United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Томови 3-4U.S. Naval Institute, 1877 |
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... fire - ships ( as at Syracuse ) , nearly all the expedients , in short , known to naval battles of modern times , save such only as depend on explosives for their ac- tion , were practised at one time or another by the Greeks . They may ...
... fire - ships ( as at Syracuse ) , nearly all the expedients , in short , known to naval battles of modern times , save such only as depend on explosives for their ac- tion , were practised at one time or another by the Greeks . They may ...
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... fire in the same direction ; but , as vessels were still liable to be rammed , guns had to be placed in the sides and sterns also , to bear upon an ene- my , making an attack from astern or abeam . Thus they had at this early day a ...
... fire in the same direction ; but , as vessels were still liable to be rammed , guns had to be placed in the sides and sterns also , to bear upon an ene- my , making an attack from astern or abeam . Thus they had at this early day a ...
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... fire , and the exposing of the least possible surface to hostile shot . The Monitor was the crystallization of forty centuries of thought on attack and defense and exhibited , in a singular manner , the old Norse element of the American ...
... fire , and the exposing of the least possible surface to hostile shot . The Monitor was the crystallization of forty centuries of thought on attack and defense and exhibited , in a singular manner , the old Norse element of the American ...
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... fire , as at Lepanto . That every vessel of war is now fitted for ramming is assumed as a matter of course . † Plutarch in his life of Pelopidas makes some very just observations on this subject . Contrast the reply given above with ...
... fire , as at Lepanto . That every vessel of war is now fitted for ramming is assumed as a matter of course . † Plutarch in his life of Pelopidas makes some very just observations on this subject . Contrast the reply given above with ...
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... fire , an unobstructed circle of fire , and the presenting of the smallest target for the enemy's missiles , all apply with equal force to naval operations as well as to those on shore . Now all these points were clearly recognized by ...
... fire , an unobstructed circle of fire , and the presenting of the smallest target for the enemy's missiles , all apply with equal force to naval operations as well as to those on shore . Now all these points were clearly recognized by ...
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