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Page xi
... history of military science affords abundant examples . It must be observed , however , that alterations in tactics have always been made by slow degrees , and have generally followed at long intervals the improvements which ren- dered ...
... history of military science affords abundant examples . It must be observed , however , that alterations in tactics have always been made by slow degrees , and have generally followed at long intervals the improvements which ren- dered ...
Page xviii
... history of the introduction of steam as a moving power to ships , and a brief notice of the nature and action of steam - machinery in its application to the paddle and the screw , together with an inquiry into the relative values of ...
... history of the introduction of steam as a moving power to ships , and a brief notice of the nature and action of steam - machinery in its application to the paddle and the screw , together with an inquiry into the relative values of ...
Page 21
... historical and descriptive notice relating to steam is introduced only for the benefit of the general reader , or of those officers who may not have had the advantage of studying the subject at the Royal Naval College . B 2. The first ...
... historical and descriptive notice relating to steam is introduced only for the benefit of the general reader , or of those officers who may not have had the advantage of studying the subject at the Royal Naval College . B 2. The first ...
Page 77
... history . It must be ad- mitted , however , that in the case of inferior strength , the lee fleet has the advantage of its retreat being open , and may , accordingly , edge away , or retire before the wind . A lee fleet cannot approach ...
... history . It must be ad- mitted , however , that in the case of inferior strength , the lee fleet has the advantage of its retreat being open , and may , accordingly , edge away , or retire before the wind . A lee fleet cannot approach ...
Page 79
... history of the battle of the 1st June , 1794 . b In the battle of the 14th February , 1797 , the three - decked ship ' Le Prince des Asturies , ' leading the squadron of eight Spanish ships which had been separated from the principal ...
... history of the battle of the 1st June , 1794 . b In the battle of the 14th February , 1797 , the three - decked ship ' Le Prince des Asturies , ' leading the squadron of eight Spanish ships which had been separated from the principal ...
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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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