Excerpt from System of Boat Armament in the United States Navy: Reported to Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography As it cannot be said that any system previously existed, the undertaking necessarily extended from general principles to the minutest practical details. In all these (with the exception of the weight of the lightest piece), Commodore Warrington permitted the amplest discretion, and it will be perceived that the license has been made use of without stint, in every part of the ...
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Excerpt from System of Boat Armament in the United States Navy: Reported to Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography As it cannot be said that any system previously existed, the undertaking necessarily extended from general principles to the minutest practical details. In all these (with the exception of the weight of the lightest piece), Commodore Warrington permitted the amplest discretion, and it will be perceived that the license has been made use of without stint, in every part of the system. In it will be recognized many appliances made use of from time to time in various description of pieces, modified or not as the case seemed to require; others are presented to our naval service for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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