S.
- Safety cock arrangement, Steward's, [25]
- —— plug, Mathieson's cement, [21]
- —— —— McEvoy's papier maché, [22]
- Schibau's Russian torpedo boats, [178]
- Science of torpedo warfare, the, [15]
- Sea cell test for insulation, [106]
- —— —— tests, [100]
- —— service cables, [43]
- Second class torpedo launches, Thornycroft's, [169]
- Self-acting circuit closer, the Austrian, [64]
- Sensitive fuzes, [23]
- Service cables, land, [43]
- —— ——, sea, [43]
- —— platinum wire fuze, English, [33]
- Ship Alarm, Admiral Porter's torpedo, [159]
- —— defence, [10]
- ——, Fulton's block, [5]
- Ships against torpedo attacks, methods of protecting, [180]
- ——, employment of torpedo, [158]
- Shunt, definition of a, [95]
- —— for Siemens' electric light, self-acting, [245]
- Shutter apparatus, firing keys and, [80]
- —— ——, the, [82]
- —— used with a circuit breaker, [83]
- —— instrument and observing telescope, [84]
- Siemens' electric cables, [40]
- —— —— light apparatus, [241]
- —— ——, conducting wires for, [247]
- —— ——, description of, [241]
- —— ——, power and light produced by, [244]
- —— ——, rotation of armatures in, [246]
- —— ——, self-acting shunt for, [245]
- —— ——, wear and tear of, [247]
- —— low tension dynamo machine, [75]
- —— patent electric lamp, [248]
- —— permanent joints, [47]
- —— universal galvanometer, [89]
- —— —— tables, [287]
- Signal, firing by preconcerted, [71]
- Signals employed in diving, [263]
- Silvertown electric cables, [41]
- Singer's mechanical mine, [19]
- —— ——, McEvoy's improved, [20]
- Single and double fluid batteries, [272]
- —— cored armoured cables, [43]
- —— —— unarmoured cables, [43]
- —— fluid cell, action in a, [273]
- —— main system, McEvoy's, [283]
- —— rope moorings, [56]
- Size of torpedo charges, [218]
- Soukoum Kaleh, Russian torpedo attack at, [201]
- Soulina, Russian torpedo attack at, [198]
- Spanish torpedo boats, Yarrow's, [175]
- Spar or outrigger torpedoes, [154]
- —— torpedo, McEvoy's duplex, [154]
- —— torpedoes, Fulton's, [5]
- Special cables, [43]
- Spherical shaped torpedo case, the, [32]
- Spiral spring circuit closer, Mathieson's, [63]
- Stake torpedoes, [18]
- State of the explosive substance, the physical, [204]
- Statham's high tension fuze, [35]
- Stationary mines, Fulton's, [5]
- Steward's safety cock arrangement, [25]
- Stokes Bay, experiments with countermines at, [236]
- Submarine boat, Bushnell's, [2], [184]
- —— ——, Confederate, [185]
- —— ——, French, [185]
- —— boats, [183]
- —— ——, qualifications essential to, [184]
- —— mines 13
- —— ——, during the Crimean and American wars, [27]
- —— ——, rules for using, [29]
- —— ——, sweeping for, [112]
- —— ——, electrical, [27]
- —— ——, advantages of, [28]
- —— ——, defects of, [29]
- —— ——, mooring, [54]
- Submersion, tests after, [106]
- Success in torpedo warfare, elements of, [16]
- Suna, destruction of the Turkish vessel, [194]
- Swedish torpedo launch, Thornycroft's, [165]
- Sweeping for submarine mines, [112]
- Switch plates, commutators or, [96]
- —— ——, connections of, [100]
- Synopsis, [290]
- System, McEvoy's single main, [283]
- —— of electrical testing, Armstrong's, [107]
- —— —— firing by observation, Prussian, [73]
- —— —— tests, object of, [84]
T.
