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Page viii
... British and foreign navies , affecting , in consequence , the maritime importance of the several European nations . This subject has already attracted the notice of scien- tific men in foreign countries ; and an opinion prevails abroad ...
... British and foreign navies , affecting , in consequence , the maritime importance of the several European nations . This subject has already attracted the notice of scien- tific men in foreign countries ; and an opinion prevails abroad ...
Page x
... British commanders to preserve their 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 ...
... British commanders to preserve their 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 ...
Page xvii
... British Channel , instead of one , as in former wars , and must , moreover , have dominant power in all the waters which surround the British Isles . The manning of the British navy was , in former times , so promptly accomplished by ...
... British Channel , instead of one , as in former wars , and must , moreover , have dominant power in all the waters which surround the British Isles . The manning of the British navy was , in former times , so promptly accomplished by ...
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... BRITISH STEAM NAVY 137 ( B. ) WAR NAVIES OF THE SEVERAL CONTINENTAL POWERS OF EUROPE AND OF THE UNITED STATES .. 140 ( C. ) ON THE FORMATION OF A NEW CODE OF NAVAL TACTICS 146 INDEX b 149 SECTION I. ON THE APPLICATION OF STEAM POWER TO ...
... BRITISH STEAM NAVY 137 ( B. ) WAR NAVIES OF THE SEVERAL CONTINENTAL POWERS OF EUROPE AND OF THE UNITED STATES .. 140 ( C. ) ON THE FORMATION OF A NEW CODE OF NAVAL TACTICS 146 INDEX b 149 SECTION I. ON THE APPLICATION OF STEAM POWER TO ...
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... British Government . The subject being , however , brought to the notice of Captain Stockton , of the United States ' Navy , then in London , this officer strongly recommended it to the authorities in America . Under his direction an ...
... British Government . The subject being , however , brought to the notice of Captain Stockton , of the United States ' Navy , then in London , this officer strongly recommended it to the authorities in America . Under his direction an ...
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