Lecture, [n.d.]

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Lecture, [n.d.]

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Holograph lecture on explosives including such topics as gunpowder, gun cotton, nitro-glycerin, given by Hill at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI. No date.

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)

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The U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, was established in 1869 on Goat Island and remained there until 1951. It was the site where torpedoes were manufactured and tested. From the description of Papers, 1905-1953. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756836678 The Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI was established in 1869, and was the first naval command in Narragansett Bay. From the description of Photograph album, 1905. (Naval War College). WorldCat...

Hill, Walter Nickerson, 1846-1884.

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Walter Nickerson Hill was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1846. He held the position of chemist at the U.S. Torpedo Station, in Newport, R.I. from 1869-1881. From the description of Lecture, [n.d.] (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17939610 Chemist; experimented with explosives. From the description of Papers, 1860-1905. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122318579 Walter Nickerson Hill was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Alber...