INDEX

Active, the, [298]
Agamemnon, the, [288]
Ajax, the, [288]
Alarm, the, [44]
Alecto, the, [239]
Alexandra, the, [274]
Anderson, Robert, [167]
Anson, Lord, [43], [121], [151]
Archimedes, [95], [115], [234]
Archimedes, the, [238]
Argyle, the, [225]
Armada, the Spanish, [9], [77], [79]
Armstrong, Lord, [200]
Armstrong gun, the, [201], [255], [268]
Atwood, [40]
Audacious, the, [274]
Bacon, Lord, [34], [93], [96]
Bacon, Roger, [62]
Baker, Ezekiel, [119], [189]
Baker, James, [15]
Baker, Matthew, [15]
Balchen, Admiral, [147]
Barnaby, Sir N., [50], [283], [289]
Barrow, Sir J., [98], [229]
Battery, central, ships, [270]
Bawd, Peter, [72]
Beaufoy, Colonel, [40]
Beaufoy, Corporal, [190]
Belleisle, siege of, [83]
Bellerophon, the, [272]
Bentham, Sir S., [55], [136], [162]
Berghen-op-Zoom, siege of, [120]
Bernouilli, Daniel, [37], [216]
Bernouilli, John, [37], [115]
Berthold the Friar, [62]
Birkenhead, the, [257]
Blake, [42]
Blomefield, General, [85]
Board of Ordnance, [145]
Bold, Charles the, [87]
Bonaparte, [165]
Borda, the Chevalier, [37]
Bossut, Abbé, [38]
Bouguer, [37], [216]
Boulton, [108], [222]
Bourne, Robert, [143], [212]
Boyle, [96]
Boynton, [267]
Brackenbury, General, [62]
Bramah, [222], [234]
Bridgewater, the Duke of, [218]
Briggs, Sir J., [228]
Broke, Sir P., [154]
Brown Bess, rifle, [192]
Brown, Commander, [235]
Brunel, [228], [238], [277]
Brunswick, rifle, [190]
Buckhurst, Lord, [79]
Burrell, Andrew, [23]
Bushnell, [213]
Busk, Hans, [184], [244]
Byng, Admiral, [42]
Cabots, the, [5]
Caiman, the, [293]
Caledonia, the, [49], [226]
Captain, the, [280]
Caus, Solomon, 95–[98]
Cawley, [103]
Cerberus, the, [282]
Chads, Captain, [249]
Chapman, [39], [149]
Charles I, King, [23]
Charles II, King, [29], [96]
Charles V, Emperor, [88]
Charlotte Dundas, the, [219]
Charterhouse, garden, [119]
Chatfield, [59]
Chesapeake, the, [156]
Chinese gunboats, [291]
Clerk of Eldin, [219]
Clermont, the, [223]
Cloyne, Bishop of, [116]
Cockle, Maurice, [65]
Collingwood, the, [292]
Colomb, Admiral, [264], [287]
Colossus, the, [288]
Columbus, [5]
Comet, the, [225], [229]
Commerce de Marseille, the, [46]
Compass, discovery of, [3]
Condorcet, [38]
Congo, the, [238]
Congress, the, [263]
Congreve, General, [85]
Congreve, Sir W., [85], [91], [147], [158]
Conqueror, the, [288]
Consort, Prince, [277]
Constantinople, siege of, [66]
Corbett, Sir Julian, [1], [6], [7], [8], [9]
Couronne, the, [254]
Cowper Coles, Captain, [276]
Creuze, Augustin, [59], [256]
Cruiser, type, [298]
Cumberland, Earl of, [20]
Curaçoa, the, [230]
Dahlgren, [139], [234], [261]
Dandolo, the, [285]
Dauntless, the, [242]
Deane, Sir A., [28]
Delvigne, [187], [194]
Demologos, the, [225]
Denny, Messrs., [226]
Derrick, [28], [31]
Desaguliers, Dr., [101]
Desblancs, [217]
Devastation, the, [281]
Dirck, [98]
Doncaster, the, [229]
Douglas, Sir C., [151]
Douglas, Sir H., [86], [173], [228], [257], [261]
Dreadnought, the, [283]
Duckworth, Sir J., [67]
Duilio, the, [285]
Duke, the, [130], [152]
Dundas, Lord, [218]
Dunkirk privateers, [23]
Dupuy de Lôme, [253]
Dutch ships, characteristics of, [27]
Dwarf, the, [243]
Elliot, Admiral, [246]
Enfield rifle, [197]
Enterprise, the, [273]
Ericsson, [236]
Essex, the, [137]
Euler, [37], [216]
Excellent, the, [158]
Ferdinand Max, the, [263]
Fincham, [1], [48], [53], [233]
Finsbury Field, [82]
Fitch, [220]
Forbin, Count, [40]
Formidable, the, [134], [153]
Fortifications, land, [204]
Fournier, Abbé, [144]
Frederick the Great, [90]
Fremantle, Hon. T. F., [184]
Frigate, origin of, [23]
Froissart, [64]
Froude, [286]
Fuller, [27], [171]
