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1918 Aerial Bombing 220mm Shell

1918 Aerial Bombing 220mm Shell

A 220 MM shell with tail fins for bombing purposes, being prepared for a German target.
1918 Scientific American March 9

1918 Aerial Bombing

1918 Scientific American March 9
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Bombing and Getting Bombed

Oddities in Recent Aircraft Design 1918

Oddities in Recent Aircraft Design

THAT aircraft designers have not been resting on their laurels of late is amply proved by the accompanying illustrations, showing new and ingenious ideas in aircraft design as exemplified by certain leading French and German types.

Zaragoza 1890's

Zaragoza 1890's

Flagship of Mexican Navy 1890's - 1920's

Zaragoza in San Francisco 1896

Zaragoza in San Francisco 1896

The Zaragoza, flagship of the Mexican Navy, on the Union Iron Works dry dock, San Francisco.
source: Scientific American August 1, 1896
Mexican sailors are on the bow and up the mast.

The Zaragoza, Flagship of the Mexican Navy

Corvette “Zaragoza” (General Zaragoza) was built in 1891 in the Forjes shipyard, in the Havre, France (Forges, Co., in Le Havre). The person in charge of bringing it to México was Brigadier of the Navy Angel Ortiz Monasterio. In its journey, it visited the Ports of Cherbourg, Cadiz and the Island of Puerto Rico and it arrived to Veracruz on February 13th, 1892, giving the control of the ship to Captain Reginal Carey Brenton.

Lave French Battleship 1854

Lave French Battleship 1854

The Lave, French Battleship 1854
source: Wikipedia

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