. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . =£^3 j j ji/fiflfM BATTff?/P-— O--T-0 l0<V£/t 8ATr£fiy. MINORITY Battery ; four 12-inch, twelve 8-inch, twelve 6-inch. Secondary Battery : eight 3-inch. -*> T ACCEPTED DESIGN. Main Battery: four 13-inch, twenty 7-inch. Secondary Battery: twenty 3-inch. action. The majority report also states that althoughthe minority ship with its twelve 8-inch and twelve6-inch guns will throw 4,500 pounds of metal in oneminute from one broadside, as against 4,125 poundsof metal in a minute from the broadside of the ma-jority type, the
. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . =£^3 j j ji/fiflfM BATTff?/P-— O--T-0 l0<V£/t 8ATr£fiy. MINORITY Battery ; four 12-inch, twelve 8-inch, twelve 6-inch. Secondary Battery : eight 3-inch. -*> T ACCEPTED DESIGN. Main Battery: four 13-inch, twenty 7-inch. Secondary Battery: twenty 3-inch. action. The majority report also states that althoughthe minority ship with its twelve 8-inch and twelve6-inch guns will throw 4,500 pounds of metal in oneminute from one broadside, as against 4,125 poundsof metal in a minute from the broadside of the ma-jority type, the former will only throw 3,300 poundsof metal from the other broadside, whereas the ma-jority type can throw the same amount of broadsidemetal from each broadside at the same time. Again,all the guns, except the 12-inch, of the Bowles type,will together throw 8,250 pounds of metal a minuteagainst a maximum of 7,800 pounds of metal a min-ute thrown by the design of Admiral Bradford. The report to the Department by Rear-AdmiralBradford very ably presents the advantages oftype recommended by the minority of the Boa
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