On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... fleets , by apply- ing the principles which regulate the dispositions and move- ments of armies to the new system of warfare on the ocean , for which this country ought to be fully prepared , may not be considered unworthy of the ...
... fleets , by apply- ing the principles which regulate the dispositions and move- ments of armies to the new system of warfare on the ocean , for which this country ought to be fully prepared , may not be considered unworthy of the ...
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... steam as a propelling power for ships , and its applica- tion , by all the maritime powers of Europe , to vessels of war , from those of the lowest class to line - of - battle ships of the greatest magnitude . This new power will ...
... steam as a propelling power for ships , and its applica- tion , by all the maritime powers of Europe , to vessels of war , from those of the lowest class to line - of - battle ships of the greatest magnitude . This new power will ...
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... fleets , have been performed . That moving power is the wind acting on the sails of the ships - a power in its nature very variable ; and it is evident that the introduction of steam , as a propelling power , whose action is entirely ...
... fleets , have been performed . That moving power is the wind acting on the sails of the ships - a power in its nature very variable ; and it is evident that the introduction of steam , as a propelling power , whose action is entirely ...
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... ship under sail shall be superseded by the more simple management of steam machinery , naval warfare under steam will be in a great measure independent of nautical skill and good practical seamanship , and that the evolutions of a fleet ...
... ship under sail shall be superseded by the more simple management of steam machinery , naval warfare under steam will be in a great measure independent of nautical skill and good practical seamanship , and that the evolutions of a fleet ...
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... navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war have at all times been necessarily attended , both in fleets and armies , by new formations in the array of battle , and by modifications , or entire changes , in their tactical ...
... navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war have at all times been necessarily attended , both in fleets and armies , by new formations in the array of battle , and by modifications , or entire changes , in their tactical ...
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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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