The Past and Future of the British NavyLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 216 sivua |
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... steamers , and perhaps in action before it has been possible to teach them their first lesson in gunnery ? In mentioning France , here and elsewhere , I do so ; first , because we cannot speak of our Navy irrespectively of an opponent ...
... steamers , and perhaps in action before it has been possible to teach them their first lesson in gunnery ? In mentioning France , here and elsewhere , I do so ; first , because we cannot speak of our Navy irrespectively of an opponent ...
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... steamers , will not seem doubtful to those who remember the " Note sur l'Etat des Forces Navales de la France , " in 1844 . But though the creation of this force is both intended , and we may add well calculated , to lessen the ...
... steamers , will not seem doubtful to those who remember the " Note sur l'Etat des Forces Navales de la France , " in 1844 . But though the creation of this force is both intended , and we may add well calculated , to lessen the ...
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... steamers , varying in size from the frigate to the river - boat , whose paddles , as they pass to and fro , keep the river in endless com- motion . Let him then be told that what he sees before him is repeated , though in rather a ...
... steamers , varying in size from the frigate to the river - boat , whose paddles , as they pass to and fro , keep the river in endless com- motion . Let him then be told that what he sees before him is repeated , though in rather a ...
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... Steamers , with their long trains of smoke , will no longer obscure the atmosphere . The small coasters and fishing - boats will be not only less numerous but less " shipshape " in the cut and setting of the sails . Yachts will dis ...
... Steamers , with their long trains of smoke , will no longer obscure the atmosphere . The small coasters and fishing - boats will be not only less numerous but less " shipshape " in the cut and setting of the sails . Yachts will dis ...
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... have fine roomy quarters , and stand up well under their canvass in smooth water . When we come to steamers , it will be found that Government have not been insensible to the vital importance 12 MARITIME RESOURCES OF ENGLAND.
... have fine roomy quarters , and stand up well under their canvass in smooth water . When we come to steamers , it will be found that Government have not been insensible to the vital importance 12 MARITIME RESOURCES OF ENGLAND.
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