[American.]
NOTES ON THE YEAR’S NAVAL PROGRESS, July, 1896.
No. XV of the General Information Series, Office of Naval Intelligence. Information from Abroad.
This number contains 235 pages of interesting data profusely illustrated, divided under seven separate parts, as follows:—I. Notes on ships and torpedo-boats. II. Notes on ordnance and armor. III. Notes on small arms. IV. Notes on boilers. V. Notes on voice tubes. VI. Notes on cellulose. VII. Naval manoeuvres, 1895.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
October 3, 1896. Military Balloons. Puget Sound Dry Dock. The Lifeboat William F. James.
October 10. Largest Ship in the World.
October 17. Facts about Divers. Contracts for Torpedo- boats.
October 24. The Highest Balloon Ascent. Measurement of Hallucinations. The Indiana in a Gale of Wind. Motion of Projectiles in a Gun.
October 31. Bullets Fused by Impact. The Danube Ship Canal. The Ocean Mail Service.
November 7. A New Port for Russia. St. Paul and Lucania.
November 14. The German Kite Balloon. Preventing Boiler Incrustation.
November 21. Coast-defense Monitor Amphitrite. Sinking of the Battle-ship Texas. Corn Pith Cellulose.
November 28. French Experiments with Melinite. Wire Gun Construction. The Brown Wire-wound Gun.
December 5. Armor vs. Shot. New Harbor Mail Transport. American Shipbuilding. Tests of Smokeless Powders.
December 12. Modern Application of Storage Battery. Massachusetts Turret Tests.
December 19. Japan’s Merchant Marine. Armored Torpedo-boats.
December 26. Armor for Fortifications. Secretary Herbert on the Texas.
JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARTILLERY.
September-October, 1896. On the Rifling of Cannon. Notes on European Sea-coast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States—I., Portland, Maine. Resistance of Air to the Motion of Projectiles.
November-December. The New Polarizing Photo-chronograph at the U. S. Artillery School. Notes on European Sea- coast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes, Field Shrapnel and Cannon of the Future. Sea- coast Artillery and Submarine Mine Defense. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States.
THE UNITED SERVICE.
October, 1896. Some Ships of the Ancients. The York- town Campaign of September and October, 1781. At Sea. Li Hung Chang.
November. Is an Increase of the Regular Army Necessary? Napoleon’s Voyage to St. Helena. The Home Squadron under Commodore Conner in the War with Mexico.
TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY, AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.
June-September, 1896. Description and Computation of a Twenty-four Hour Duty Test on the Twenty Million Gallon Leavitt Pumping Engine at Chestnut Hill. Notes on the Best Form of Cross-section for the Coils of a Galvanometer.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
August, 1896. The Joly Process of Color Photography (with one plate).
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
November, 1896. Superheated Steam. Some Notes on Flywheels. Methods of Fuel Testing.
December. Elements of Complex Quantities and Vectors with Reference to their Use in Alternating-current Work. Methods of Fuel Testing.
ENGINEERING NEWS AND AMERICAN RAILWAY JOURNAL.
October 22, 1896. The Proposed Canadian Fast Transatlantic Steamer Service.
October 29. Indurite, or Smokeless Powder.
November 19. The Application of Photography to Surveying. Steel Canal-boats. Speed Trials of a Screw-propelled Ferryboat.
November 26. Naval Practice in Ship Rivets and Riveting. December 3. The Sinking of a Wharf at St. Johns, New Brunswick.
December 10. The Latest American Battle-ships.
December 24. Mathematical Theory of the Lippincott Plani- meter.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
No. 3, 1896. The Indians of British Columbia. A Graphic History of the United States. Dr. Nansen’s Arctic Journey.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL JOURNAL.
November, 1896. On the Diffusion of Sulphides through Steel. On the Influence of Ileat Treatment and Carbon upon the Solubility of Phosphorus in Steels.
IRON AGE.
October 1, 1896. The Bessemer Steamship Company’s Lake Fleet. A Nickel-steel Boiler.
October 8. The Geary Water-tube Boiler. Damascus Gun- barrels.
October 15. Transatlantic Mail Service. The Gledhill Built- up Gun. Our New Battle-ships.
October 22. Recent Developments and Standards in Armor and Heavy Ordnance. Where Ships are Built and Owned.
