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The discharge of 12-inch guns. These photographs were taken at Fort Monroe. The first shows the 12-inch projectile, just beyond the gases, about 50 feet from the gun. The camera was actuated electrically by means of the projectile.



Source: Steve Kirch, collector, and creator of a great website about SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the past

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