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Black Republic of Letters

"The Next War: Sub-Marine Boats"

Translate: The rapid progress of modern science prevents the powers from keeping their secrets or their monopolies on discoveries for a long time. As soon as one of them has found a new invention, the others strive to penetrate it and have soon appropriated it for themselves.

In 1886, Messrs. Zédé and Goubet only had the Swede Nordenfeld as competition in the realm of "submarine" boats; today France is falling behind.

From the first attempts of the Gymnote, all the maritime powers began studying the question, and most of them arrived at satisfactory solutions.

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Note - Gustave Zédé
"La Prochaine Guerre: Les Bateaux Sous-Marins" / "The Next War: Sub-Marine Boats"