A SPANIARD'S 'INVENTION.
A M. Rogozea, a Spaniard, have invented a marvellous ne? destined to revolutionise the art fare; for, fired from an old 's_tooti|i| bored gun of IBSO pattern, witfr"._j|f charge of but nine gramme, of it can destroy walls or houses at a dtsjlS tanco of 1200 yards, ; or, from a. mod.dm rifle, "at a distance ..oH •over 8000 yards. Tho bullet U ■■-..;_s§ long, pointed liko an arrow, and ■wßEpjl somo 7oz. It is rather; a: di__nt»t.vai shell than a bullet. "Ono of if. ;_mwl qualities (the "Tolegfraph" P3-) .||w that, though fired with black pow|jftl not the faintest breath of sn__o .. from, the gun at its.'.discharge. ■' f smM are no flames. The b ullo. proettfel even from a, smooth-bore gun , : straight line, not in, _, series of as it apparently ought to do according! to tho laws of "balistics.". M. Rogozcai has also another fuseo bullet, w_icna_sJ plodes in the air and "sets, or ought;tog set, a hostile dirigible on fire. ■ ■''>"§§
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14837, 1 December 1913, Page 6
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