November 5. Shipping Facilities at Brooklyn. The Naval Bureau of Ordnance. Casting Aluminum.
November 19. New Lake Vessels.
November 26. The United States Battle-ships and Class. December 3. The Origin of the Bessemer Process. Another Vessel Contract at Chicago. The Japanese Steel Works Commission. Rapid-fire Guns.
December 10. A High-speed Corliss Engine. Aluminum Manufacture in Europe.
December 24. American and English Methods of Manufacturing Steel Plates. Thrust Bearings for Propeller Shafts.
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES.
November, 1896. Boiler Efficiency, Capacity, and Smokelessness, with Low-grade Fuels.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS.
November, 1896. On Crank-shafts. Tests of Riveted Joints made at the Watertown Arsenal, Mass. Contract Trial of the U. S. Armored Cruiser Brooklyn. Marine Boilers, particularly in Reference to Efficiency of Combustion and Higher Steam Pressures. The Use of Retarders in Scotch Boilers. The Effects of Retarders in Fire-tubes of Steam Boilers. Triplescrew Vessels. Notes.
THE SEABOARD.
October 1, 1896. The American Merchant Marine Association. Contract for Torpedo-boats. American War-shipbuilding for Foreign Governments.
October 8. Our Experiences in Navigation and the Balancing of Foreign Commerce.
October 22. Improvement of New York’s Canals.
October 29. The Improved Erie vs. a Ship Canal. November 5. Interesting Technical Papers.
November 12. Italy’s New Shipping Bounties. Work of Coast Defense.
December 3. New American Steamers.
THE ENGINEER, NEW YORK.
November 7, 1896. The Capitan Orella. American Naval Engineers Overworked. Compressed Air to Pump Ship. Steam Superheating.
November 21. Engines of the Diana. Balanced Valve for High Pressures. Details of One Horse-power Launch Engine. Practical Hints on Working Aluminum. Testing Steel for Marine Engine Construction.
December 5. Raworth’s Universal High-speed Engine. Preservative Coatings for Iron and Steel. Twisting Movements of Quadruple-expansion Engines.
December 19. Modern High-speed Marine Machinery.
THE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
October, 1896. Heat Wastes in Steam-engine Cylinders. November. On the Jacques Carbon Battery, and on a Thermo-tropic Battery. Rules of the Road at Sea. Roller Ship Launched.
December. The Improvement of the Channel of the Delaware River. The Standard of Efficiency for Steam Engines and other Heat Motors. The Danube Ship Canal.
JOURNAL OF THE U. S. CAVALRY ASSOCIATION.
September, 1896. Reorganization and Graded Retirement for the Cavalry. Night Operations. Polo in the Army. The Shelter Tent for Cavalry.
CASSIER’S MAGAZINE.
October, 1896. The Vertical Engine for Stationary Purposes. Engineering Notes from Japan and China. Maintenance and Repair of Marine Boilers. Unusual Corrosion of Marine Machinery.
November. The Present Status of Electricity. The Manufacture of Compressed Fuel in the United States. Hydraulic Dredging. Marine Evaporators.
December. Power Transmission by Alternating Electric Currents. Efficiency of Combusion in Marine Boilers.
JOURNAL OF THE MILITARY SERVICE INSTITUTION.
November, 1896. The Hunting-knife and Rifle-pit. Methods of Instruction in First Aid. Proximity of England to United States. Supply of Ammunition to the Firing Line. Congress and the National Guard. Marching Shoes for Troops. Observations in Europe. The New Infantry Rifle.
[Foreign.]
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.
November, 1896. The New French First-class Battle-ship Jaureguiberry. An Apparatus for Providing a Steady Platform at Sea for Search-lights, etc. The Dearth of Officers in the Volunteer Force. A Visit to the Lines of Torres Vcdras. Notes on the Defense of the Bay of Algeciras. The Swiss Army Manoeuvres, 1896.
ENGINEERING.
September 25, 1896. The French Naval Manoeuvres. The Development of the Japanese Army and Navy. H. M. S. Powerful.
October 2. Torpedo-boat Destroyer Entrc Rios. H. M. S. Powerful.
October 9. Large Explosions and their Radii of Danger. The Accident to the Boilers of H. M. S. Blake. The Trials of H. M. S. Powerful.
October 16. Harbor Improvements in Western Australia. Torpedo-boat Destroyer Capitan Orella. H. M. S. Powerful. The French Naval Manoeuvres.
