after each of the three shots.

[Illustration]

The commission immediately and unanimously classified the three plates
in the following order of superiority: (1) Nickel steel; (2) all
steel; (3) compound.

This triumph of French industry merits mention so much the more in
that it was obtained in a series of experiments made in a foreign
country--that is to say, under indisputable conditions of
impartiality.-_L'Illustration._

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HIGH EXPLOSIVES IN WARFARE.[1]

[Footnote 1: A lecture delivered before the Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, November 28, 1890. From the _Journal_ of the Institute.]

BY COMMANDER F.M. BARBER, U.S.N.


In commencing my paper this evening I desire to call your attention to
the fact that I am dealing with a subject which, though not
theoretical, is still hardly practical, for as a matter of fact high
explosives cannot be said to have yet been regularly used in warfare,