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completely unsupported, yet went uncommented. Surely the point of wikipedia is to allow people to make changes to make the information contained within it's articles more accurate - and the talk page exists to allow people to discuss and provide supporting evidence/arguments where a dispute arises. I am using these tools for precisely the purpose for which they were designed.
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The date that the novel is set is also mentioned in this article - so this discussion is also valid here. I am already contributing to the other discussion. The reason I added this talk topic was because when I tried to make an edit to the main War of the Worlds topic along similar lines - it kept
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But the date the novel was set in was stated in this article - so it is relevant. It was explicitly stated that the story took place in 1897 which I am pointing out is false. Nothing in the novel supports the fact that the events took place in 1897, so surely that constitutes original research by
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types), both of which featured very powerful engines (and two funnels), long low profiles ("like a waterlogged ship" to quote Wells' text), along with the curved plough-like ram bow and potent enough guns to capably tackle large targets (4.7" to 10" dependent on design) - and were described by the
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I don’t see anywhere a mention of a torpedo ram specifically, only the two terms “ram” and “Ironclad”; both rather generic considering the period. Ships armed with rams were not exactly uncommon, ram tactics were even used by battleships in WW1. As such I find the reference to
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You have stated that it's original research, however I would not agree, since the source of all of the information I have based the determination on is reliable (the book itself and astronomical data from the
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The book then goes on to state that "as Mars approached opposition" (presumably referring to the next opposition in the sequence which was Feb 1901) "a huge outbreak of incandescent gas" was observed, this outgassing signified the firing of the first cylinders towards earth.
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Musical Version in order to understand the mindset and technical knowledge of a 19thC author & intellectual.
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Channel Fleet are described as "standing out to sea" (that's the line of "Ironclads" of the Channel Fleet, so if you want a generalisation on Wells' part, the one in use is "ironclad" as a general term for warships), while the
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Elswick cruisers in Italian and Austrian service (the
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Later entries in the book indicate that the events took place in the summer (in June/July), so I would conclude that the story was actually set in June/July 1901, and the cylinders journey from Mars to Earth took approximately 6 months.
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IIRC a supporting character in the (awful) comic
Scarlet Traces was a survivor of the Thunderchild, and the ship's sinking was featured in the prequel/webcomic adaptation of the book the same team did. Will dig around for sources...
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