Cruising in the Caribbean with a Camera: Lecture Delivered May 7, 1903 at the New York Yacht Club Including Description of Globular Naval Battery Invented by the Author |
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... battery , for which the United States and foreign governments have granted me patents . After talking with some ... floating fort . The fifteen - inch guns are rigidly fixed to the globular battery , so far as their aim is ...
... battery , for which the United States and foreign governments have granted me patents . After talking with some ... floating fort . The fifteen - inch guns are rigidly fixed to the globular battery , so far as their aim is ...
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... Battery Invented by the Author Anson Phelps Stokes. Aconcagua , 6 A Act of 1867 , 33 Alabama , 8 Alert , 27 American goods , 29 American statesmen , 30 , 32 Andes , 14 Annexation ... FLOATING BATTERY VERTICAL SECTION Jume 29.03 41 INDEX.
... Battery Invented by the Author Anson Phelps Stokes. Aconcagua , 6 A Act of 1867 , 33 Alabama , 8 Alert , 27 American goods , 29 American statesmen , 30 , 32 Andes , 14 Annexation ... FLOATING BATTERY VERTICAL SECTION Jume 29.03 41 INDEX.
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... Battery Invented by the Author Anson Phelps Stokes. Colored government , 5 , 21 , England , 20 , 31 Globular battery ... Floating fort , 17 Cruising in the Caribbean , 4 Florida , 35 Fontaine Chaude , 18 Fort - de - France , 12 , 17 , 18 ...
... Battery Invented by the Author Anson Phelps Stokes. Colored government , 5 , 21 , England , 20 , 31 Globular battery ... Floating fort , 17 Cruising in the Caribbean , 4 Florida , 35 Fontaine Chaude , 18 Fort - de - France , 12 , 17 , 18 ...
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... BATTERY INVENTED BY ANSON PHELPS STOKES NUMEROUS attempts have been made to produce a floating battery which would prove practically impregnable ; but these batteries have all pos- sessed certain disadvantages which , among other ...
... BATTERY INVENTED BY ANSON PHELPS STOKES NUMEROUS attempts have been made to produce a floating battery which would prove practically impregnable ; but these batteries have all pos- sessed certain disadvantages which , among other ...
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... battery , of a smoke - stack located at the center of the battery , and a ... floating bat- tery , the combination with an upper deck of an- nular shape ... floating bat- tery , the combination with an exposed upper deck of ...
... battery , of a smoke - stack located at the center of the battery , and a ... floating bat- tery , the combination with an upper deck of an- nular shape ... floating bat- tery , the combination with an exposed upper deck of ...
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anchored ANSON PHELPS STOKES Ariadne armor bananas barbettes BATTERY U.S. LETTERS battle-ship BERTH British Captain Caribbean Sea Castries Cherry Garden cliff coast Colonial colored Columbus Croix cruise Cuba Diamond Rock dined Dominica drove eruption feet flag-ship FLOATING BATTERY Fontaine Chaude Fort-de-France Fredericksted Fruit Company GLOBULAR BATTERY U.S. Government House GRANTED APRIL Grenada Grenadines Guadeloupe harbor Havana Hayti island Jacmel Jamaica Kingston Kitts land large guns launch lecture LETTERS PATENT Lucia Mares-Caux Martinique Matuba miles mountain Naval night Ozama Ozama River passed close Pelée Pierre plantations political equality Ponce Port Antonio Porto Rico Positive G. M. purposes set race rail Rear-Admiral RESERVE COAL sailed past San Juan Santo Domingo Sea Fox shore sloop-of-war Soufrière Soufrière St spherical floating bat Squadron substantially spherical floating sugar Terre tons trade-winds Trident Trinidad U.S. LETTERS PATENT upper deck Vincent Virgin visited West Indies wind Yachtsmen YORK YACHT CLUB
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