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The Story of the SubmarineThe Story of the SubmarineThis book has been written for the nontechnical readerfor the man or boy who is interested in submarines and torpedoes, and would like to know something about the men who invented these things and how they came to do it....
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The Boys' Book of SubmarinesThe Boys' Book of SubmarinesAnd yet while of course you know that a submarine can travel on or under the water, dive like a porpoise and destroy an enemy ship by shooting a torpedo at her, do you know exactly how an undersea boat...
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An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, from its Original Institution down to the Present Era, 1803An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, from its Original Institution down to the Present Era, 1803[xi] INDEX TO APPENDIX. Privileges of the Marine Soldier and the progressive indulgencies granted to him stated and discussedUseful instructions for recovering wages and prize-money due to...
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Historically Famous LighthousesHistorically Famous Lighthouses - CG-232Under the supervision of the United States Coast Guard, there are today some 158 manned lighthouses in the nation. Another 60 are cared for by other Coast Guard units in the general area. There are hundreds of other lights of...
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My Life at SeaMy Life at Sea - being a "yarn" loosely spun for the purpose of holding together certain reminiscences of the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine (1863-1894)The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of...
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Samuel Pepys and the Royal NavySamuel Pepys and the Royal NavyIn 1919 the writer was appointed by the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, Lees Knowles Lecturer in Military and Naval History for the academical year 1919-20, and the lectures are now printed almost exactly in the form...
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Oesterreich's Betheiligung am Welthandel: Betrachtungen und VorschlägeOesterreich's Betheiligung am Welthandel: Betrachtungen und Vorschläge Ein frischer Geist durchdringt das neu verjngte Oesterreich. Ein reges Culturleben entfaltet sich in den weiten Lndern des Kaiserstaates; trotz usserer Gefahren und innerer Schwierigkeiten schreitet der Aufbau einer segenbringenden Verfassung vorwrts, die Idee der Reichseinheit gewinnt...
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The Story of the "Britannia"The Story of the "Britannia" - The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.THE principal object of the preface in a volume of this nature is to acknowledge the assistance...
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Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial VirginiaSome Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia Various types of watercraft used in Colonial Virginia have been mentioned in the records. The dugout canoe of the Indians was found by the settlers upon arrival, and was one of the chief means of...
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The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its PossibilitiesThe Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its PossibilitiesJules Verne, in 1898, cabled to a New York publication: "While my book, 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,' is entirely a work of the imagination, my conviction is that all I said in...
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An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own LifeboatAn Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own LifeboatIt is the object of this work to show that, in our eagerness to make the ocean liner fast and luxurious, we have forgotten to make her safe. The safest ocean liner was the Great Eastern; and...
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Record of Medals of Honor issued to the officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, 1862-1923Record of Medals of Honor issued to the officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, 1862-1923 BEING A RECORD OF THE MEDALS OF HONOR ISSUED TO THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND...
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Scapa and a CameraScapa and a Camera - Pictorial Impressions of Five Years Spent at the Grand Fleet BaseIt was my privilege to be in administrative charge of the Naval Base at Scapa from August, 1914, to May, 1916, until relieved by Rear-Admiral Prendergast. The Author, Mr....
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Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920The following sketches were contributed to the Liverpool Press (Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Courier, Journal of Commerce), and they are now published at the request of many friends. Advantage has been taken of the opportunity for revision, and to...
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Torpedoes and Torpedo WarfareTorpedoes and Torpedo Warfare - Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine WarfareThe information has been obtained while practically engaged in torpedo work at home and abroad, and from the study of the principal books which have already...
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Mémoire sur les avantages qu'il y auroit à changer absolument la nourriture des gens de merMémoire sur les avantages qu'il y auroit à changer absolument la nourriture des gens de merPar M. Poissonnier Desperrires, Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, l'un de ses Mdecins ordinaires, Mdecin de la Grande Chancellerie & de la Gnralit de Paris, Inspecteur gnral des Hpitaux...
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Wonderful Development of Peter the Great's Pet Projects, according to His Last Will and TestamentWonderful Development of Peter the Great's Pet Projects, according to His Last Will and Testament. - American Invention as an Aid to Russia's Grasp on Asiatic Territory.Peter the Great may justly be credited with having been the greatest civilizer of his race. To him...
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Boat-Building and BoatingBoat-Building and BoatingThis is not a book for yacht-builders, but it is intended for beginners in the art of boat-building, for boys and men who wish to make something with which they may navigate the waters of ponds, lakes, or streams. It begins with...
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Old-Time Nautical InstrumentsOld-Time Nautical InstrumentsWHAT sort of instruments did the Colonial ship-masters carry? What did they have on the Mayflower? What did Columbus use? And, to come down to comparatively recent times, what instruments were available and were actually used on the vessels during the commercial-marine...
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Storm Warriors or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin SandsStorm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands"O Mamma, I do hope that we shall be wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, that we may be saved by the brave life-boat men!" "You horrid boy, hold your tongue, do," replied the Mamma, who was...
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