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Scientific American, Vol. 4, No. 21 (1861) (1861)

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and range equal to the most rounds the gun, with a slit in one side through which mac river. They were not so successful, however, in approved gunpowder projectiles, and can discharge the balls may pass, as shown in Fig. 1. Our cut re- determining the number of shots thrown in a given from one… … scott river, which empties into the harbor of Port- render its possessors impregnable to armies provided land, Maine, rose to a great hight, carrying away with ordinary offensive weapons. Its efficiency will mills, bridges, &c. Pope’s mills were destroyed, and soon be practically demonstrated, and…

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