• New Fac-tgss rsr Wit;.—Tho -Wes£er&J&orning 2Xei£s sayg tbat a certain H«i*r Patil Bieliin has' invented a misv, ojt. fog , bsli, wifch wLicb. to envelope yotsr encasy ia a deep misS, nay, even h thick fop;', which, shall aot bs eurpassed, claims the inventos , , even by a London psrticalar. These fog , balls are easily-broken spheres, containing atsmonia and acids, which, lipon est^ping , , eeeafee a iog that envelopes all arouaa ifc, until blown away hy tbe ■wind. Battles, thoxigb, are not aitfayi fought on windless, calm dayis. Bat, the inventor, with tke log arotsud ehesft,. it will bo impossible for the eaemy to Ssd tho ,raQge, or to .raply to the fiee of .tbo attack.—The new iSewnaa artillery, which, will shortly be int«>dueecl, is said to be tlie mast terrible vraff ihstruraeat ever produced. Dariag £be Frapco-Gerjna,n war it' was Considered effective ofcootinjj it splinters from a shell were thrown wifcaia ,a circuit <?i forty or &tty paoas, aad soldoni more" than sevea or *?igaS sasa -were wotjadod. Tha nerr 17.20.p0a Jias siush greater d&s&ructive pepror. IDsaiade at the lotetbogb. ranges deeply impressed &c cxpsxts, the Kaiser • bsing present. The first shot, fired at a tasgefc plasad fifty paces from a "*o&d, missel the targets feat ploaghed ifcg way j tkrosgkthe .irosdfor-loOOfc. Soon alts* I a large ares of the wood was to hs ablase, ■ The shell was charged -wife a powder &b coiaposiSioa of wlueh Is tae of toe Oermas <xoy«rameß6. Tise I splinters of a -sljeli fesrs*' by t6e aevr- j powder co¥er_ a eistk of A shell ] feed sfe aa _enona{HP targ'etj camstcaetcd | •by tig £mjs2SOE*s Qtdors, It j i«us'©£ t of 4 c£ j ( new artillery T?oeld, H is -ssserteit* IsmalMlsta ss eafcise - oaee -tae -Fos Invalids aafi Ballcate .ChMska Aolseb?ool£s Arrowroot sn«|' -Tes'ifisesfa
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8134, 30 March 1892, Page 5
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