Fulton, [221]
Furring of ships, [17]
Galatea, the, [229]
Galileo, [95], [116]
Galleasse, [4], [211]
Galleon, [4], [7]
Galley, [2], [71], [210]
Gama, Vasco di, [5]
Garoy, Blasco de, [212]
Gautier, [216]
Genoese, the, [4]
Gibbon, [66], [69]
Gibraltar, siege of, [250]
Girdling of ships, [29]
Glatton, the, [135], [282]
Gloire, the, [205], [253]
Gordon, Thomas, [48]
Grace à Dieu, the, [76]
Great Britain, the, [238]
Great Eastern, the, [258]
Greek fire, [61]
Greener, [193]
Gribeauval, [90]
Gunpowder, [3], [70], [76], [99]
Gustavus Adolphus, [90]
Haddock, Sir R., [29]
Halley, [117]
Hampton Roads, battle of, [262]
Hannay, [57]
Hardy, Sir T. M., [159], [230]
Harvey torpedo, [291]
Harwich, the, [31]
Hastings, Captain, [174]
Hastings, Sir T., [248]
Hautefeuille, J. de, [99]
Hawke, Admiral, [43], [122], [151]
Hawkins, Sir J., [8]
Hawkins, Sir R., [9], [80]
Hay, Lord John, [232]
Hébé, the, [134]
Henri II, King, [75], [89]
Henry VIII, King, [6], [72]
Henry, Prince, [19]
Hercules, the, [273]
Hero of Alexandria, [94]
Hibernia, the, [48]
Hime, Colonel, [61], [77]
Hogue, battle of La, [32]
Honourable Artillery Co., [82]
Horse artillery, [91]
Hoste, [37]
Hotspur, the, [282], [287]
Howard, Lord, [9], [77]
Hugo, Victor, [147]
Hulls, Jonathan, [215]
Hutton, [122], [129], [132]
Huyghens, [37], [96], [99]
Impérieuse, the, [295]
Inconstant, the, [298]
India, East, Company, [45], [135]
Inflexible, the, [285]
Inman, Dr., [57]
Invincible, the, [44]
Iron Duke, the, [274]
Italia, the, [289]
Jacob, General, [196]
Jal, [5]
James I, King, [15]
James II, King, [33]
James, the historian, [49], [132]
Joinville, Prince de, [240]
Jouffroi, [217]
Juan, Don G., [37]
Kaltoff, Caspar, [97]
Kempenfelt, Captain, [123]
Keppel, Lord, [48]
Key, Admiral Cooper, [268]
Keyham, [254]
Kinburn, [251]
Knowles, Sir C., [45], [46]
Krupp, [208]
Kuper, Admiral, [206]
Lady Nancy, the, [276]
Laird, Messrs., [252], [280]
Laputa, [34]
Laughton, Sir J. K., [1], [9], [77], [153]
Lepanto, battle of, [72], [78]
Lepanto, the, [289]
Lefroy, General, [67]
Leibnitz, [214]
Leipsic lexicon, [244]
Lissa, battle of, [263]
Livingstone, [222]
Louis XI, King, [87]
Magenta, the, [272]
Malthus, [82]
Manby, Aaron, [255]
Manwayring, Sir H., [13], [143]
Marestier, [224]
Mars, the, [121]
Marshall gun carriage, [158]
Marsilly gun carriage, [158]
Mary Rose, the, [74]
Massé, Colonel, [86]
Maudsley, Messrs., [285]
Maure, the, [41]
McLaurin, Colin, [39]
Medea, the, [230]
Melville, General, [127]
Melville, Lord, [228]
Mercier, Captain, [163]
Merrimac, the, [262]
Metacentre, discovery of, [37]
Middleton, Sir C., [46], [123]
Miller, Patrick, [127], [217]
Minié, rifle, [195]
Minotaur, the, [265]
Monarch, the, [279]
Monitor, the, [262]
Monkey, the, [229]
Monro, Colonel, [173]
Mons Meg, [65]
Moore, Sir Jonas, [98], [143]
Moorfields, [82]
Moorsom, Captain, [261], [266]
Morland, Sir S., [29], [99]
Muller, [84], [88]
Murray, Mungo, [39]
Nancy Dawson, the, [58]
Napier, Sir C., [230], [233], [241], [255], [266]
Napoleon III, [75], [87], [199], [250]
Navarino, battle of, [156]
Nelson, [45], [154], [269]
Nemesis, the, [255]
Newcomen, 102–[106]
Newton, [35], [96], [117], [214]
Nicolas, Sir H., [3], [63]
Noble, Captain, [207]
Noel, Commander, [264], [289]
Normans as shipbuilders, [5]
Norton, Captain, [193], [199]
Norton, Robert, [76], [78], [142]
Nye, Nathaniel, [98]
Oak, English, [27]
Odin, the, [233]
Oppenheim, [1], [4], [5], [7], [9], [73], [75], [77], [81]
Orient, the, [164]
Otway, Commander, [110], [231]
Pacificateur, the, [172], [248]
Paixhans, [166], [227]
Pakington, Sir J., [258]
