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THE NEXT WAR. 



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the type with which they are equipped, 

 does as much damage as two whole bat- 

 tries accomplished in the Franco-Ger- 

 man war. Its half-pound shell goes 

 through inch-steel after travelling a tre- 

 mendous distance. Fired from the air, 



NEW WAR TERRORS. 

 Bomb-dropping from air-ships, thanks 

 to the new Ceiss sighting-instrument, 

 now approaches an exact science. Not 

 only is the percentage of hits very 

 large, but the damage done is far greater 



these light guns are as efficient as the than is popularly supposed. From the 



heaviest guns firing over the ground. Krupp gun factory there is now being 



Conclusive tests have been made proving turned out a fire bomb that sheds a 



the certainty of effective marksmanship, bright light not only during its flight, 



particularly against a target on the but after it strikes the earth. This bomb 



ground. The gunner can tell exactly serves the double purpose of setting fire 



where each bullet or projectile strikes, to any inflammable material with which 



which makes it easy for him to correct it comes into contact and furnishing 



his aim. But it is difflcult indeed for sufficient light so that the air-ship gun- 



the gunner on the ground to tell how ners are able, even on the darkest night, 



close his shots come to the flying air- to see the objects upon which they wish 



ship of the enemy. 



THE STATOSCOPE. 



The statoscope — an instrument of as 

 much importance to the air-ship naviga- 

 tor as the compass is to the mariner — 

 indicates to a nicety the slightest change 

 of height above sea level. This makes 

 it easy for the helmsman to steer his 

 air-ship in a circle, using the target as ture is dropped from the air-ship and 

 a pivotal bearing. So stable is the air- explodes high in the air. It throws out 

 ship that the gunners can sight with the tremendous quantities of dense, heavy 



to centre their shots. Further aid at 

 night to the gunners is given by the 

 search-light which hangs sometimes as 

 much as 500 feet beneath the air-ship 

 from which it is suspended. This light is 

 an actual protection to the ship above it, 

 as its position confuses the enemy's 

 marksmen. 



Another bomb of German manufac- 



same scientiflc precision that would be 

 theirs if their battery were located on 

 a mountain side. 



The Z III while at practice, manoeuvr- 

 ing with battle speed at a height of 6000 

 feet, shot to pieces in seventeen minutes 

 the target, a silhouette of a whole vil- 

 lage arranged on the manoeuvring 

 grounds several miles out of Bordeaux. 

 Equally successful results have been ob- 

 tained at the artillery grounds at Jiiter- 

 bog and at the aerial school at Metz. 



During this target practice armour- 

 piercing tests were made, and it was 

 found that the macarite projectiles from 

 the air-ship travelled with truly marvel- 

 lous force. Armour such as that ordin- 

 arily used to protect the decks of navy 

 cruisers was cut through and dummy 

 magazines were exploded. This was 



smoke that slowly sinks to earth. This 

 smoke spreads in a great cloud and 

 gives to the air-ship cover through which 

 to escape from a point of danger. 



Still another bomb that will add to 

 the terrors of war contains about 150 

 pounds of chemicals, which on explod- 

 ing fill the air with poisonous gases, 

 killing everything within 100 yards, and 

 extending their influence for more than 

 twice that distance. 



The Viktoria Lidse, one of the latest 

 ships built by Count Zeppelin, and re- 

 cently sold for i^25,ooo to the German 

 Government, was sent last May through 

 a series of manoeuvres over the North 

 Sea. It surprised even those who had 

 previously accepted the air-ship as no 

 longer an exjieriment. After it had 

 answered every demand in the way of 

 ascending and descending flights, stops. 



done while the air-ship from which the starts, and quick turns, the Viktona 



projectiles were fired was in full flight Luise, from a height of about ;ooo feet, 



and at a height to make it nearly impos- plunged at an acute angle, holding a 



sible for the air-ship to be hit from the perfectly straight course until it almost 



gj-ound touched the water. Then it took posi- 



