Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report Made to the Bureau of Steam-Engineering, Navy Department, August 9, 1882
The boats and their machinery are, in my opinion, so remarkable for their speed, qualities, and constructive details that, in View of their prospect ive utility to the Navy in time of war, I consider my duty requires me to make as full a presentation of the subject as my limited Opportunities permit.
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