- T junction box, the, [53]
- Table, the Austrian testing, [108]
- Tables, Siemens' universal galvanometer, [287]
- ——, test, [99]
- Tactics with Harvey's torpedoes, [127]
- Telegraph batteries, [79]
- Telescope, shutter instrument and observing, [84]
- Tension dynamo machines, Siemens' low, [75]
- —— fuses, testing high, [102]
- Term torpedo, definition of the, [115]
- Terms electro-positive and electro-negative, the, [271]
- Test battery, the Menotti, [79]
- ——, discharge, [103]
- —— for electrical cables, insulation, [102]
- —— of electrical resistance of cables, [104]
- —— —— insulated joints, electrical, [104]
- —— —— platinum wire fuze for conductivity, [101]
- —— —— resistance, [101]
- —— tables, [99]
- Testing, Armstrong's system of electrical, [107]
- ——, Austrian method of, [109]
- —— high tension fuzes, [102]
- ——, instruments used in, [85]
- —— table, Austrian, [108]
- Tests after submersion, [106]
- ——, electrical, [85]
- —— for insulation, sea cell, [106]
- ——, mechanical, [85]
- ——, object of a system, [84]
- ——, sea cell, [100]
- Theoretical knowledge of torpedoes, [8]
- Theory of detonation, the, [206]
- —— —— electricity, the, [265]
- Thermo galvanometer, the, [89]
- Thomson's quadrant electrometer, [86]
- —— reflecting galvanometer, [87]
- Thornycroft's boat engines, efficiency of, [171]
- —— method of carrying fish torpedoes, [140]
- —— propeller, [170]
- —— torpedo launches, [163]
- —— ——, Austrian and French, [165]
- —— ——, Danish and Swedish, [165]
- —— ——, Dutch and Italian, [168]
- —— ——, French, [169]
- —— ——, Norwegian, [163]
- —— ——, second class, [169]
- Three coil galvanometer, [88]
- Torpedo attacks, boat, [180], [191]
- —— ——, methods of protecting ships against, [180]
- —— boat, Lay's, [141]
- —— ——, capabilities of, [147]
- —— ——, an improved form of, [153]
- —— —— attack, Russian, at Batoum, [195], [202]
- —— —— —— —— Matchin, [196]
- —— —— —— —— Rustchuk, [200]
- —— —— —— —— Soukoum Kaleh, [201]
- —— —— —— —— Soulina, [198]
- —— —— ——, off the Aluta, [200]
- —— —— ——, the final, [203]
- —— —— experiment at Cherbourg, [170]
- —— —— for flotation, [171]
- —— —— Lightning, Thornycroft's, [168]
- —— —— protective, Fosberry's patent, [182]
- —— boats, [162]
- —— ——, Herreshoff's, [178]
- —— ——, ordinary type of, [179]
- —— ——, Schibau's Russian, [178]
- —— ——, Yarrow's, [172]
- —— ——, description of a, [172]
- —— —— Dutch, [172]
- —— —— English, [173]
- —— —— Russian, [172]
- —— —— Spanish, [175]
- —— case, form and construction of, [31]
- —— ——, conical shaped, [32]
- —— ——, cylindrical shaped, [32]
- —— ——, spherical shaped, [32]
- —— charges, size of, [218]
- —— defences, clearing a passage through, [111]
- —— experiments at Carlscrona, [220], [224], [232]
- —— —— Chatham, [220]
- —— —— Copenhagen, [223]
- —— —— Kiel, [222]
- —— —— Pola, [231]
- —— —— Portsmouth, [229], [233]
- —— —— in Austria, [220]
- —— —— England, [222]
- —— —— Turkey, [232]
- —— explosive agents, [217]
- Torpedo guns, [257]
- —— ——, Hotchkiss, [259]
- —— ——, Nordenfelt, [257]
- —— invention and adoption of the fish, [131]
- —— launches, Thornycroft's, [163]
- —— operations, [187]
- —— —— during the Austro-Italian war, [188]
- —— —— Crimean war, [187]
- —— —— Franco-German war, [192]
- —— —— Paraguayan war, [191]
- —— —— Russo-Turkish war, [192]
- —— ——, Russian defensive, [193]
- —— ——, Turkish defensive, [193]
- —— —— and Russian offensive, [195]
