This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[L.] A kind of fish related to the rays, with the power of giving an electric shock ; also an explosive below the water to explode an enemy'sship when touched or fired by electricity, or a submarine boat carrying the explosive.
SELF-PROPELLING TORPEDO.
 
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