2-799-111 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Testing explosives designed by Captain Warner, demonstrating: '...the effect produced by a line-of-battle ship following in her wake, which is laid with these shells. We do not know whether Captain Warner lays claim to any new chemical discovery of an explosive power; but, at all events, he has discovered means of handling with impunity to himself, the most deadly and destructive combustibles'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.