Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 612
thers, called submarine torpe-does, of which you may have heard without under-standing their nature. In action and in composi-tion they are not very different from those sold atthe toy shops; but in size, and consequently ineffect, there is no comparison between the two.The toy-torpedoes explode… … THE THUNDERER. is forced below by machinery, but it soon becomesimpure and damp. Not a gleam of sunlight findsits way down. The crew move about with the aidof flickering oil lamps, going to bed in darknessand arising in darkness. When a gale blows, they can see none of itseffects, and can only hear…
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