- —— ship Alarm, Admiral Porter's, [159]
- —— —— Destroyer, Ericsson's, [160]
- —— —— Uhlan, the German, [158]
- —— ships, employment of, [158]
- —— spar, McEvoy's duplex, [154]
- —— —— or outrigger, [154]
- ——, the term, [115]
- —— warfare, defensive, [13]
- —— ——, elements of success, [16]
- —— ——, science of, [15]
- —— —— still in its infancy, offensive, [115]
- ——, Whitehead's fish, [133]
- —— ——, adjustments of, [136]
- —— ——, capabilities of, [134]
- —— ——, methods of projecting, [138]
- ——, Woolwich fish, the, [140]
- ——, American extempore drifting, [119]
- ——, barrel, [19]
- ——, Brook's, [19]
- ——, Bushnell's drifting, [2]
- —— ——, invention of, [2]
- ——, drifting, [116]
- ——, floating, [116]
- ——, frame, [18]
- ——, Fulton's drifting, [5]
- —— —— harpoon, [5]
- —— —— spar, [5]
- ——, general remarks on offensive, [156]
- —— in war, the employment of fish, [133]
- ——, Lewis's drifting, [117]
- ——, locomotive, [131]
- ——, McEvoy's drifting, [118]
- ——, moral effect of, [9]
- ——, offensive, [11]
- —— ——, failure of 8
- ——, stake 18
- ——, towing 119
- —— ——, French, [131]
- —— ——, Harvey's, [119]
- —— ——, methods of attack with, [127]
- —— ——, the value of, [129]
- —— ——, Mensing's, [130]
- ——, turtle 19
- Turkey, torpedo experiments in, [232]
- Turkish defensive torpedo operations, [193]
- —— monitor Duba Saife, destruction of the, [197]
- —— offensive torpedo operations, [195]
- —— ship Suna, loss of the, [194]
- —— torpedoes, [193]
- —— war, torpedoes during the Russo-, [115]
- Turk's head, McEvoy's mechanical, [53]
- Turtle torpedoes, [19]
U.
- Uhlan, the German torpedo vessel, [158]
- Unarmoured cables, single cored, [43]
- Universal galvanometer, Siemens', [89]
- —— ——, tables, [287]
- Use of circuit closers, the, [60]
V.
- Vessel Destroyer, Ericsson's torpedo, [160]
- —— in the world, the fastest, [177]
- —— Uhlan, the German torpedo, [158]
- Voltaic batteries, [79]
- —— battery, Leclanché's, [77]
- —— ——, Von Ebner's, [76]
- —— ——, test for electro-motive force, [105]
- —— —— internal resistance, [104]
- —— —— potential, [104]
- —— cell, definition and properties of a, [269]
- —— current, the, [70]
- Von Ebner's high tension fuze, [36]
- —— —— Voltaic battery, [6]
W.
- War, employment of fish torpedoes in, [133]
- ——, torpedo operations during the American civil, [189]
- —— —— Austrian, [192]
- —— —— Austro-Italian, [188]
- —— —— Crimean, [187]
- —— —— Franco-German, [192]
- —— —— Paraguayan, [191]
- —— —— Russo-Turkish, [192]
- ——, torpedoes during the American civil, [115]
- —— ——, Russo-Turkish, [115]
- Warfare, defensive torpedo, [13]
- ——, elements of success in torpedo, [16]
- ——, science of torpedo, [15]
- —— still in its infancy, offensive torpedo, [115]
- Wars, submarine mines in the Crimean and American, [27]
- Wear and tear of Siemens' electric light apparatus, [247]
- Welden railway saved by torpedoes, the, [190]
- Wheatstone's balance, [97]
- —— ——, manipulation of, [99]
- —— ——, measurement of resistances by, [98]
- Whitehead's fish torpedo, [133]
- —— ——, adjustments of, [136]
- —— ——, capabilities of, [134]
- —— ——, methods of projecting, [138]
- —— ——, mode of ignition of, [135]
- Wire fuze for conductivity, test of platinum, [101]
- —— ——, test of resistance of platinum, [101]
- Wire fuzes, platinum, [33]
- —— ——, English service, [33]
- —— ——, McEvoy's, [34]
- Wires in McEvoy's spar torpedo, arrangement of, [155]
- Woolwich fish torpedo, the, [140]