October 23. Large Explosions and their Radii of Danger. Engines of Torpedo-boat Destroyers Salmon and Snapper. Revenue Steamer for Brazil. H. M. S. Powerful. North Atlantic Ship Route Lights. H. M. S. Diadem.
October 30. Chilian Nitrate of Soda Deposits. The Engines of H. M. S. Diana. H. M. S. Powerful. Battle-ships and Torpedo Defense. Balanced Pressure Valves.
November 13. Canet’s Duplex Mounting for Quick-firing Guns. Foreign Shipping Subsidies. The Explosion on H. M. S. Blake. North Atlantic Ship Route Lights. Monro’s Tubular Boiler.
November 20. The Boilers of the Ohio. New French Naval College. North Atlantic Ship Route Lights.
November 27. The Russian Volunteer Fleet. The Russian Volunteer S. S. Kherson. Canet’s Breech-loading Mechanism for Field Guns. Marine Engineers’ Qualifications.
December 4. H. M. S. Powerful. Canet’s Quick-firing Field Guns. The Barr and Stroud Fortress Range-finder. Fiske’s Helm Indicator and Steering Telegraph. Cruisers with Rams.
December 11. Canet’s Quick-firing Field Guns. The American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The Russian Volunteer S. S. Kherson. The New North German- Lloyd Liners. The Strength of Marine Boilers.
December 18. War-ship-building in 1896. Canet Field and Mountain Guns. Gun-mounting of H. M. S. Caesar. The Origin of Automatic Fire-arms.
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
January, 1896. Telemeters and Range-finders for Naval and other Purposes. Calculations of Horse-power for Marine Propulsion.
THE ENGINEER.
September 25, 1896. Steam Launch for the Greek Government. Speed Trials of the Prince George. H. M. S. Illustrious. Quick-firing Field Guns.
October 2. The Iron Gates of the Danube. H. M. S. First- class Cruiser Powerful. The Torpedo-boat Destroyer Desperate.
October 9. Combustion of Bituminous Coal in Boilers. The Trials of H. M. S. Powerful.
October 16. Harbors and Waterways. Railway Ferry Steamer. Nine Months Clyde Shipbuilding. H. M. S. Powerful.
October 23. Grant’s Automatic Sights for Coast Guns. Trials of Powerful.
October 30. Calculating Riveted Joints. The Harman Feed-water Heater.
November 6. Accident to a Canet Quick-fire Gun. Experiments with Explosives in France. The Dudley Power Pneumatic Gun.
November 13. Navies of the World. Pumping Engines and Plant for Yokohama Dock.
November 20. The Stability of Ships. The Navies of the World.
November 27. Modern Japan—Industrial and Scientific. Feed-pumps, H. M. S. Minerva. Armored Torpedo-boat Destroyers. Canet’s Concentric Ring Breech Apparatus. The Herstal Small-arms Factory. New Armor-piercing Projectiles.
December 4. The Trials of the Powerful. Corrugated Metallic Life-buoys. Internal Corrosion in Steam Boilers. The Present Status of the U. S. Navy.
December 11. Modern Japan. Launch of H. M. S. Proserpine. Additions to the United States Navy.
December 18. Her Majesty’s Battle-ship Prince George [gives full description of the vessel]. Ships and Guns. Abbott’s Boat-raising and Lowering Davit.
THE STEAMSHIP.
October, 1896. Marine Boiler Explosions. The Largest Sailing Vessel Afloat. Expanding Boiler Tubes by Power. The Atlantic Greyhound of the Future. The Mercantile Navies of the World. A New Battle-ship for Japan. The New Battleship Caesar. The New Japanese War-ship Fuji. Launch of Battle-ship Illustrious. The Trials of the Battle-ship Victorious.
November. Marine Boiler Explosions. The Austrian Torpedo-cruiser Magnet. Ship and Stokehold Ventilation. Remarks on Sail and Steam Power Combined. The New American War-ships. Launch of Ii. M. S. Diadem at Fairfield.
December. Marine Boiler Explosions. Wotherspoon & Davies Patent Machine Feed-water Filter. Casey’s Patent Bulkhead Door. Baxter’s Steering Gear.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS.
Vol. XII., 1895-96. The Application of the Law of Similarity to Marine Propellers.
