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Page 16 - Report on the fabrication of iron for defensive purposes and its uses in modern fortifications, especially in works of coast defense.
Page 14 - ... construction of sea-coast defenses in England, the "Report" (Professional Papers, No. 21) leaves nothing for me to say except that the system therein described has since been rapidly advanced toward completion. The system itself is thus described in that Report : " First. For points of peculiar character and very great importance, the artificial or otherwise contracted sites of which require the greatest possible concentration of guns, and which may be closely approached and enveloped by hostile...
Page 14 - ... But the duplication of tiers is admitted to be objectionable, and is, therefore, we may assume, admitted for these two works only on account of the urgency of having more guns than can be placed in a single tier. Plate VI exhibits these works.
Page 49 - I noticed one important and isolated battery which, without sustaining works, had only a wooden stockade in rear; but the system of defense of the locality in question was evidently incomplete. Concerning artillery, I have but few words to add to what has been said in Prof. Papers No. 21.
Page 36 - Rangoon oil to the gallon-mark, then turn the cock and allow the oil to flow into the cylinder; repeat the operation until the quantity required is run in. The ' greatest quantity of oil used should not exceed 12 gallons, which, with the carriage run out, will be...