. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . verage muzzle energy per minute throughout theentire arc of fire is 158,619 foot-tons for the Bowlestype of ship, as against 190,120 foot-tons with theBradford type, when engaged on one side only, and173,760 foot-tons when engaged on both sides. Thereport states that naval tacticians are agreed that 9i when bursting within the armor protection, an effectto which Admiral Bradford considers that the major-ity type of ship, with its large number of guns placedin broadside, will be particularly liable. Further argu-ment in favor of isolatio
. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . verage muzzle energy per minute throughout theentire arc of fire is 158,619 foot-tons for the Bowlestype of ship, as against 190,120 foot-tons with theBradford type, when engaged on one side only, and173,760 foot-tons when engaged on both sides. Thereport states that naval tacticians are agreed that 9i when bursting within the armor protection, an effectto which Admiral Bradford considers that the major-ity type of ship, with its large number of guns placedin broadside, will be particularly liable. Further argu-ment in favor of isolation within turrets is drawnfrom the report recently issued of the destructive ef-fect of high-explosive shells on the guns and dummygun crews of the British battleship Belleisle, whichwas subjected last year to attack by an English first-class battleship. We are free to confess that the arguments on thisscore do not seem to us to apply with any weight tothe majority design, for the reason that the 2%-inchtransverse screens and the rear walls of casemates,.
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