LONG DISTANCE GUNS.
■■--- ♦ — Electric Telegraph— Cop) right— United Preßb Association (Received January 20, 9.9 a. in.) NEW YORK; Jan. 19. America is building 44 new coast defence guns. The projectile weighs 24001 b, and the smokeless powder charge 641 b. i giving a velocity of 2300 ft per second, and a pressure of 38,0001 b. The guns will luiive a range of 20 miles, and be effective at five miles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9644, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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70LONG DISTANCE GUNS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9644, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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