Pallas, the, [279]
Palliser, Major, [205]
Papin, [102], [213]
Pardies, [36]
Pascal, [95]
Peake, Sir H., [56]
Pechell, Captain, [157]
Peel, [257]
Pembroke, the, [41]
Penelope, the, [233]
Penn, Messrs., [253]
Pennington, Sir J., [23]
Pepys, [27], [33], [81], [96], [130]
Perrin, [15]
Pett, Peter, [23]
Pett, Phineas, [15], [18]
Petty, Sir W., [35]
Phœbe, the, [138]
Phœnix, the, [26], [175]
Pickard, [108], [217]
Pitt, [49]
Plat, Sir H., [186]
Point-blank defined, [114]
Porta, della, [95]
Potter, Humphrey, [105]
Prevesa, battle of, [72]
Prince Albert, the, [278]
Prince Royal, the, [19]
Princessa, the, [43]
Proof of guns, [81]
Punchinello, [130]
Rainbow, the, [134]
Raleigh, Sir W., [16], [24], [79]
Raleigh, the, [298]
Ram tactics, [263], [290]
Ramelli, [212]
Rattler, the, [239]
Ré d’Italia, the, [263]
Reed, Sir E., [59], [274], [279]
Richelieu, [24], [212]
Riders in ships, [11]
Rob Roy, the, [226]
Robins, Benjamin, 112–[124], [129], [187]
Robison, [106]
Rodney, [134], [153]
Rolf Krake, the, [277]
Romme, [38]
Roncière, de la, [212]
Ross, Sir J., [227]
Royal George, the, [43], [83]
Royal Katherine, the, [35]
Royal Society, foundation of, [96]
Royal Sovereign, the, [278]
Royal William, the, [28]
Ruby, the, [249]
Rumsey, [220]
Rupert, the, [288]
Rupert, Prince, [214]
Russell, Scott, [252], [257], [264]
Samuda, Messrs., [278]
Sartorius, Admiral, [261]
Savannah, the, [226]
Savery, [100], [215]
Schalk, [83]
Scharnhorst, [88]
Schmidt, [184]
Scloppetaria, [184]
Scott, Commander, [200]
Scourge of Malice, the, [20]
Seppings, Sir R., [46], [51]
Sewell, [39]
Shah, the, [298]
Shannon, the, [154], [299]
Sheathing, introduction of, [18]
Sheerness, [254]
Shish, [29], [35]
Shovell, Admiral, [81]
Shrapnel, Lieutenant, [91], [163]
Sidon, the, [233]
Simmons, Captain, [164], [176]
Simoon, the, [249]
Sinope, battle of, [162], [249]
Slingsby, Sir R., [145]
Smith, Pettit, [236]
Snodgrass, [47]
Solferino, the, [272]
Sovereign of the Seas, the, [24]
Spitalfields, [81], [130]
Sprightly, the, [229]
Stanhope, Lord, [221], [228]
Stevinus, [95]
Stockton, Captain, [237]
Stromboli, the, [276]
Sultan, the, [273]
Surveyors, abilities of, [55]
Sussex, iron mines, [69], [78]
Sutherland, T., [35]
Sveaborg, bombardment of, [252]
Symington, [218]
Symonds, Admiral, [57]
Tactics, [2], [8], [30], [33], [77], [131], [153], [210], [263]
Tartaglia, [89], [116]
Taylor, [218]
Tegetthof, Admiral, [263]
Temeraire, the, [275]
Tennant, Sir E., [200]
Terrible, the, [233]
Thames, the, [225]
“Thieves, Forty,” the, [56]
Thouvenin, Colonel, [195]
Thunderer, the, [283]
Torelli, [212]
Torpedo, evolution of, [291]
Torricelli, [95]
Touchard, Admiral, [264]
Trades Increase, the, [21]
Trafalgar, battle of, [45], [49], [53], [269]
Treuille de Beaulieu, [199]
Trim, definition of, [13]
Trinity House, [24]
Trollope, Captain, [135]
Tromp, [31]
Trunnions, evolution of, [86]
Truss frames, [52]
Tunnage, [5], [49], [56]
Turgot, [38]
Turret, the evolution of, [271], [275]
Types, differentiation of, [296]
Upnor Castle, [81]
Vanguard, the, [274]
Vauban, Marshal, [160]
Ventilation, study of, [44]
Victory, the, [45], [53], [147]
Villani, [64]
Vincennes, [194], [250]
Volage, the, [298]
Walker, Captain, [193]
Wallis, [35], [96]
Walter, [120]
Waltham Abbey, [85]
Warrior, the, [205], [260]
Warspite, the, [295]
Watt, [93], 105–[110], [217]
Waymouth, Captain, [17]
Wellington, [240]
Whelps, the, [23]
Whitehead, [292]
Whitworth, Sir J., [197]
Willett, [43], [48]
Woodcraft, [212]
Woolwich, [82]
Worcester, Marquis of, [93], [97], [213]
Wynter, Sir R., [145]
Zöllner, [184]