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" It may be of very great advantage against a Navy of enemies, who by this means may be undermined in the water, and blown up. "
The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ... - Page 171
by John Wilkins - 1802
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The Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature. ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1843 - 450 pages
...other voyages ; from ice and great frosts, which do so much endanger the passages towards the Poles. "3. It may be of very great advantage against a navy...undermined in the water, and blown up. " 4. It may be of a special use for the relief of any place that is besieged by water, to convey unto them invisible...
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The Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester

Henry Dircks - Industrial arts - 1865 - 670 pages
...considers various schemes, and mentions as one of the advantages of such a submarine vessel, that, " It may be of very great advantage against a navy of enemies, who by tli is means may be undermined in the water and blown up."— Math. Magick, 1648, p. 178. Among the...
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The sea: its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. [4 vols., publ ...

Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...merely to be written but is to be printed on board. "Among the many conveniences of such a contrivance, it may be of very great advantage against a navy of...means, may be undermined in the water and blown up." Another old writer, Schott, in a rare and curious work, entitled " Mirabilia Mechanica," offers several...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...other voyages : from ice and great frosts, which do so much endanger the passages towards the poles. 3. It may be of very great advantage against a navy of enemies, who by this means may bo undermined in the water, and blown up. 4. It may be of special use for the relief of any place that...
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The United Service Magazine, Volume 11; Volume 117

Military art and science - 1895 - 682 pages
...advantages, if there be any. Bishop Wilkins,* 1648, writes that a submarine ark or vessel may be used : 1. "Against a navy of enemies, who by this means may be undermined in the water and blown up." 2. " Relief of any place besieged by water, also surprisall of any place." 3. " Unspeakable benefit...
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Submarine Warfare, Past and Present

Herbert C. Fyfe - Submarine warfare - 1907 - 350 pages
...than on the waves. The late M. Goubet also imagined a submarine crossChannel service. Thirdly — " It may be of very great advantage against a Navy of...means may be undermined in the Water and blown up." Sixty-seven years after these words were written David Bushnell launched his submarine boat, which...
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Margaret Cavendish: Political Writings

Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle - History - 2003 - 348 pages
...\\ilkins discusses 'the making of a ship, wherein men may safely swim under water'. Such an invention 'may be of very great advantage against a navy of...means may be undermined in the water and blown up', John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magic or the \\onders that mai' he pcrfarnied by Mechanical Geometry (London,...
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