On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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Seite vii
... present tactics of war on the ocean . Hitherto the execution of naval evolutions has de- pended on atmospherical conditions , and often the best concerted plans for attack or defence at sea have been frustrated , when at the point of ...
... present tactics of war on the ocean . Hitherto the execution of naval evolutions has de- pended on atmospherical conditions , and often the best concerted plans for attack or defence at sea have been frustrated , when at the point of ...
Seite ix
... present superiority in naval warfare ? or , if so , will her decline be wholly due to the employment of steam - propulsion in ships of war ? The author ventures to think that such an opinion is unfounded , and that it can have been ...
... present superiority in naval warfare ? or , if so , will her decline be wholly due to the employment of steam - propulsion in ships of war ? The author ventures to think that such an opinion is unfounded , and that it can have been ...
Seite x
... 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 , chiefly by conscription , from towns or ...
... 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 , chiefly by conscription , from towns or ...
Seite xi
... present time it may be said that no efficient change has yet been made in military tactics to meet the introduction of the im- proved rifle as a general arm for the infantry of the line . The employment of steam as a motive power in the ...
... present time it may be said that no efficient change has yet been made in military tactics to meet the introduction of the im- proved rifle as a general arm for the infantry of the line . The employment of steam as a motive power in the ...
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... present position . Thus , the naval arsenals of two great nations in alliance with each other , one of them impelled by a necessity of the first and highest order · -that of providing effectually for its own security , are resounding ...
... present position . Thus , the naval arsenals of two great nations in alliance with each other , one of them impelled by a necessity of the first and highest order · -that of providing effectually for its own security , are resounding ...
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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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