Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 278
as very tedious work,particularly that of cutting away the rivets thatheld the funnels in place. Then quantities of coaland ammunition were removed, and finally thehull was ready to be raised on a cushion of air.Not only was air pumped into the hull, but eightair cylinders, each seventy feet long… … Iutcruatioual THE LEONARDO DA VINCI IN TARANTO HARBOR, RIGHTING ITSELF up, was floated and towed into the dry-dock.Here repairs were fully completed and the hullwas made as good as new. But then came the problem of turning the hullover. Had it been a small boat, it might havebeen turned over by…
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