Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — The New Projectile. [ARTICLE]

The New Projectile.

Secretary Long In his annual report, just issued, says: “In order to gain greater energy guns have been ’ increased in weight and dimensions until it is believed that they have now reached a point beyond which it is inexpedient to go. Any further increase in their efficiency must be looked for in the use of heavier projectiles and in the development of powders possessing higher ballistic properties than those now in use.”