Torpedoes

Examples

• Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Barlow was able to assist him with money until he had built and actually navigated some of his torpedoes along the coast. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Chambers of the United States Navy, is in use on all torpedoes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In some special applications, however, as for propelling torpedoes, where its cost is entirely subordinate to effective results, it might prove to be of value. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Napoleon, as First Consul, bargained with him over his invention of torpedoes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Torpedoes, both stationary and movable, then became a successful weapon of warfare. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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