Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 193
Elevation, and Plan of Turret of H.M.S. Captain^ Captain Coles about 1861. This plan consists in carrying one or two veryheavy guns in a low circular tower or turret, which can be made to revolvehorizontally by proper machinery. The turret itself is heavily armoured,so as to be proof against all… … 156 SHIPS OF WAR. Coles plans, two first-class vessels were ordered to be built on the turretsystem. These were the Monarch and the Captain—the latter of whichwe select for description on account of the melancholy interest which at-taches to her. On page 155 a diagram is given representing the…
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