Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — The New Explosire. [ARTICLE]

The New Explosire.

If the claims made by officials of the war department concerning the efficacy of a new explosive are borne out by subsequent tests, the United States may possess a secret which will have hpportant bearing on the international politics of the future. Warships and fortifications which have heretofore been regarded impregnable will be at the mercy of Ainer lean guns. It has been demonstrated that the thickest Harveylzed armor will not withstand the new projectile when hurled by one of the great guns and, what is more important, that the explosive with which the projectile is loaded will be discharged Immediately tne armor is pierced. Maximite, this new death-dealing explosive, is called after Mr. Hiram Maxim, its Inventor. Mr. Maxim is the inventor of smokeless powder and has made a specialty of high explosives. It Is announced by the oflhials in charge of the-tests which have been made on the Sandy Hook proving grounds that the results far surpass anything heretofore attained in any country. Experts express the opinion that the building of battleship,; and’ fortifications may be revolutionized as the result of the discoveries made by Mr. Maxim.