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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264

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opper tankenough air to supply a crew offour men while under water forsix hours. For use while at thesurface, the boat was providedwith removable masts and sails.His experiments lasted sometwelve years, the governmentsof France, Great Britain, andthe United States successivelysupplying the means.… … I B r- ;\ _. /0 j» DESTRUCTION OF THE U. S. SHIP HOUSATONTC BY A TORPEDO-BOAT, OFF CHARLESTON, 1864. device, however, was employed without officialpermission against some of the British vesselsblockading the New England coasts in the Warof 1812. Though no actual damage was done,the blockaders were…

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