The work on the ironclad turret steamer Passaic is nearly
finished. Ericsson makes a proposition to fire the fifteen-inch gun through the
orifice instead of protruding the piece. I have no faith in it. Fox was at
first disposed to consider it favorably but doubtingly. Have sent Fox, Admiral
Smith, and Dahlgren to New York to witness test experiment
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30, 1864,
p. 179
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