Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 98
... material change in more than sixty years . This apparent stability of the shoals encouraged them to devise the projects referred to . Recent surveys , it has been said , have discovered a new channel . If this be so , it may not be ...
... material change in more than sixty years . This apparent stability of the shoals encouraged them to devise the projects referred to . Recent surveys , it has been said , have discovered a new channel . If this be so , it may not be ...
Pàgina 148
... material advantage . since the introduction of large bomb - cannon into the armament of ships , is a doubtful matter . The batteries , if anchored across the channel , would have the further advantage of a raking fire : but we have seen ...
... material advantage . since the introduction of large bomb - cannon into the armament of ships , is a doubtful matter . The batteries , if anchored across the channel , would have the further advantage of a raking fire : but we have seen ...
Pàgina 150
... material must be used in each — a material that is combustible , weak , and penetrable to missiles . If the weakness and penetra bility be in part remedied by an increase of the quantity of the material , it must be at the sacrifice of ...
... material must be used in each — a material that is combustible , weak , and penetrable to missiles . If the weakness and penetra bility be in part remedied by an increase of the quantity of the material , it must be at the sacrifice of ...
Pàgina 152
... material injury from their fire . But this circumstance ought merely to have proved the superiority which guns on shore must always , in certain situations , possess over those of shipping , no matter whether the former are mounted on a ...
... material injury from their fire . But this circumstance ought merely to have proved the superiority which guns on shore must always , in certain situations , possess over those of shipping , no matter whether the former are mounted on a ...
Pàgina 154
... material degree in the action , because the British line did not reach abreast of them ; and because , not being advanced beyond the general direction of the Danish line , but , on the contrary , retired behind it , they could not act ...
... material degree in the action , because the British line did not reach abreast of them ; and because , not being advanced beyond the general direction of the Danish line , but , on the contrary , retired behind it , they could not act ...
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