Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876- · New York, The Century co. · leaf 330
out forth volumes of dense blacksmoke which would obliterate it from view.(See Fig. 19.) If the wind was quartering,the ship would change its course and dodge be-hind the sheltering pall of smoke. Not onlywas the smoke produced on the vessel itself,but smoke-boxes were cast overboard to form… … Conrtesy of the Submarine Defense Association Fig. 19. How a ship hid behind smoke produced on its ownstern, with different directions of wind nited by the rubbing of a phosphorus compoundon a priming-composition, and then cast adriftto pour out dense volumes of heavy smoke.(See Fig. 20.) Behind…
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