OR FOR of the gun; and for these reasons the new army gun UNLOADING GRAIN FROM VESSELS. elevation of over 40 degrees, no attempt was made to is a vastly more powerful weapon than its Armstrong throw a shell to the estimated distance of 21 miles. BY THE LONDON CORRESPONDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC… … 677 foot-tons. As though it possesses the 16-inch gun @ somewhat com- was designed sev- plex appearance, as may be gathered by reference to our illustrations, eral years ago, we give for purposes of comparison degrees for the first two, and 4 or 5 degrees for the the data of a 12-inch modern…
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