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If , now , we suppose these floating batteries to be smaller , so that , having a
lighter draught , they might be placed near the shores , or upon the shoals , they
might certainly be thereby saved from the kind of attack which would prove so
fatal if ...
If , now , we suppose these floating batteries to be smaller , so that , having a
lighter draught , they might be placed near the shores , or upon the shoals , they
might certainly be thereby saved from the kind of attack which would prove so
fatal if ...
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In that attack , the floating batteries were made proof against cold shot , and , as
was thought by the constructor , proof against hot shot also : and so , indeed , for
a liine , it seemed . It was conceived that the hot shot , when buried deep in the ...
In that attack , the floating batteries were made proof against cold shot , and , as
was thought by the constructor , proof against hot shot also : and so , indeed , for
a liine , it seemed . It was conceived that the hot shot , when buried deep in the ...
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The entrance to the harbor , and all the narrow passes within it , must be
occupied with heavy batteries ; and if nature does not afford all the posi . tions
deemed requisite , some must , if practicable , be formed artificially . Batteries
should ...
The entrance to the harbor , and all the narrow passes within it , must be
occupied with heavy batteries ; and if nature does not afford all the posi . tions
deemed requisite , some must , if practicable , be formed artificially . Batteries
should ...
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The floating batteries of the Danes , like those of the French and Spaniards at the
siege of Gibraltar in the year 1783 , were inefficient , sim . ply because they were
unwieldy . No effective means for wielding floating batteries , when large ...
The floating batteries of the Danes , like those of the French and Spaniards at the
siege of Gibraltar in the year 1783 , were inefficient , sim . ply because they were
unwieldy . No effective means for wielding floating batteries , when large ...
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from the sea , we should be certain thus to give each of the enemy ' s leading
vessels a double cross - fire ; raking them in front and on each side at one and
the same time , with several of our heavy guns from each one of our floating
batteries ...
from the sea , we should be certain thus to give each of the enemy ' s leading
vessels a double cross - fire ; raking them in front and on each side at one and
the same time , with several of our heavy guns from each one of our floating
batteries ...
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| Título | House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 6 United States congressional serial set |
| Autor | United States. Congress. House |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 11 Dez 2006 |
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