. American engineer and railroad journal . Stands about the same chance as the rammed does ofsustaining non-fatal injuries. Another is that the risks at-tendant upon ramming are the same whether the attempt bemade at sea or in narrow waters. To what extent, it may bepertinent to ask, has the value of the ram as an offensiveweapon been modified by the progress of the last 15years?Will captains be mure willing or will they be less willing touse it now, when the nearer they approach to the foe the morefatal will be the foes quick firing artillery, and when, at anyrange up to sun yds., the effects
. American engineer and railroad journal . Stands about the same chance as the rammed does ofsustaining non-fatal injuries. Another is that the risks at-tendant upon ramming are the same whether the attempt bemade at sea or in narrow waters. To what extent, it may bepertinent to ask, has the value of the ram as an offensiveweapon been modified by the progress of the last 15years?Will captains be mure willing or will they be less willing touse it now, when the nearer they approach to the foe the morefatal will be the foes quick firing artillery, and when, at anyrange up to sun yds., the effects of a torpedo arc to be feared ?And why should captains attempt to employ the ram at allwhen a torpedo, which is far less easy to avoid, and the useof which involves little or no risk to the user, will do all thatis necessary ? It may be granted that, having first disabledhis enemy by gun lire, a captain may ram with a reasonableprobability of success ; but in doing so he not only risks dam- Vol. LXVIII, No. 5 ] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 213. HYDRAULIC CANAL LIFT AT LOUVTERE. SIDE VIEW.
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