An Investigation into the Forces Tending to Produce Vibration in High-speed Engines.
Some Structural Details of Modern Ships.
The Determination of the Forces which Produce Vibrations with Three-crank Engines at High Speeds.
Notes on the Maintenance and Repairs of Marine Boilers.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.
Vol. CXXV., 1895-1896, Part III. The Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines.
Vol. CXXVI. American and English Methods of Manufacturing Steel Plates. Magnetic Data of Iron and Steel.
UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE.
September 25, 1896. The French Naval Manoeuvres—I. Military Training of Dogs. The Future of the Naval Cadet.
October 3. The French Naval Manoeuvres—II. Remarkable Battle Casualties.
October 10. What War Means—I. Effect of the Small-bore Rifle and Surgery. A Volunteer Reserve for the Navy.
October 17. Armor and Heavy Ordnance. What War Means—II. War-ship-building in the United States. New First-class Cruisers.
October 24. What the Country Owes to Nelson. The Penetration of the Lee-Enfield Bullet.
October 31. The French Naval Manoeuvres—III. Ranging by Clinometer. The Position of the Marines.
November 7. The Forces Made Use of in War. The Church in the Navy and Army. The Navies of Great Britain and Foreign Countries.
November 14. Trafalgar and To-day—II. Australian Defense.
November 21. Trafalgar and To-day—III. Austrian Artillery. The Development of the Japanese Army and Navy.
November 28. Supply of Ammunition to the Firing Line. Comparative Sea Power.
December 5. The Speed Power of the Torpedo-boat Destroyer. Supply of Ammunition to the Firing Line—II.
December 12. The Medical Officer in Action. Civilization and War.
December 19. The Dutch Navy. Automatic Fire-arms. The Command of the Sea. A New Lee-Medford Bullet.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION.
October, 1896. Shrapnel Fire of Field Artillery. Ranging by Clinometer. Flight and Flying-machines.
November. Astronomical Problems. The Kashmir Imperial Service Artillery. Notes on Austrian Artillery. The Coast Defenses of Northern Tunis. Range Officer.
December. Competitive Practice in the Garrison Artillery and its Effect on the Training of Officers and Men. The Dutch Expedition to the Island of Lombok, 1894. Statistics of the Siege of Sebastopol.
MORSKOI SBORNIK.
September, 1896. War Games in the U. S. Navy. The Italian Expedition to Abyssinia. Experiments with Models of Ships’ Screws. The Signification of Side Keels in Battle-ships
of To-day. Notes on Metallurgy. Carrier-pigeon Sendee in Time of War. Notes from the War Journal of A. Rimski-Korsokoff.
October. The Cradle of the Russian Fleet. Naval War of the Future. The Italian Expedition to Abyssinia. The Function of the Engineer. Mechanism Afloat in Time of War. Recent Advances in Matters Pertaining to Armor. The Question of Ships’ Speed. Trials of the Turning Power of Torpedo-boats.
November. Commerce Destroyers in War. The Function of the Engineer. Mechanism Afloat in Time of War. Recent Improvements in Marine Engines. Notes on Metallurgy. Russian Explorations in the Sea of Marmora in 1894. The Gyro-scope-collimeter (instrument for determining horizon for nautical observations at sea).
In this last number appears the following in relation to liquid fuel:
Experiments with naphtha fuel arc in general progress in the navies of all nations, and the great value of the system is becoming generally appreciated. At the present time, in Germany, very large reservoirs are being built at Wilhelmshaven for the storage of naphtha residue, and it is proposed to construct similar reservoirs at Kiel and Dantzic.
In Italy liquid fuel is already in use for torpedo-boats, and is being introduced on large vessels as an auxiliary to the usual coal firing, for obtaining full speed without resorting to forced draught, etc.
J. B. B.
ANNALEN DER HYDROGRAPHIE UND MARITIMEN ME-TEOROLOGIE.
Vol. IX., 1896. Photographs of Lights and Landmarks in Singapore and Malacca Straits. Sailing Directions for Wauchau- foo. Typhoon Highways in the Far East.
Vol. X. Hydrography of Samoan Islands. Some Notes on Trinidad, West Indies. Graphic Representation of the Errors in Observations for Latitude and Longitude. The Bore of the Tsien-tang-Kiang.
DEUTSCHE HEERESZEITUNG.
