Heralds of the morning, the meaning of the social and political problems of to-day and the significance of the great phenomena in nature .. (1899)
Tait, Asa Oscar. [from old catalog] · Oakland, Cal., San Francisco [etc.] Pacific press publishing company · leaf 230
aller ones were in thebroadside. The pivots were cast-iron muzzle-loading rifles ofseven-inch caliber, and they weighed fourteen thousand fivehundred pounds each. The reader will appreciate the weightof the gun when it is told that the best gun in the British navyat that time was the… … ■nwMM^^:-: ^■:-:-^^mi ..-..-.■..■■■-. ■■■■ Cross-section of revolving turret, showing the men on the inside working the big guns of a battle-ship. construction, but weighed nine thousand pounds, and were offour-inch caliber. Brookes guns were far and away the bestthen afloat.—History of Our Navy,…
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