“The country is safe!” Bushnell proclaimed to Welles a day later. “I have found a battery which will make us masters of the situation.” Welles, too, appreciated what he called the design’s “extraordinary and valuable features.” Lincoln himself, after examining Ericsson’s work, agreed: “All I can say is what the fat girl said when she put her foot into the stocking. It strikes me there’s something in it.”
What were they talking about?
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