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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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e vessels onthe new system, to be constructed accordingto copies of the working drawings from whichthe American sea-going monitors had beenbuilt. Sweden and Norway also forthwithlaid the keels of a fleet of seven vessels of thenew type, Turkey rapidly following the ex-ample of the northern European nations. Itwill be remembered that during the navalcontest on the Danube the Russian batteriesand torpedo boats subjected the Turkishmonitors to severe tests. England, in duecourse, ado))ted our turret system, discardingthe turn-table and cupola. 294 THE MONITORS. Many prominent naval architects in theEuropean maritime countries warmly advo-cated our system of war-vessels with turretsand low freeboard. In England the subjectwas critically investigated by ship-constructors require the sides of the ship to rise much abovethe waters edge; that you should not requiremore protection to the guns than would con-jitain the guns and gunners; that you shouldilbe content with as many guns as the shipi
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TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE HILL OK A SEA-c;olN(; MONITOR THROUGH THE CENTER LINE OF THE TURRET AND PILOT-HOUSE. ofthe highest Standing; the following epitomepresents their views of the monitor system : * I. It is a creation altogether original, pe-culiarly American, admirably adapted to thespecial purpose which gave it birth. Like mostAmerican inventions, use has been allowedto dictate terms of construction, and purposenot prejudice has been allowed to rule inven-tion. Fhe ruling c<jnditions of constructionfor the inventor of the American fleet werethese: the vessels must be j^erfectly shot-proof;they must fight in shallow water; they mustbe able to endure a heavy sea, and pass throughit, if not fight in it. The American iron-cladnavy is a child of these conditions. Minimumdraught of water means minimum extent ofsurface; perfect protection means thicknessto resist the heaviest shot, and protection forthe whole length of the shi)); it also meansperfef t protection to guns anrl gunner

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