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The commission immediately and unanimously classified the three plates
in the following order of superiority: (1) Nickel steel; (2) all
steel; (3) compound.
This triumph of French industry merits mention so much the more in
that it was obtained in a series of experiments made in a foreign
country--that is to say, under indisputable conditions of
impartiality.-_L'Illustration._
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HIGH EXPLOSIVES IN WARFARE.[1]
[Footnote 1: A lecture delivered before the Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, November 28, 1890. From the _Journal_ of the Institute.]
BY COMMANDER F.M. BARBER, U.S.N.
In commencing my paper this evening I desire to call your attention to
the fact that I am dealing with a subject which, though not
theoretical, is still hardly practical, for as a matter of fact high
explosives cannot be said to have yet been regularly used in warfare,
and I hope you will pardon me if in consequence my statements appear
in some respects unsatisfactory and my theories unsound. My subject,
however, is no more obscure than future naval warfare generally. All
civilized nations are spending millions of money for fighting purposes
directly in opposition to the higher feelings of the better class of
their inhabitants.
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