On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... turn , the 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 ...
... turn , the 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 ...
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... turn about A in the direction Ta bc , & c . , and , at the same time , let the centre A be carried towards B by the movement of the vessel , the straight line , A B , being supposed equal to the circum- ference of the circle , described ...
... turn about A in the direction Ta bc , & c . , and , at the same time , let the centre A be carried towards B by the movement of the vessel , the straight line , A B , being supposed equal to the circum- ference of the circle , described ...
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... turn of the blade and the anterior part of the next , towards the stern of the ship , is nearly quiescent , the water at the posterior surface of the last turn of the blade alone receding ; and there appears to be no foundation for the ...
... turn of the blade and the anterior part of the next , towards the stern of the ship , is nearly quiescent , the water at the posterior surface of the last turn of the blade alone receding ; and there appears to be no foundation for the ...
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... turn only in the length , to be divided by planes all perpendicular to the axis of the screw , and at small intervals from one anòther , so that the surface of the screw is divided into a great number of sectoral or fan - like areas ...
... turn only in the length , to be divided by planes all perpendicular to the axis of the screw , and at small intervals from one anòther , so that the surface of the screw is divided into a great number of sectoral or fan - like areas ...
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... turn : each blade occupying exactly half that length . But some screws have been made which occupy much less of the length , and with what is called an increasing pitch : thus , imagin- ing a vertical plane perpendicular to the axle to ...
... turn : each blade occupying exactly half that length . But some screws have been made which occupy much less of the length , and with what is called an increasing pitch : thus , imagin- ing a vertical plane perpendicular to the axle to ...
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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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