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In the Track of the Troops
1. Aufl.
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1,99 € |
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| Verlag: | OTB eBook publishing |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.01.2019 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783965372511 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 276 |
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Beschreibungen
(Excerpt): “After becoming acquainted with gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, lithofracteur, and other combinations of powerfully-explosive agents, I took to searching for and inventing methods by which these might be utilised. To turn everything to good account, is a desire which I cannot resist. Explosives naturally drew my attention to mines—tin-mines, coal-mines, and other commercial enterprises. They also suggested war and torpedoes. At that time I had not reflected on the nature of war. I merely knew it to be a science, cultivated chiefly by the human race, and that in its practice explosives are largely used. To “blow-up” effectively, whether in a literal or figurative sense, is difficult. To improve this power in war, and in the literal sense, I set myself to work. I invented a torpedo, which seemed to me better than any that had yet been brought out. To test its powers, I made a miniature fortification, and blew it up. I also blew up our groom, Jacob Lancey.
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