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INDEX.
A.
- Abel, experiments by Professor, [207]
- Abel's detonation experiments, [216]
- —— high tension fuzes, [37]
- —— mechanical primer, [23]
- Action, chemical, [269]
- —— ——, in a Daniell cell, [274]
- —— —— single fluid cell, [273]
- Adjustments of Whitehead's fish torpedo, the, [136]
- Admiral Porter's torpedo ship Alarm, [159]
- —— ——, the armament of, [160]
- Adoption of the fish torpedo, the invention and, [131]
- Advantages of electrical submarine mines, the, [28]
- —— —— mechanical mines, the, [17]
- Agents, torpedo explosive, [217]
- Air pump, the, [260]
- Alarm, Admiral Porter's torpedo ship, [159]
- Albemarle, destruction of the, [191]
- Aluta, the Russian torpedo boat attack off the, [200]
- American Civil War, the, [189]
- —— ——, mechanical mines in the, [16]
- —— ——, torpedoes during the, [115]
- —— ——, submarine mines during the, [27]
- —— extempore drifting torpedoes, [119]
- Apparatus, directions for using the diving, [261]
- ——, firing keys and shutter, [80]
- ——, Siemens' electric light, [241]
- —— ——, conducting wires for, [247]
- —— ——, rotation of armatures in, [246]
- —— ——, wear and tear of, [247]
- ——, the shutter, [82]
- —— used with a circuit breaker, shutter, [83]
- Application of Ohm's law, the, [276]
- —— —— the electric light, the, [256]
- Arcs, firing by intersectional, [71]
- Argus, Fulton's attempt against the, [6]
- Armatures in Siemens' electric light apparatus, rotation of, [246]
- Armoured cables, single cored, [43]
- Armstrong's system of electrical testing, [107]
- Arrangement of earth plates, Brown's, [100]
- —— —— wires in McEvoy's spar torpedo, [155]
- Arrangements, Steward's safety cock, [25]
- Astatic galvanometer, the, [87]
- Attack with Harvey's torpedoes, methods of, [127]
- Attacks, boat torpedo, [191]
- —— ——, methods of protecting ships against, [180]
- Austrian method of mooring, the, [56]
- —— —— testing, the, [109]
- —— self-acting circuit closers, [64]
- —— testing table, the, [108]
- —— torpedo experiments, [220]
- —— —— launches, Thornycroft's, [165]
- —— war, torpedo operations during the, [192]
- Austro-Italian war, torpedo operations during the, [188]
- Automatic arrangements, [10]
- —— electric lamps, [248]
B.
- Balance, Wheatstone's, [97]
- —— ——, manipulation of, [99]
- —— ——, measurement of resistances by, [98]
- Barrel torpedoes, [19]
- Batoum, Russian torpedo boat attack at, [195], [202]
- Batteries, bichromate, [77]
- ——, double fluid, [274]
- ——, firing, [75]
- Batteries, Leclanché's Voltaic, [77]
- ——, Menotti test, [79]
- ——, signalling, [78]
- —— ——, Daniell's, [78]
- ——, single and double fluid, [272]
- ——, telegraph, [79]
- ——, Voltaic, [79]
- ——, Von Ebner's, [76]
- Battery test for electro-motive force, Voltaic, [105]
- —— —— internal resistance, Voltaic, [104]
- —— —— potential, Voltaic, [104]
- Beardslee's high tension fuze, [36]
- —— joint, [46]
- Bearings, firing by cross, [70]
- Bichromate batteries, [77]
- Boat, Bushnell's submarine, [2], [184]
- ——, Confederate submarine, [185]
- ——, experiment at Cherbourg, torpedo, [170]
- ——, French submarine, a, [185]
- ——, Lay torpedo, the, [141]
- —— ——, capabilities of the, [147]
- —— ——, clearing obstructions with the, [151]
- —— ——, improved form of the, [153]
- —— ——, launching the, [147]
- —— ——, method of sinking and raising the, [149]
- —— ——, used as a tug, [150]
- —— —— to clear away mines, [152]
- ——, Lightning, Thornycroft's torpedo, [168]
- ——, torpedo, attack at Batoum, [195], [202]
- —— —— Rustchuk, [200]
- —— —— Soukoum Kaleh, [201]
- —— —— Soulina, [198]
- —— —— off Matchin, [196]
- —— —— the Aluta, [200]
- —— ——, the final, [203]
- —— ——, attacks, [180], [191]
- —— ——, methods of protecting ships against, [180]
- —— ——, protective, Fosberry's patent, [182]
- Boats, submarine, [183]
- —— ——, qualifications essential to, [184]
- ——, torpedo, [162]
- —— ——, English, [173]
- —— ——, Herreshoff's, [178]
- —— ——, ordinary type of, [179]
- —— ——, Schibau's Russian, [178]
- —— ——, Spanish, [175]
- —— ——, Thornycroft's, [163]
- —— ——, Yarrow's, [172]
- Booms, construction of, [110]
- ——, defence of harbours by, [110]
- Boots for divers, [261]
- Boxes, junction, [51]
- —— ——, for multiple cables, [52]
- —— —— single cored cables, [52]
- ——, resistance, [97]
- Brakes for Harvey's torpedoes, [123]
- Breaker, the circuit, [62]
- Breast-plate for divers, [260]
- Brook's torpedoes, [19]
- Brown's arrangement of earth plates, [100]
- Buoys for Harvey's torpedoes, [122]
- Bushnell, the inventor of torpedoes, [2]
- Bushnell's drifting torpedoes, [2]
- —— mode of ignition, [2]
- —— submarine boat, [2], [184]
C.
