Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine WarfareSleeman, Charles William
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Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare
Sleeman, Charles William
Torpedoes
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired. Varied hyphenation was
retained. The errors noted in the book's errata section have been
repaired in the text except for the final one for page 285 where the
transcriber could not find a "e" to change to a "d" at that location.
Text uses both fuse and fuze. "Fuze" is usually used in the English
language to mean more complicated fuses.
Inconsistencies in italic usage was retained. For example, on page 98,
"R" is referenced originally without italics in an equation and after
on the same page is italicized when mentioned.
Page 17, "principle" changed to "principal" (principal ones being)
Page 77, "16'" changed to "16"" (about 16" long, 9" deep)
Page 114, "Northerners'" changed to "Northerners'" (most of the
Northerners' vessels)
Page 132, "torpedos" changed to "torpedoes" (Whitehead's fish torpedoes
have)
Page 134, "14" changed to "140" (140 atmospheres)
Page 162, equal sign added to equation ((314 × 200) / 196 = 320 lbs)
Page 168, "THORNICROFT'S" changed "THORNYCROFT'S" on Plate XLVII.
Page 170, "THORNICROFT'S" changed "THORNYCROFT'S" on Plate XLVIII.
Page 199, "Poustchin" changed to "Poutschin" (Alongside Poutschin
remained for some)
Page 208, "spaces" changed to "space" (intervening space of)
Page 212, subscript for O in chemical formula was unreadable. "5" was
presumed and added. (the formula _CH_{7}(NO_{2})_{3}O_{5}_)
Page 240, "Seimens" changed to "Siemens" (due to both Dr. Siemens)
Page 241, "Seimens" changed to "Siemens" (that the Siemens machine)
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