No. 77, September 23, 1896. Controlling the Movements of Several Armies. New Russian War-ships.
No. 78. The French Autumn Manoeuvres. Studies in Past Tactics. Russia’s Volunteer Fleet.
The volunteer fleet of Russia in the Black Sea, destined for communication with Vladivostock, is subsidized under the Navy Department, with a naval officer at its head, and the vessels carry the man-of-war flag. In case of war they will be armed quickly; the batteries, ammunition and stores are ready at Odessa, Nikolajew, Sebastopol and Vladivostock.
These vessels, fitted as transports, have received permission from the Porte to pass through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. New vessels are being built in England and France. They arc of the “Pamjaty Mercuria” type, of 10,000 tons displacement, 20 knots speed, with destined armament of six 6-inch and eight 4.8-inch R. F. guns, besides a number of smaller guns. Four new vessels are to be added this year. The fleet at present contains g vessels.
Nos. 79-80. German Siege and Fortification Guns. Studies in Past Tactics (conclusion). Report on the Foundering of the Iltis.
Nos. 82-83. Fighting Tactics of Cavalry. Cavalry Weapons.
No. 86. Mounted Artillery with Cavalry Divisions.
No. 89. The First English Campaign in Matabele Land.
No. 90. The First English Campaign in Matabele Land (conclusion). Mounted Infantry in England. Laws relating to Messenger Pigeons in France. The following laws were promulgated:
Art. 1. Every person desiring to erect a pigeon cote must first obtain permission from the prefect of department.
Art. 2. Every person keeping permanently, or receiving temporarily, any pigeons, must notify the mayor within two days, with the place whence received.
Art. 3. There will be an annual census of pigeons, on a day determined by the Minister of the Interior, conducted by the local officials.
Art. 4. Every infraction of Arts. 1 and 2 will be punished by a fine of 100 to 500 francs. In addition, imprisonment for a term of 3 months to 2 years will be inflicted upon any one sending messages which may affect the safety of the state.
Art. 5. The Government may, upon recommendation of the Ministers of the Interior or of War, stop the introduction of pigeons from other countries, and any domestic pigeon service. Infractions of this article are punishable in the manner indicated in second paragraph of Art. 4.
H. G. D.
MILITÄR WOCHENBLATT.
Nos. 84 and 85, September, 1896. Modern Repeating Arms (illustrated).
The article is devoted to a full description of Borchardt's repeating pistol, the construction of which is such that the recoil on firing opens the breech block, ejects the empty shell, cocks the firing pin, inserts a new cartridge into the chamber, and finally closes the breech, so that the pistol is ready to be fired after each discharge.
The magazine is in the pistol grip, holding eight cartridges. The barrel has a longitudinal play, and the recoil drives the barrel and breech mechanism to the rear, and by ingenious devices the above operations are automatically performed. The calibre is 7.65 mm., with a barrel 190 mm. in length. Weight, 1275 grins. Initial velocity 25 m. from muzzle is 400 m. per second. The penetration at 10 m. distance is through 2 men; or through 20 pine planks each 20 mm. thick, placed behind each other at 13 mm. apart. At same distance the bullets have penetrated a freely suspended steel plate of 3 mm. thickness. The rapidity of fire is surprising, 24 shots have been fired in 10 seconds, including the time for inserting 2 filled magazines. Tests have resulted in showing that shots are delivered at the rate of 22per second, or 1340 per minute, with the automatic firing arrangement.
There is practically no recoil upon the hand, as the force of recoil is exhausted in doing work. The pistol is especially adapted to cavalry use.
No. 87. Small-arm Targets.
Nos. 89 to 94. A Review of the Latest Inventions and Discoveries in the Military Field. The English Fleet. Trial Trip of the Victorious. Personnel of the Russian Navy at Sea.
The personnel actually at sea this year numbers 32,477, of which 14 are admirals, 1358 officers of different corps, 476 midshipmen, 336 engineers, 135 doctors, 37 chaplains, etc., 29,850 bluejackets and men. Five naval constructors are at sea.
No. 95. Armies and Fleets of the Present Day.
Nos. 98 and 99. Germany’s Naval Policy and Naval Strategy.
The author, drawing lessons from the writings of Captain Mahan, points out strongly the need of a powerful German fleet of battle-ships for defensive and offensive operations in the future against England, Germany’s probable future antagonist. He points out the growing commerce of Germany, making her England’s most formidable rival, and, judging by past history, predicts England’s resentment. He urges preparedness for this future struggle. An invasion of England made possible, the articles of peace may be dictated in London.
