Battleship

Examples

• Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• From the delicate hair spring of a watch to the massive armor plate of a battleship, it finds endless applications, and is nature’s most enduring gift to man--abundant, cheap, and lasting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As each of these projectiles weighed 1,400 pounds any battleship receiving such a broadside would probably have gone promptly to the bottom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In Fig. 257 is seen the great 14,000-ton hydraulic press-forge squeezing into shape a port armor plate for the battleship Alabama. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Above my head I could see the dangling forms of the boarding party as the battleship raced over us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The battleship and one form of cruiser were evolved from the conflicting opinions of two opposite schools of design. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Slowly and with majestic grace the battleship dropped until she rested on the water. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loomed close astern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The battleship is the expression of the thoughts of those who stood for extremely developed battery power, great thickness of armor plate, and moderate speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At the same instant the sun shot above the horizon, disclosing a hundred grim, black faces peering over the stern of the battleship upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• What is the Difference Between a Cruiser and a Battleship? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Instantly with the shock of impact I reversed my engine, but my prow was wedged in the hole it had made in the battleship's stern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In fact we reached the boat's side and were all aboard before the watch upon the battleship, aroused by the shots, detected us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A series of 25,000 shots were fired thus, by eight gun pointers, at targets corresponding to the size of a battleship as seen at ranges of 1,500, 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 yards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All battleships in the United States Navy are now fitted with the gyroscopic compass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The largest guns of our battleships are of 13 inch calibre, and about 40 feet long, but larger ones are employed for sea coast defenses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In recent great battleships four turrets are used, each carrying three of these great guns, giving a broadside of twelve of these monster weapons of war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A great fleet of battleships south-south-east, my Prince, he cried. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• England has equipped several of her latest battleships with 15-inch guns and other nations are following in the same direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Several battleships had escaped, but there were thousands of war and merchant vessels under guard of Thark warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The most recent and perhaps most important, however, is _nickel steel_, used in making armor for battleships. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Presently I saw the ten battleships that had been ordered to hold the shaft of Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Several great battleships were lost; they went down in the same clear waters over which the ships of Xerxes had once sailed to their fate at Salamis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was agreed that the battleships that were to be remodelled should be ordered to Hastor, another Heliumetic city, far to the south-west. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Night time is the best and offers the only slender chance we have, for then men sleep, and only a dozing watch nods in the tops of the battleships. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Kantos Kan thought that the docks there, in addition to their regular work, would accommodate at least six battleships at a time. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Form the balance of the battleships into a great V with the apex pointing directly south-south-east. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Dispatch ten battleships to guard the entrance to Omean, with orders to let no hostile enter or leave the shaft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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