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Scientific American, Vol. 72, No. 16 (1895) (1895)

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ugh the top of end of the Sandy Hook spit and isknownas No. 1A. the instructions given them and they are theu fired by a bedstead (as shown in Fig. 4), through other parti- It is now completed and the fortification is ready for the officers. The projectiles descend in a graceful curve tions, and… … knocking out the weather boarding, and depositing lower bay as well, so that a landing could only be In addition to the mortar battery, the harbor is now itself in the yard. The other cylinder exploded imme- made, if the vessels succeeded in passing inside the protected with a gun lift battery…

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