Cruising in the Caribbean with a Camera: Lecture Delivered May 7, 1903 at the New York Yacht Club Including Description of Globular Naval Battery Invented by the Author |
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... armor shields arranged overhead extending from the inner to the outer wall , substantially as and for the purposes set forth . " 3. In a substantially spherical floating bat- tery , the combination with an exposed upper deck of annular ...
... armor shields arranged overhead extending from the inner to the outer wall , substantially as and for the purposes set forth . " 3. In a substantially spherical floating bat- tery , the combination with an exposed upper deck of annular ...
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... armor , steel , teak , guns , machinery , counterpoises , joiner and carpenter work , outfit , equipment , and ballast would be about 8787 tons . This leaves a surplus of 2550 tons for coal , water , stores , and am- munition . This ...
... armor , steel , teak , guns , machinery , counterpoises , joiner and carpenter work , outfit , equipment , and ballast would be about 8787 tons . This leaves a surplus of 2550 tons for coal , water , stores , and am- munition . This ...
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... armor . The sides of these decks are very sloping , and the tower and barbettes small and circular . No vessel afloat has any- thing like such protection . Only a globular battery could carry such a weight of armor . It is not intended ...
... armor . The sides of these decks are very sloping , and the tower and barbettes small and circular . No vessel afloat has any- thing like such protection . Only a globular battery could carry such a weight of armor . It is not intended ...
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... armor and more stores can be carried ; and the Trident , equipped with a con- densing plant , could remain abroad or at sea off our coast for many months without needing any supplies whatever . There is room on board for a large force ...
... armor and more stores can be carried ; and the Trident , equipped with a con- densing plant , could remain abroad or at sea off our coast for many months without needing any supplies whatever . There is room on board for a large force ...
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... armor on belt and 6- to 8 - inch on side , and have no gun heavier than 12.8 - inch , and cost $ 7,500,000 each . The largest British battle - ship , King Edward VII , 16,350 tons , has 9 - inch armor on belt , 8 - inch on side ...
... armor on belt and 6- to 8 - inch on side , and have no gun heavier than 12.8 - inch , and cost $ 7,500,000 each . The largest British battle - ship , King Edward VII , 16,350 tons , has 9 - inch armor on belt , 8 - inch on side ...
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anchored ANSON PHELPS STOKES Ariadne armor bananas barbettes BATTERY U.S. LETTERS battle-ship BERTH British Captain Caribbean Sea Castries Cherry Garden cliff coast Colonial colored Columbus Croix cruise Cuba Diamond Rock dined Dominica drove eruption feet flag-ship FLOATING BATTERY Fontaine Chaude Fort-de-France Fredericksted Fruit Company GLOBULAR BATTERY U.S. Government House GRANTED APRIL Grenada Grenadines Guadeloupe harbor Havana Hayti island Jacmel Jamaica Kingston Kitts land large guns launch lecture LETTERS PATENT Lucia Mares-Caux Martinique Matuba miles mountain Naval night Ozama Ozama River passed close Pelée Pierre plantations political equality Ponce Port Antonio Porto Rico Positive G. M. purposes set race rail Rear-Admiral RESERVE COAL sailed past San Juan Santo Domingo Sea Fox shore sloop-of-war Soufrière Soufrière St spherical floating bat Squadron substantially spherical floating sugar Terre tons trade-winds Trident Trinidad U.S. LETTERS PATENT upper deck Vincent Virgin visited West Indies wind Yachtsmen YORK YACHT CLUB
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