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man-of-war is mounted with either Scott’s naval gun- 
carriage and slide or Moncrieff’s elaborate elevating gear. 
In fact, we have only to look at the numerous crafty 
mechanical details involved in. a simple double-plate 
wrought-iron carriage and platform with their fittings, 
whether American, Elswick conneé¢ted screw-shaft, or 
hydraulic or other compressors, not to see that it is more in 
the delicate appliances, such as fuses, and minutie of 
adjustments, such as sighting, &c., that our real superiority 
obtains over the noble and massive, yet rugged ordnance, of 
our ancestors. 
