Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... guns can be fabricated , it is seriously doubted whether ships can be built which could sustain , for any con- siderable time , the concentrated fire of a large fort armed with them . Balls of a half ton weight , thrown with the proper ...
... guns can be fabricated , it is seriously doubted whether ships can be built which could sustain , for any con- siderable time , the concentrated fire of a large fort armed with them . Balls of a half ton weight , thrown with the proper ...
Pàgina 139
... guns , and carronades for these armaments , there would be required shot , shells , small arms , pistols , and ... guns , bomb - cannon , and carronades , 100 shot to each gun , and 200 shells to each bomb - cannon , and shells for guns ...
... guns , and carronades for these armaments , there would be required shot , shells , small arms , pistols , and ... guns , bomb - cannon , and carronades , 100 shot to each gun , and 200 shells to each bomb - cannon , and shells for guns ...
Pàgina 148
... guns enough or men enough for the object , but it is because , from the comparative weakness of the vessels , the guns and the men cannot be kept in an effective position . There are , moreover , many harbors requiring defence in which ...
... guns enough or men enough for the object , but it is because , from the comparative weakness of the vessels , the guns and the men cannot be kept in an effective position . There are , moreover , many harbors requiring defence in which ...
Pàgina 152
... gun ship , the Hydra , of thirty- eight guns , Captain Manby , and another frigate , anchored about eight hundred yards from a battery of two guns , situated on the extremity of Cape Licosa , and protected from assault by a tower in ...
... gun ship , the Hydra , of thirty- eight guns , Captain Manby , and another frigate , anchored about eight hundred yards from a battery of two guns , situated on the extremity of Cape Licosa , and protected from assault by a tower in ...
Pàgina 153
... guns had failed on the second shot , and the gun had subsequently been fired lying on the sill of the embrazure ; so that in fact the attack of an eighty - gun ship and two frigates had been resisted by a single piece of ordnance ...
... guns had failed on the second shot , and the gun had subsequently been fired lying on the sill of the embrazure ; so that in fact the attack of an eighty - gun ship and two frigates had been resisted by a single piece of ordnance ...
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