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Page x
... increasing opportunities for improvement . It may , therefore , be safely affirmed that the advan- tages which Great Britain has so long enjoyed in her maritime superiority , will rather be increased than lessened under the new and as ...
... increasing opportunities for improvement . It may , therefore , be safely affirmed that the advan- tages which Great Britain has so long enjoyed in her maritime superiority , will rather be increased than lessened under the new and as ...
Page xii
... increased in the number and strength of the ships , and their personnel , in all that relates to the science and practice of war , that , in a future contest , the sea will become the theatre of events , more important and decisive than ...
... increased in the number and strength of the ships , and their personnel , in all that relates to the science and practice of war , that , in a future contest , the sea will become the theatre of events , more important and decisive than ...
Page xiii
... increase in due proportion the power , efficiency , and numerical strength of her naval forces , in order to maintain her present position . Thus , the naval arsenals of two great nations in alliance with each other , one of them ...
... increase in due proportion the power , efficiency , and numerical strength of her naval forces , in order to maintain her present position . Thus , the naval arsenals of two great nations in alliance with each other , one of them ...
Page xv
... 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 seamen apprentices ; also that the establishment of seamen - gunners should be ...
... 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 seamen apprentices ; also that the establishment of seamen - gunners should be ...
Page 36
... increasing with the length of the screw . The diminution of the power of motion on this account is probably very small when the velocity of the screw's rotation is small ; and , in that case , an entire screw with one turn in its length ...
... increasing with the length of the screw . The diminution of the power of motion on this account is probably very small when the velocity of the screw's rotation is small ; and , in that case , an entire screw with one turn in its length ...
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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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