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How it flies; (1910)

Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 376

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edefence. On the other hand, Mr. Hudson Maxim declaresthat the exploding of the limited quantities of dyna-mite that can be carried on the present types ofaeroplanes, on the decks of warships would not doany vital damage. He also says that many tons ofdynamite might be exploded in Madison… … 376 MILITARY AERONAUTICS. As yet, the only experience that may be instancedis that of the Russo-Japanese War, where cast-ironshells, weighing 448 lbs., containing 28 lbs. of pow-der, were fired from a high angle into Port Arthur,and did but little damage. In 1899 the Hague Conference passed a…

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