On Naval Warfare with Steam ...J. Murray, 1860 - 175 Seiten |
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... ships of the greatest magnitude . This new power will necessarily modify , and , to a great extent , over- turn ... ship or fleet to put in practice , without risk of failure , what- ever manœuvre he may have determined on , whether for ...
... ships of the greatest magnitude . This new power will necessarily modify , and , to a great extent , over- turn ... ship or fleet to put in practice , without risk of failure , what- ever manœuvre he may have determined on , whether for ...
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... 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 under the control of the engi- neer , will bring about great changes in the relative ...
... 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 under the control of the engi- neer , will bring about great changes in the relative ...
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... ships of war be- coming general in Europe , that supremacy which our warlike navy has so long and so happily for us main- tained , will cease to exist , and that other nations , less rich in nautical resources , but more abundant in ...
... ships of war be- coming general in Europe , that supremacy which our warlike navy has so long and so happily for us main- tained , will cease to exist , and that other nations , less rich in nautical resources , but more abundant in ...
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... ships of the line which , by the Ordonnance of 1846 , was limited to 40 , should be increased to 45 , and that each ... ships of the line was rather postponed than rejected . It was re- commended to have the greatest number possible of ...
... ships of the line which , by the Ordonnance of 1846 , was limited to 40 , should be increased to 45 , and that each ... ships of the line was rather postponed than rejected . It was re- commended to have the greatest number possible of ...
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... ( ships ' crews ) , and the " Me- caniciens , " or engine - men , should continue to be kept up by means of the maritime conscription ; that 14 • ships of the line then afloat should undergo the altera- tions necessary to convert them ...
... ( ships ' crews ) , and the " Me- caniciens , " or engine - men , should continue to be kept up by means of the maritime conscription ; that 14 • ships of the line then afloat should undergo the altera- tions necessary to convert them ...
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Seite 174 - SvO. 4i. PUBLISHED BY MR. MURRAY. 17 HEIRESS (THE) in Her Minority; or, The Progress of Character. By the Author of
Seite 26 - when the piston has moved two-fifteenths of the whole length of stroke, the effective momentum will be the same as that which would be produced by the steam of less elasticity when used unexpansively : while the consumption of steam, and therefore of fuel, in the former case is only onethird
Seite 27 - of the screw is a result much to be dreaded in a general use of that implement, whatever its advantages may be in other respects, and a sufficient number of experiments have not yet been made to ascertain the effects of long-continued screw-propulsion at full speed. Such experiments should therefore be made and continued
Seite 148 - and, it may be added, fired at long ranges with solid shot, as rapidly, at least, as a 10-inch shell-gun, which cannot fire solid shot It has been. recommended to the Government of the United States that there should be constructed a number of sloops of war, each furnished with brass boat-guns—12 and
Seite xvii - the decision respecting the establishment of ships' crews for manning the 45 ships of the line decreed by the Ordonnance of 1846, it was regulated that an adequate increase should be made in the number of companies, each of which was appointed to consist of 60 seamen of the first, second, and third classes, with 20
Seite 148 - Surely this defective shell-gun should be forthwith withdrawn, and the 68-pounder solid-shot gun substituted. There is ample displacement and deck-room to admit of this; and we have the authority of Captain Dahlgren, and even that of the gallant Captain of the ' Diadem,' for asserting, that the 95-cwt solid-shot 68-pounder may be worked as easily as a
Seite 13 - VOYAGE to the Mauritius and back, touching at the Cape of Good Hope and St.
Seite 21 - 1. IT would be foreign to the plan of this work to enter into details respecting the invention of the steam-engine, or to describe the gradual improvements which it has subsequently undergone; * a brief notice only will
Seite 38 - low in the vessel that both the moving power and the propelling machinery are safe from the damaging effects of shot: the screw allows more freely the use of sails, and consequently enables the vessel to which it is applied to retain her faculties as a
Seite xvii - also that the establishment of seamen-gunners should be on so large a scale, that there might be one well-trained gunner to every gun in the ships to which they should be drafted. The decisions of French Commissioners, on subjects referred to them, are not