. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . )rovided withan impregnable stationary protection for thecommanding officer, pilot, and helmsman. Adevice which allows the commander to watchin perfect safety the movements of his op-ponent, instruct his helmsman, and direct the THE UMtCITUDINAL SBCTION OF THE BOW OF AN IRON VESSEL OF THE DESTROYER TYPE, SHOWING ITS SUBMARINE GUN, EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE, AND SEA-VALVES. gunners under his feet, without changing hisposition, may well be deemed a mechanicaltriumph. Regarding the plan of the Monitor and itsorigin, it should be stated th
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . )rovided withan impregnable stationary protection for thecommanding officer, pilot, and helmsman. Adevice which allows the commander to watchin perfect safety the movements of his op-ponent, instruct his helmsman, and direct the THE UMtCITUDINAL SBCTION OF THE BOW OF AN IRON VESSEL OF THE DESTROYER TYPE, SHOWING ITS SUBMARINE GUN, EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE, AND SEA-VALVES. gunners under his feet, without changing hisposition, may well be deemed a mechanicaltriumph. Regarding the plan of the Monitor and itsorigin, it should be stated that during themonth of September, 1854, I presented adrawing and description of an iron-cladsteam-battery to the Emperor Napoleon III.*This battery, like the Monitor, carried in itscenter a rotating circular gun-platform pro-tected by a semi-spherical cupola composed ofwrought iron six inches thick, the rotary plat-form and cupola being supported by a verticalaxle resting on the bottom of the battery andoperated by a steam-engine and a train of cog-wheels geared to the axle, as in the deck of this original battery was composedof plate iron three inches thick, curved up-wards, the sides being entirely submerged,as shown by the illustration representing atransverse section of th
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