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It has been deemed advisable to print the Prize Essay at once in the present number of the Proceedings, and to publish the discussions thereon in the next number, in order to allow...
It has been deemed advisable to print the Prize Essay at once in the present number of the Proceedings, and to publish the discussions thereon in the next number, in order to allow ample time and full opportunity for the preparation...
Notes on an Experimental Ammunition Cart, Constructed for the Ordnance Department
By Lieutenant W. W. Kimball, U. S. Navy
The cart was designed to illustrate an attempted solution of the problem of "How, in these times of rapid-firing arms of precision, shall the infantry fighting line be supplied with ammunition?" Before discussing the device, it will be...
Siacci's Ballistic Equations / On the Angle of Elevation in Order that the Trajectory in Air Shall Pass Through A Given Point
By Prof. Wm. Woolsey Johnson, U. S. Naval Academy
The following is an account of the mode in which Major Siacci derives his ballistic formulae in the second edition of "Balistica," published at Turin in 1888. A few changes have been made in the notation.
The object of target practice is to accustom men to their weapons, and make them skilful in their use. It may be said that the ends in view are (1) to train marksmen, and (2) to train tactical bodies of men. The butt-firing, of which we hear so...
Electrical Counter, and Shaft Revolution and Direction Indicator
By W. D. Weaver, Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy
During the frequent trials of steam launches and other fast-moving machinery at the New York Navy Yard, continual trouble was experienced with mechanical counters, and the electrical counter, an illustration of which accompanies this, was devised...
Professional Notes: The Organization and Duties of Trial Boards for Our New Cruisers
By Lieutenant J. C. Wilson, U. S. Navy
The writer was recently ordered as a member of a trial board on one of our new cruisers, and remembering his hazy ideas concerning what his duties might embrace, believes that a discussion based on knowledge gained by him in the performance of...
A prize of one hundred dollars, with a gold medal, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best essay presented on any subject pertaining to the naval...