ore. While some of these guns hadabout as large a bore as the guns of to-day, no com-parison could be made as to their effectiveness. All are familiar with the famous battle between theMerrimac and the Monitor in the Civil War of theUnited States. Mr. John E. Spears thus describes thearmament of… … Courtesy Senator Geo. C. Perkins. United States submarine torpedo-boat Narwhal. In the early nineties certain inventorswere attracting the attention of the governments of the world by their claims that they couldmake boats so that they would dive under the water, approach an enemys war-ship, and…
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