Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266862369
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (623 download)
Book Synopsis Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1888 (Classic Reprint) by : United States. Navy Department
Download or read book Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1888 (Classic Reprint) written by United States. Navy Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1888 The steel cast guns received from the Pittsburgh Steel Casting Com pany, and the Standard Steel Casting Company, Of Thurlow, have been machined and finished at the Washington navy-yard and sent to the proving ground, where they will be immediaw tried. While the results Of experiments made with melchite shells in France and England have been closely guarded, it seems assured that these projectiles have been safely fired from service guns, and that their bursting effect against the unarmored portions Of a vessel is most de structive - against the armored portions the explosive effect is said to be not very great. The manufacture and use of melchite has certainly been greatly developed in France, while the Original patent rights have been purchased by an English firm and are now undergoing develop ment in England. In this country the Hotchkiss Ordnance Company has established works for the manufacture Of the Howell torpedo, for which it has pur chased the rights. The Patrick torpedo, spoken of in my last report, has been still further developed, and has on trials before a naval board shown valuable qual ties for harbor defense. One Of these torpedoes has been purchased by the French navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.