Naval Science
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesIn the days of sail, the duties of masters, mates, and crews, were well defined. Sea practice, in the various rigs, had become standard with the authority of an ancient calling. The art...
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Robert FultonRobert FultonOn board the fine passenger boat, Robert Fulton, one of the several queen steamers of the Hudson River Day Line, on a May morning when the beauty of the incomparable river spread in calm perfection before contented eyes, a great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton...
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An Universal Dictionary of the MarineAn Universal Dictionary of the Marine - Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With...
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The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers ExplainedThe Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers ExplainedIn inviting persons to enrol themselves in the corps, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty desire to extend the volunteer movement, so successfully established as an auxiliary to the land forces, to the defence of this...
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The Gyroscopic Compass: A Non-Mathematical TreatmentThe Gyroscopic Compass: A Non-Mathematical TreatmentAt this date it is, or should be, unnecessary to open an account of the gyroscopic compass with a discussion of the defects of the ordinary magnetic compass. These defects are too well known to require mention. Recent advances...
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The Memoirs of Charles H. CrampThe Memoirs of Charles H. CrampIt is not often that the memoirs of a man cover the history of threescore years of active manhood. Still more rare is it that the period covered happens to be the most fruitful of progress known in the...
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Deutsche Flagge, sei gegrüsst!Deutsche Flagge, sei gegrüsst! - Friedens- und Kriegsfahrten der Hanse, Kriegs- und Friedenstaten der deutschen MarineDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1905 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und altertmliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert;...
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The Evolution of Naval ArmamentThe Evolution of Naval ArmamentThe notes on which these essays are based were collected in the course of two commissions spent under the lee of the Admiralty library, close to the Royal United Service Institution, and in touch with the Reading Room of the...
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The German FleetThe German Fleet - Being The Companion Volume to "The Fleets At War" and "From Heligoland To Keeling IslandIn our insular pride, conscious of our glorious naval heritage, we are apt to forget that Germany had a maritime past, and that long before the...
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The Young Wireless Operator—AfloatThe Young Wireless Operator—Afloat - Or, How Roy Mercer Won His Spurs in the Merchant MarineTo few of us is it given to know where our arrows come to earth or what shore is washed by the ripples we create in the sea of...
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Ships at WorkShips at WorkA ship is a marvellous thing. It took shipsand the men who sail themto circle the world and tie it all together into one round ball. Brave seamen from a thousand ports have faced storms and unknown dangers, first to make the...
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Charlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, MassachusettsCharlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, MassachusettsDeep within Boston Harbor, Charlestown Navy Yard was birthplace, repair center, outfitting base, and port of refuge for thousands of U.S. naval vessels. This is the story of the yard, the ships it served, and the people...
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Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at GreenockTwo Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock"Take it all in all, a ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.... Into that he has put as much of his human patience, common...
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The Old East IndiamenThe Old East IndiamenIn this volume I have to invite the reader to consider a special epoch of the worlds progress, in which the sailing ship not only revolutionised British trade but laid the foundations of, and almost completed, that imposing structure which is...
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The Story of the American Merchant MarineThe Story of the American Merchant Marine[1]THE first vessel built within the limits of the United States for commercial uses was a sea-going pinnace of thirty tons named the Virginia. Her keel was laid at the mouth of the Kennebec River, in Maine, on...
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A Naval ExpositorA Naval Expositor - Shewing and Explaining the Words and Terms of Art Belonging to the Parts, Qualities and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, & Fitting a Ship for Sea Shewing and Explaining the Words and Terms of Art Belonging to the Parts, Qualities...
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The Colonial ClippersThe Colonial ClippersIn this book I have attempted to give some account of the beautiful sailing ships which played so great a part in the development of the great British Dominions under the Southern Cross. It is written specially for the officers and seamen...
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The Sperry Gyro-CompassThe Sperry Gyro-CompassHEN the earth was thrown off from the sun and commenced rotating about its own axis, there was developed a force generated by the earths rotation. For countless centuries this force has been at work, but no one has ever been able...
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Torpedo War, and Submarine ExplosionsTorpedo War, and Submarine ExplosionsThe original of 1810 is very scarce, only one copy having been sold at auction in many years: nor are copies to be found in any but a few of our libraries. Fulton's claims for his invention have been fully...
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Submarines, Mines and Torpedoes in the WarSubmarines, Mines and Torpedoes in the WarIn the mist of war which envelops over half the entire world, no less than 264 underwater fighting ships are engaged. They form the submarine fleets of England, France, Russia, Japan, Germany and Austria; and the highly-trained crews...
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