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SUBMARINE GUN ON THE TORPEDO BOAT ERICSSON.

Themventivs gemus of me nis of a submarine gun Something of the ponderous mechanism of modern implements of war can be seen in this photograph anot a mile under water. >a gli t again »t the hull or an third sent a can be projectiles strange them. These turned to methods of sinking ships and in protecting being are torpedo* aerial manner similar In tagonist, exploding a torpedo which no vessel can be constructed to withstand. beai ng Hudson Maxim, brother of Hiram Maxim, mventor of the nu ga^ne gun, issues of naval war depend entirely upon the accuracy or luck of the gunner's aim. hundied nine miles destroying everything within a radius of two thrown be can which gun-cotton, of half ton containing a torpedo invented an aerial his name, has and surgeons, who feet. Gunners receive only one hundred dollars a month in contrast to the chaplains, paymasters, lieutenants themselves except lor«"£*£ So far, the submarine torpedo boats have made no records and yet the destinies of nations depend mostly upon the skill of the gunners.

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