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Scientific American, Vol. 31, No. 20 (1874) (1874)
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e to be resisted, pletely destroyed, so that the piece would only beara few The large numbers of carrier pigeons used during the fathoms of its own weight. This was on a soft muddy bot- Franco-Prussian war, for the transmission of despatches, _ SP HB Wet Boots. and their more recent proposed… … wok. CARRIER PIGEONS. cial formalities. © 1874 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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