File:Bushnell mines.jpg

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Description	An engraving depicting the destruction of a small British ship near the HMS Cerberus in 1777 by a floating mine designed by David Bushnell.
Source	"Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics : Together with a Collection of Anecdotes ... Relating to the Mechanic Arts : Illustrated by Fifty Engravings" By Henry Howe, New York Museum of Science and Industry Library Published by Harper & Brothers, 1852, pg. 141: https://books.google.com/books?id=w0UEAAAAYAAJ
Date	published 1852
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