On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... enabling a vessel to be moved at pleasure , with more or less rapidity , or to be brought to a state of rest , or again , to have the direc- tion of its motion changed through the guiding power of the helm , will enable the commander of ...
... enabling a vessel to be moved at pleasure , with more or less rapidity , or to be brought to a state of rest , or again , to have the direc- tion of its motion changed through the guiding power of the helm , will enable the commander of ...
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... enable British commanders to preserve their present supe- riority over those of the Continent ; but how much greater are the advantages of our country , in respect of its seamen , over every other nation ! Foreign sea- men being taken ...
... enable British commanders to preserve their present supe- riority over those of the Continent ; but how much greater are the advantages of our country , in respect of its seamen , over every other nation ! Foreign sea- men being taken ...
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... enabled to maintain that superiority in steam - warfare , which has already been obtained for her by the skill and intrepidity of the officers and seamen of her glorious sailing navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war ...
... enabled to maintain that superiority in steam - warfare , which has already been obtained for her by the skill and intrepidity of the officers and seamen of her glorious sailing navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war ...
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... enable the navy of Great Britain to act on equal terms with that of any conti- nental nation , it ought by far to exceed the navy of such nation in the number of ships of war of like force . Taking France , for example : while the naval ...
... enable the navy of Great Britain to act on equal terms with that of any conti- nental nation , it ought by far to exceed the navy of such nation in the number of ships of war of like force . Taking France , for example : while the naval ...
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... enable her to procure the men who are to defend the country and maintain the glory of her arms in naval warfare . A brief notice of naval tactics under sail will be given in the present work , because it will be long before sails can be ...
... enable her to procure the men who are to defend the country and maintain the glory of her arms in naval warfare . A brief notice of naval tactics under sail will be given in the present work , because it will be long before sails can be ...
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action Admiral advantage angle armies attack axis Basilisk blades British broadside batteries centre columns consumption of fuel cylinder deck defence direction divisions double échelon enemy enemy's fleet enemy's line engine England equal Essays evolutions Fcap feet fire flank force formation formed French frigates gunnery guns HERMANN MELVILLE History horse-power Journal leeward length line abreast line ahead line of battle line of bearing Lord manœuvre Memoir military military tactics motion movement naval tactics naval warfare navy oblique oblique order order of battle paddle paddle iron paddle-boards paddle-wheels piston Plates Portrait position Post 8vo pressure principles propelling rear Royal rudder sailing ships screw corvette screw nearly ready screw-propeller screw-steamers screw-vessels Second Edition ships in line sloop-of-war speed starboard steam fleets steam-ships steamers stern surface tack Third Edition tion trials trunk velocity vertical vessel Vols Voyage wheel wind windward Woodcuts yoke
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