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Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare

Charles William Sleeman

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. . .Page_47">[47] exception of there being two screw plugs instead of one, very similar to Beardslee's joint described at page 46; this alteration is a great improvement, remedying as it does the one defect of Beardslee's joint, viz., the liability of the cables to be drawn apart due to any great tension being brought on them.

A permanent joint in electrical submarine cables, which from its nature requires to be an exceptionally good one, is a somewhat difficult and troublesome operation, and also requires a considerable time to form a thoroughly reliable one.

Siemens's Methods of Jointing.—The following methods, and instructions for forming such joints, are those adopted by Messrs. Siemens Brothers in connection with their telegraph cables, and which will be found generally applicable to all insulated cables.

The Formation of a Joint in the Conductor of an Insulated Cable.—The conductor is either covered with a gutta percha or an in. . . Read More

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- Dan - Aug 07, 2020

This book really shows its age. It does cover torpedoes all the way up to about 1880. How to make them, how to deploy them, what ships to place them on, how to launch them towards other ships. The best part was the history of their use in actual battles all around the world. Still, all those technic

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