[49] Spears, “Farragut,” 159, 160.
[50] The inventor of the revolving turret was Mr. T. R. Timby, who took out a patent in 1841 and received a royalty of $5,000 for each turret built by Ericsson.
[51] Spears, 152.
[52] Cable, Century Magazine, April, 1885, p. 922.
[53] Spears, 166.
[54] See Long, “Our New Navy,” Chadwick, “Relations of the United States and Spain,” I, “Diplomacy,” II and III. “The Spanish War.”
[55] By standing close in and going aloft, the usual anchorage in the bay is visible. (Commander Dayton’s report, “Report of Bureau of Navigation,” 1898, 219.)
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