Identifier: pensacolaharborb00blis (find matches)
Title: Pensacola harbor; beautiful views and pertinent facts regarding the "deep water city" of the Gulf of Mexico; Pensacola navy yards, Pensacola shipping and Pensacola fortifications
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bliss, Charles Henry, 1860-1907, ed
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Publisher: Pensacola, C. H. Bliss
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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shells, 1 introduce as a matter of interest, a reproduction of a picture of the first mortar batteryuh.ch was invented by Leonardo da Vinci about four hundred years ago!The picture is taken from his manuscript, the Codex Atlanticus, which■ s now at Milan. Da Vinci was one of the greatest and most versatilemen of the world, having in a marked degree every human attainmentand following every pursuit with partial success, except the commercial-J He invented and devised many implements of warfare, among which mavbe mentioned the conical ritle ball, the explosive bomb, the built-up gun, the wire gunand the mortar, or throwing kettle, for hurling explosives and burning shot. Thebreech-load, ng cannon was known to him and he made improvements upon it Theshort stub by mortars and the round hollow bombs have been discarded in recentyears, but the conical projectile, the hollow projectile filled with explosives and thebuilt-up gun are still prominent features of warfare. THE BLISS MAGAZINE 63
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TWO 15-lNCH MORTARS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, AT FORT BARRANCAS S HISTORICAL MORTARS. T

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