- Cable, Colt's electric, [7]
- —— cutters, Fulton's, [5]
- Cables, circuit closer, [42]
- ——, creeping for electric, [112]
- ——, defects observed in the conductivity of, [103]
- ——, Hooper's, [41]
- ——, insulated electric, [38]
- ——, insulation test for electric, [102]
- ——, jointing electric, [44]
- ——, junction boxes for multiple, [52]
- —— —— single cored, [52]
- ——, land service, [43]
- ——, multiple, [42]
- ——, sea service, [43]
- ——, Siemens' electric, [40]
- ——, Silvertown electric, [41]
- ——, single cored armoured, [42]
- —— —— unarmoured, [43]
- ——, special, [43]
- ——, test of electrical resistance of, [104]
- Cairo, the loss of the, [189]
- Calland and Marié-Davy batteries, description of the, [275]
- Capabilities of Lay's torpedo boat, [147]
- —— —— Whitehead's fish torpedo, [134]
- Carlscrona, experiments with countermines at, [237]
- ——, torpedo experiments at, [220], [224], [232]
- Case, conical-shaped torpedo, [32]
- ——, cylindrical-shaped torpedo, [32]
- ——, form and construction of torpedo, [31]
- ——, spherical-shaped torpedo, [32]
- Cell, action in a single fluid, [273]
- ——, chemical action of a Daniell, [274]
- ——, definition and properties of a Voltaic, [269]
- ——, description of a Menotti, [78]
- ——, tests for insulation, sea, [106]
- —— ——, sea, [100]
- Charges, size of torpedo, [218]
- Chatham, torpedo experiments at, [220]
- Chemical action, [269]
- —— fuzes, [23]
- —— ——, defects of, [24]
- Cherbourg, torpedo boat experiment at, [170]
- Circuit breakers, [62]
- —— closer cables, [43]
- —— closers, Austrian self-acting, [64]
- —— ——, electro-contact mine, [63]
- —— ——, Mathieson's inertia, [61]
- —— ——, improvements in, [63]
- —— —— spiral spring, [63]
- —— ——, McEvoy's mercury, [65]
- —— —— weight magneto, [66]
- —— ——, the use of, [60]
- ——, closing the electric, [60]
- —— resistances, [276]
- ——, short, [268]
- ——, the electric, [267]
- Civil war, torpedo operations during the American, [189]
- ——, torpedoes in the American, [115]
- Clearing a passage through torpedo defences, [111]
- Coil galvanometer, the three, [88]
- Colt, experiments by Colonel, [7]
- Colt's electric cable, [7]
- —— reflector, [7]
- Commodore Jones, the loss of the, [189]
- Commutators or switch plates, [96]
- Comparing electro-motive forces, [94]
- Composition, Rain's detonating, [23]
- Compounds, explosive, [208]
- Concentration of the electric light, [251]
- Condenser, definition of a, [279]
- Conductivity of cables, defects observed in the, [103]
- ——, test of platinum wire fuze for, [101]
- Conductors, [266]
- Confederate submarine boat, [185]
- Connections of switch plates, [100]
- Construction of booms, [110]
- —— —— torpedo case, [31]
- Copenhagen, torpedo experiments at, [223]
- Countermining, [112]
- Countermines, experiments with, [235]
- —— —— at Carlscrona, [237]
- —— —— Stokes Bay, [236]
- —— —— in the Medway, [236]
- Coupling dynamo-electric machines, methods of, [254]
- Creeping for electric cables, [112]
- Crimean war, submarine mines during the, [27]
- —— ——, torpedo operations during the, [187]
- Crinoline for divers, [261]
- Cross bearings, firing by, [70]
- Current, direction of, [272]
- ——, measuring the intensity of a, [95]
- ——, the Voltaic, [270]