A NEW TORPEDO.
[by tehgraph.—PßESS association.] Wellington, Tuesday. A torpedo, invented by Mr. Jardine, of Wellington, and now under offer to the Government, was tried to-day. The special advantages claimed for the invention are cheapness and certainty of action. It resembles the McEvay torpedo in shape, but instead of being fired by electricity it is fired by pulling a cord connected with the machinery inside, so that although other torpedoes are often rendered useless by the electric connection being shot away, ...if the same should occur with the Jardine, explosion by impact is still available. The trial was mainly devoted to ascertaining whether primary charges were affeoted by submersion, and one containing such charges was tilled with water, and allowed to stand in that condition for ten minutes. It was then fired, the explosion proving that no injury had been done to the charges by submersion. The general result of the trial was very satisfactory.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7416, 26 August 1885, Page 5
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