Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1894 — Long Distance Firing. [ARTICLE]

Long Distance Firing.

A series of tests was recently made at Shoeburyness for the purpose of investigating the conditions attending firing at very long ranges. The weight of the gun used was twentytwo tons, and that of the projectile 380 pounds, which, fired with a charge of 270 pounds, gave a muzzle velocity of 2,360 foot-seconds. The elevation of the first round was 40 degrees. The projectile fell at a range of about 21,000 yards, or nearly twelve miles. A shot at 45 degrees elevation gave a range of 21,600 yards, or about 12.4 miles. The projectiles remained in the air about 66.4 seconds, and its trajectory reached a height of 17,000 feet, or about 2,000 feet higher than the summit of ML. Blmxc.—[New York Telegram.