AMERICAN DEFENCE.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York, Jan. 19. America is building 44 now coast defence guns. The projectile weighs 24001 b, and the smokeless powder chargo 641 b, giving a velocity of 2800 ft per second, and a pressure of 88,0001 b. The guns will have a range of 20 miles, and be effective at five miles.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 805, 21 January 1903, Page 2
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