went through the target even at an angle of 80°from the perpendicular. The advantage contemplated in the sandwich fashion of ar-•onor-platiug adopted in the case of the Inflexible and other ships was, in addition tothe increased de-fensive power im-plied in tlie in-creased thicknessof plating, thatbroader and largerplates of practica-ble weight could bythis means be pro-duced, and thathigher excellenceo t workmanshipcould be insuredto thinner plates,than to plates of 20inches and upwards
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