Author: Gerard Henry V. NoelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The gun, ram, and torpedo, manoeuvres and tactics of a naval battle in the present day: prize essay. To which are added 2 essays (Essay on naval tactics) by J.K. Laughton and (Essay on steam tactics in a general action) by C. Campbell
Author: Gerard Henry V. NoelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Writings of Stephen B. Luce
Author: John D. HayesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780756728793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This detailed study of the works of Stephen Bleecker Luce provides an excellent portrait of the man and a timely comment on the intellectual heritage of the U.S. Navy. Here is a look at the individual most important in bridging the gap between the age of sailing ships and that of steam driven, armored battleships. Luce had the greatest influence on his fellow officers. Luce and his associates were faced with a changing strategic environment in which the challenge was to build a Navy capable of exercising the international potential of the U.S. They faced the technological challenge of an industrial revolution and a world steeped in sociological and political change. Luce's experience will provide a useful perspective for the contemporary naval officer. Illus.
Reminiscences of Famous Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar KnightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A History of the Formation and Development of the Volunteer Infantry
Author: Robert Potter BerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Huddersfield (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Exploring Science Through Science Fiction
Author: Barry B. LuokkalaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146147891X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
The material in this book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course, which uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Unlike traditional introductory-level courses, the science content is arranged according to major themes in science fiction, with a deliberate progression from the highly objective and discipline-specific (e.g. Reference Frames; Physics of Space Travel and Time Travel) to the very multi-disciplinary and thought-provoking (e.g. Human Teleportation; Science and Society). Over 100 references to science fiction films and television episodes are included, spanning more than 100 years of cinematic history. Some of these are conducive to calculations (solutions included).
The Battle of Dorking
Author: George ChesneyPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Excerpt: "You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us, in England, it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings if we had only made use of them."
The Young Seaman's Manual
Author: The Protection of Our Commerce and Distribution of Our Naval Forces Considered
Author: John Charles Ready ColombPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Nationalism, Imperialism, and Identity in Late Victorian Culture
Author: Steve AttridgePublisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9786610219278
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This work gives an account of the refashioning of ideas about national character in late Victorian culture, with a wide reference to literature and popular culture around the time of the Boer War, and a particular scrutiny of images of the soldier. In specific images, narratives and motifs, the book highlights dynamic tensions, between the external boundaries of empire and those of civil society, and between class antagonisms and national projections. Many new sources and materials are introduced to this field of study.
U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
Author: Gpo Style BoardPublisher: WWW.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN: 9781907521621
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This, the 30th edition of the "United States Government Printing Office Style Manual," is the first revision to this authoritative style manual since 2002. The "GPO Style Manual, as it is popularly known, is issued under the authority of section 1105 of Title 44 U.S.C., which requires the Public Printer, as head of the GPO to "dtermine the form and style in which the printing...ordered by a department is executed...having proper reagrd to economy, workmanship, and the purposes for which the work is needed." The Manual is prepared by the GPO Style Board, composed of proofreading, printing, and Government documents specialists from within GPO, where all congressional publications, and many other key Federal Government documents are prepared. The first "GPO Style Manual" appeared in 1894. It was developed orginally as a printer's stylebook to standardize word and type treatment and remains so today. Through successived editions, however, the "GPO Style Manual" has come to be widely recognized by writers and editors both within and outside the Federal Government as one of the most useful resources in the editorial arsenal. This new, revised version of the "GPO Style Manual" has been thoroughly redesigned to make it more modern and easier to read, and the content has been updated generally throughout in keeping with current usage.