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THE DEVELOPMENT OF AEMOTTK. 
2*05. The striking energy of each blow was very great, the average being 
1,146 ft.-tons per ton of plate and the shot being more than -fth the 
Armour the wedging sfrain was enormous. 
Kearsage The following test of armour for the Kearsage in the United States 
plate. (gee Fig. 19) is probably a good example of what could be done there. 
