Notice

April 1892
NOTICE.Annapolis, Md., February 20, 1892.Having carefully read the three essays submitted in competition for the prize offered by the U. S. Naval Institute for the year 1892, we have the ...

Electric Welded Projectiles

Hiram Percy Maxim
April 1892
Ordnance experts and military men generally have lately been much interested in a new method of making projectiles. This is the Electric Welding Process, used by the American Projectile Company ...

Professional Notes

April 1892
The Screw Ferry-BoatBy E. W. Woolsey, Superintendent Hoboken Ferry CompanyAs early as 1805, a screw steamboat, constructed by John Stevens, made a run as a ferry-boat between Hoboken and ...

Special Notice

April 1892
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1893. 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 ...

Notice

April 1892
The U. S. Naval Institute was established in 1873, having for its object the advancement of professional and scientific knowledge in the Navy. It now enters upon its twentieth year ...

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