Identifier: independen89v90newy (find matches)
Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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precipitate retreat of timoroussouls to points as far inland as Worcester, Mass. GermanU-boats, also, suddenly appearing off Florida playgrounds arethe progeny of the spook ships of the Spanish war, andmerely another name for stray logs and barrels. So long assubmarines require at least fifty feet of water in order todive—and much prefer sixty and over—it is safe to predict ONE OF OUR OWN S • THE SUBiV BY PA that no inducements will make them enter harbors or pervsshoals around the coast where the soundings are less. They will also seduously avoid the channels, bays and sports wherein thoughtfully disposed mine fields will be awaittheir arrival. In order to get here, submarines starting from a baseGermany have to travel about 4800 miles. Many people thithat they do this under water. They do not, and cannot. 1Deutschland, for instance (now reported tied up to an Eilish pier), was submerged for only about ninety miles of tdistance, and not longer than for about two hours at a tir
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tINE SCARE ENJAMIN A submarine is simply an automobile. She has a Diesel oilengine which propels her on the surface and also charges astorage battery, which supplies current to the electric motorby which she is driven when below the surface. When she dives,she shuts off the oil engine and starts the electric motor. Howfar she can go on the water depends primarily on how muchoil she can carry in her tanks. She will not run above waterwhen her tanks are empty, any more than an automobile willrun without gas. She will not run under water any longerthan her current supply lasts, and she has storage batterytroubles quite as bad as—in fact, worse than—those of the electric automobile, whereof any gasoline car salesman willreadily supply full particulars. In fact, one of the great weak-nesses of the submarine lies in her propelling machinery. Above water, submarines can go long distances. Large oneshave been planned 250 feet in length, of 1200 tons displace-ment with a speed of 20 knots

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