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Scientific American, Vol. 83, No. 17 (1900) (1900)

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carriage drives the pump as soon as the vebicle comes to a standstill at a fire. material to which mechanical propulsion has been ap- particular test was to ascertain what would occur if a shot was to penetrate the torpedo tube on board a plied. So, by reason of the peculiar difficulties pre- To… … hut was absolutely uninjured, thus proving that the force of the explosion was local. The officers who watched the operations from the neighboring island experienced a sévere concussion of air. The officials now procured a pontoon which they had covered upon toassure the perfect stability of the…

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