English: Artist's concept of a US disappearing gun battery circa 1890, before any of these batteries were completed. The depiction is inaccurate, as the ammunition hoists between the guns are not present.

Identifier: reviewofreviewsw31newy (find matches)
Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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nments should be re-called ; (3) the Korean army and navy shouldbe Ieplaced by the Japanese army and navy ;(4) Japan should assume the police powerthroughout Korea. ELECTRICITY IN SEACOAST DEFENSE. SINCE the defensive powers of modern sea-coast fortifications have been made possiblealmost exclusively by the application of elec-tricity, the present and future position of themilitary electrical engineer may be said to be asimportant as that of his brother engineer in in-dustrial life. With this as his text, Mr. M. C.Sullivan contributes an article under the abovetitle to the Electrical Aye. The present permanent seacoast defenses ofthe chief ports of the United States, Mr, Sulli-van tells us, on both oceans, as now equipped forrepelling naval attack, are unrivaled by any inthe world in design, construction, and equip-ment. Mr. Sullivan quotes figures of the expense connected with the equipment and main-tenance of this defense, and says, by way ofcomment, Do away with electricity and you
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FIRE CONTROL OF .\ MODKKN FORTIJKSS. 22^ THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE^IEIV OF REVIEWS.

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