Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 372
e between, thus preventing the inner liningfrom becoming heated. They are arched at thetop, and in shape are somewhat like the shieldsused to protect the gunners while working atthe rapid-firing guns on our modern men-of-war.There is an opening at the bottom of theseshields for the nozzles of the… … the new yorker at fire-drill. Yorker makes it possible to get very near afire and deliver the powerful side streams atshort range; and should the heat become sointense that the men are not able to stand bythe rail-pipes, protecting shields are broughtinto use behind which they can direct thestreams…
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