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Author
Church, W. C.
Title
The Life of John Ericsson
Volume
vol. 2
Imprint
Marston, Searle & Rivington Ltd., London, 1890, 148-166 & 167-181 pp
Description

Chapters 28 & 29 of W. C. Church's The Life of John Ericsson cover Ericsson's views on subaquatic attack, locomotive torpedoes and his torpedo boat Destroyer. Church also discusses the difficulties Ericsson experienced in getting Governments to adopt his ideas on coastal defence.

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