Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
you know, isa sea mile, which is one and one-seventh landmiles, so these boats can make about thirty milesan hour, or about the average speed of a rail-road passenger-train. Just think of a boat The next most important thing in a torpedoboat is quick turning; and for this purpose thelarger Normand,… … YARROW DEEP-SEA TORBEDO BOAT. rushing through the water as fast as a train between them, so that when the rudders areof cars runs over the land! turned together, the water which the pro- * Since this article was written, a sister-boat to the Nibbio, the Adlcr, built for Russia, has broken therecord…
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