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DescriptionBrazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside.jpg |
Português: Encouraçado Minas Geraes disparo de canhões de 12 polegadas.
English: Caption from Scientific American: "During the gun trial of "Minas Geraes" ten 12-inch guns were trained on the "broadside." And discharged simultaneously. The combined energy of the projectiles amounted——to 500,000 foot-tons,/sufficient——to lift the ship bodily 26 feet into the air. ... The Greatest Broadside ever fired from a battleship." |
Date | 1909, during Minas Geraes sea trials. |
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"The Brazilian Battleship "Minas Geraes"". Scientific American (New York: Munn & Co., Inc.) 102: 240. 19 March 1910. It was also published in Engineering, January 1910. The older version, "in the history," is from Poder Naval Online here. |
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Português: Serviço de Divulgação da Marinha do Brasil
English: Brazilian Navy |
Other versions | File:Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside 2.jpg: copy held by, the UK's Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums |
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current | 23:12, 25 June 2011 | 1,857 × 1,332 (1.4 MB) | Quibik | Re-did the cleanup. Removed the coherent noise using FFT. Rotated & cropped. Adjusted levels. Removed some noise. | |
14:35, 28 April 2009 | 1,842 × 1,298 (462 KB) | Bellhalla | deskew and recrop; adjust contrast; refine jpeg quality level | ||
14:46, 27 April 2009 | 1,866 × 1,332 (1.69 MB) | The ed17 | uploaded better version. | ||
17:16, 4 May 2008 | 528 × 362 (122 KB) | HTPF | == Information == {{Information| |Description = Encouraçado Minas Geraes disparo de canhões de 12 polegadas - Naval ship of Brazil. |Source = photo taken by Brazillian Navy. http://www.naval.com.br/NGB/M/M064/M064-f08.jpeg |
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