Sebastopol as a naval station. The Bay of Assab. Physical geography of the Polar Sea. Sponge-fishery on the Barbary coast. Libraries of Europe. The Rescue of the Yacht Pandora. VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS. TRANSFERS OF OFFICERS, SHIPS IN COMMISSION. BOOKS RECEIVED. American Geographical Society, Bulletin No. 5 of 1879. American Institute of Mining Engineers, Pamphlet No. XV. and Vol. No VIII. American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions. Oct., Nov., Dec., 1880. Association Parisienne d' Appareils à Vapeur. Bulletin No. 6, of 1879. Franklin Institute Journal, Nov., Dec., 1880. Military Service Institution of the U. S., Journal No. 3, and Catalogue. Royal United Service Institution, Journal No. CVII., and Catalogue. Societé des Ingénieurs Civils, Mémoires, Sept., Oct., Nov., 1880. OUR RIFLED ORDNANCE. By Lieut. H. W. Lyon. 1 17 THE SEA. By B. Joy Jeffries, M. D. 37 DISCUSSION. A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF RIGS FOR BOATS AND LAUNCHES. 41 THE TRAINING SHIP MINNESOTA. By Lieut. B. Noyes. No. 12. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COMMO. CHARLES MORRIS, U. S. N. 115 THE VALUATION OF COAL. By Prof. C. E. Munroe. 221 THE VENTILATION OF SHIPS. By P. A. Eng. G.W. Baird. 237 THE WANT OF DOCKING FACILITIES IN OUR NAVY YARDS. By Civ. FLEETS OF THE WORLD-THE SAIL PERIOD. By the late Commo. 313 SUPPLEMENT TO ARTICLE ON THE VENTILATION OF SHIPS. By P. 348 DISCUSSION ON NAVAL HYGIENE. Boston Branch. 349 ICE NAVIGATION. By Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, U. S. Army. 355 PRIZE ESSAY FOR 1880. THE NAVAL POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. 375 PROFESSIONAL NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTICES, 392 407 VOLUME VI. CONTENTS. OUR RIFLED ORDNANCE. By Lieut. H. W. Lyon. THE TRAINING OF SEAMEN. By Lt. Comdr. F. E. Chadwick, SINOPSIS OF A LECTURE ON COLOR BLINDNESS AND ITS DANGERS ON THE SEA. By B. Joy Jeffries, M. D. DISCUSSION. A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF RIGS FOR BOATS AND LAUNCHES. THE EMPLOYMENT OF TORPEDOES IN STEAM LAUNCHES AGAINST MEN- 37 |