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Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

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Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.

Name: Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.
Author: Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

Naval architecture; Naval battles; Navies; Ordnance, Naval; Torpedoes

_Austria._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Uchatius
            Construction.
         _Argentine Confederation, Brazil, Chili, China, Denmark_
         _England._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Woolwich
            Guns, Armstrong Guns. Gun-Carriages. Gunpowder.
            Cartridges. Projectiles. Fuses. Primers. Sights.
            _Palliser Construction_, _Whitworth Construction_,
            _Vavasseur Construction_.
         _France._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Guns.
            Carriages. Gunpowder Cartridges. Projectiles. Fuses.
            Primers. Sights. Accessories.
         _Germany._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Guns.
            Carriages, Gunpowder Projectiles. Fuses.
         _Italy._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Guns.
         _Greece, Holland, Japan._
         _Sweden and Norway._—Tables of Weight and Measurement.
            Guns. _Nordenfelt Machine-Gun_, _Palmcrantz
            Machine-Gun_.
         _Russia._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Guns.
         _Peru, Portugal, Spain, Turkey._
         _United States._—Tables of Weight and Measurement. Guns.
            Carriages. Gunpowder. Projectiles. Fuses. Sights.
            Accessories. _Hotchkiss Machine-Gun_, _Gatling
            Machine-Gun_.
         _Small-Arms._—Snider, Tabatière, Krnka, Springfield,
            Peabody-Martini, Werndl, Mauser, Le Gras (Chassepot),
            Berdan, Remington, Hotchkiss Magazine.
         Recapitulatory Table of Naval Ordnance. Penetration Tables.

        PART III.—TORPEDOES                                         323

         Whitehead, Lay, Harvey, Menzing, French Towing, American
            Spar-Torpedo. _Torpedo Vessels_—Pietro Micca,
            Ran, Ziethen, Vesuvius, Uzreef, Alarm, Intrepid,
            Destroyer, Uhlan. _Torpedo Boats_—Thornycroft,
            Yarrow, Herreshoff; Ship’s Boats; Submarine Boats.
            Drifting Torpedoes. Defences against Torpedoes.
            _Defensive Torpedoes_—Frame Torpedo, Brooks’s
            Torpedo, Singer’s Torpedo, Barrel Torpedo. Torpedo
            Fuses. Clearing Channels of Torpedoes. Actions with
            Torpedoes during twenty years.

        PART IV.—ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION                      355

         Architectural Development of the Unarmored Fleet; Chart
            of the Architectural Development. Constructional
            Development of the Unarmored Fleet—Wooden
            Construction, Diagonal Construction, Composite
            Construction, Iron Construction, Iron Sheathed with
            Wood. Architectural Development of Armored Vessels.
            Ratios of the Principal Elements of Iron-clad Vessels
            to their Displacement.

    PART V.—PERSONNEL; BUDGETS                                      397

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