Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare / Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare

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CONTAINING A COMPLETE AND CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF SUBMARINE WARFARE; ALSO A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALL MATTERS APPERTAINING THERETO, INCLUDING THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. BY C. W. SLEEMAN, Esq., LATE LIEUT. R.N., AND LATE COMMANDER IMPERIAL OTTOMAN NAVY. WITH FIFTY-SEVEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, WOODCUTS, &c. PORTSMOUTH: GRIFFIN & CO., 2, THE HARD, ( Publishers by Appointment to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. ) London Agents: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. ———— 1880.
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In the following pages the Author has endeavoured to supply a want, viz. a comprehensive work on Torpedo Warfare, brought down to the latest date.
The information has been obtained while practically engaged in torpedo work at home and abroad, and from the study of the principal books which have already appeared on the subject, and to the authors of which he would now beg to express his acknowledgments, viz.: Submarine Warfare, by Lieut.-Commander Barnes, U.S.N.; Notes on Torpedoes, by Major Stotherd, R.E.; Art of War in Europe, by General Delafield, U.S.A.; Life of Fulton, by C. D. Colden; Torpedo War, by R. Fulton; Armsmear, by H. Barnard; Treatise on Coast Defence, by Colonel Von Scheliha; Professional Papers of the Royal Engineers; The Engineering ; The Engineer ; Scientific American ; Iron ; &c., &c.