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" After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the report says: " When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets, it was necessary to place the ship's head to the sea before it could be con-sidered safe to send the men aloft to furl... "
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution - Page 419
by Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies - 1868
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Report to the government of the United States on the munitions of war ...

Charles Benjamin Norton - Firearms - 1868 - 304 pages
...we got of them." After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the Report says : — " When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets,...aft, and as the practice was limited to 15 rounds, five guns only on the port side were cast loose, and the practice commenced. " It was found utterly...
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Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal ..., Volume 5

United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867 - Exposition universelle de 1867 ą Paris - 1870 - 2010 pages
...share we got of them." After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the report says: " When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets,...aft, and as the practice was limited to 15 rounds, five guns only on the port side were cast loose, and the practice commenced. "It was found utterly...
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Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal ..., Volume 5

United States. Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 - Exposition universelle de 1867 ą Paris - 1870 - 566 pages
...share we got of them." After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the report says: "When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets,...of battening down the main-deck hatchways fore and affc, and as the practice was limited to 15 rounds, five guns only on the port side were cast loose,...
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Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1870 - 586 pages
...share we got of them." After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the report says: " Wien the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets,..."The precaution was then taken of battening down the main-dot hatchways fore and aft, and as the practice was limited to 15 IOTÓJ, five guns only on the...
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Reports, ed. by W.P. Blake, Volume 5

United States commission to the Paris expos, 1867 - 1870 - 586 pages
...share we got of them." After referring to the sailing qualities of the ships, the report says: •"When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets,...considered safe to send the men aloft to furl sails. •• It \\:is t'iHiml utterly out otbi liour. I »iiMil tli< <lp rolled "ded with water p tin- water...
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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume 11

Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies - Military art and science - 1867 - 776 pages
...formidable adversary, and have done us serious injury." Secondly, Admiral Warden says : — " When the signal was made to get up steam and lay out targets, it was necessary to place the ship's bead to the sea before it could be considered safe to send the men aloft to furl sails. " The precaution...
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