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Page vii
... 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 point of being successfully carried out , by sudden calms , or by unforeseen ...
... 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 point of being successfully carried out , by sudden calms , or by unforeseen ...
Page viii
... evolutions of vessels , singly or in fleets , have been performed . That moving power is the wind acting on the sails of the ships - a power in its nature very variable ; and it is evident that the introduction of steam , as a ...
... evolutions of vessels , singly or in fleets , have been performed . That moving power is the wind acting on the sails of the ships - a power in its nature very variable ; and it is evident that the introduction of steam , as a ...
Page ix
... evolutions of a fleet will be reduced almost to the precision of military movements in the field . It is hence argued that on the employment of steam - propulsion for ships of war be- coming general in Europe , that supremacy which our ...
... evolutions of a fleet will be reduced almost to the precision of military movements in the field . It is hence argued that on the employment of steam - propulsion for ships of war be- coming general in Europe , that supremacy which our ...
Page xi
... evolutions . The greatest change in these re- spects took place at the epoch of the first employment of gunpowder in warfare ; but every improvement in arms has , since that time , constantly led to counter- acting measures being taken ...
... evolutions . The greatest change in these re- spects took place at the epoch of the first employment of gunpowder in warfare ; but every improvement in arms has , since that time , constantly led to counter- acting measures being taken ...
Page xviii
... evolutions and new formations must be subjects of contemplation ; and thus it is im- perative that our seamen should render themselves equally expert in both systems . Before entering , how- ever , upon the subject of naval tactics with ...
... evolutions and new formations must be subjects of contemplation ; and thus it is im- perative that our seamen should render themselves equally expert in both systems . Before entering , how- ever , upon the subject of naval tactics with ...
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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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