Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 217
re c -o 13 o ? cfQ. 2O O — jz c - — 3 ,_ <- n> O > a> o c c 10 O at cO LJ o c 0) Q- o _0) E « I <Ju! described her appearance among the British fleetas that of a wolf among a flock of sheep. Theday of the big wooden war-vessels was over. Itwas, nevertheless, an Englishman and a naval… … § o CD -O a oo 0) >»o o> o o o ficer, Captain Cowper Coles, who sought to de-prive Ericsson of the honor of his invention.Coles declared that he had devised a ship duringthe Crimean war, in which a turret or cupolawas to protect the guns. Ericssons letter to JOHN ERICSSON 203 Napoleon III.,…
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