No. 100. Cavalry Attack in Extended Order. First Aids on the Fighting Line. H. G. D.
MITTHEILUNGEN AUS DEM GEBIETE DES SEEWESENS.
Vol. XXIV., No. 10. Events at Sea during the Franco- Prussian War. Electric Motor for a Submarine Torpedo-boat. The Imperial Torpedo-boat Viper. Water-tubular Boilers on Holland’s Cruisers. Foreign Navies.
No. 11. Engines of English War-ships. Progress in Armor and Ordnance during 1895. Yarrow’s Automatic Feed. Reed’s Water-tube Boilers for the English Destroyers. Foreign Navies.
No. 12. Ventilation on Board Ship. Tactical Problems in Naval Warfare. Defenses of the Coast and Approaches to Spezzia.
Gives full description, with chart, of the forts and batteries about Spezzia harbor.
Foreign Navies.
MARINE RUNDSCHAU.
October, 1896. Marine International Law in Time of War. Notes on Graphic Solutions of Problems in Spherical Trigonometry. Detonating Explosives and Smokeless Powders. Tests of a Dürr Water-tube Boiler. The Arcona Class. Foreign Naval Notes.
November. The History of the Fleet. Does our Navy need a War College? The Imperial Gun-boat Iltis. Peculiarities of Vessels of the Brandenburg Class. Organization and Development of the French Lighthouse System. The Navy of the United States. Endeavors towards the Mental, Moral and Social Elevation of English Sailors. Foreign Naval Notes.
December. The History of the Fleet (continued). Germany’s Sea Power. Burial of the Crew of the Iltis. Data on Steam Launches for Imperial Ships. Trial Trips of the Hecla. The Burning Coal Cargo of Sailing Ship Emilie, and how it was Saved. Organization and Development of the French Lighthouse System (concluded). The Navy of the United States (contiued). Foreign Naval Notes. H. G. D.
LE MONITEUR DE LA FLOTTE.
No. 36, September 5, 1896. Petroleum as a Fuel.
The use of petroleum for steaming purposes has been adopted on board all torpedo-boats in the Italian Navy. In Germany and Russia this fuel is daily growing in favor in the form of a residuum called astatki or mazout, resembling ordinary molasses. Its low price and high degree of combustibleness make it preferable to refined petroleum. In petroleum-producing countries like the United States, the cost of the article would be relatively insignificant.
No. 37, September 12. The Eckmuhl Lighthouse and the Men-Hir Beacon.
The Eckmuhl Light, at Point Penmarch, Brittany, begun in 1894, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be placed in operation in September, 1897. The average range of its electric rays will measure 100 kilometres. It will possess all the most recent improvements in machinery, etc.
No. 43, October 24. Questions of the Navy Personnel in regard to “L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Navales.”
No. 44, October 31. Speed an Illusion.
No. 46, November 14. The Navy Bill: Report of M. de Kerjégu, Chairman of the Naval Committee.
No. 50, December 12. The Naval Program. J. L.
REVISTA TECNÓLOGICO INDUSTRIAL.
September, 1896. Altimetry. Dampness in Cotton Spinning.
BOLETIN DO CLUB NAVAL.
August, 1896. Fuses in the Navy. Odontalgy in the Navy. Tables of Firing. The Climate of Rio de Janeiro.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES.
September. The Argentine Fleet. A Short Study of the Fuses in Use in the Navy (continued). Movements of Foreign Navies in the Port of Rio. Odontalgy in the Navy (continued). Tables of Firing.
REVISTA MARITIMA BRAZILEIRA.
August, 1896. The Late Improvements in Naval Ordnance and Armor. The Speed Problem. Petroleum as a Means of Raising Steam.
October. Submarine Navigation. Spherical Trigonometry. The Cruiser Barros. J. L.
REVUE DU CERCLE MILITAIRE.
No. 36, September 5, 1896. The War Department, Military Cabinet and General Staff in Germany. The Field Sanitary Service.
No. 37, September 12. The Service in the Field: Remarks on the Regulations of May 28, 1895.
No. 38, September 19. The Service in the Field, etc.
No. 39, September 26 and October 3. Letters from Madagascar.
These letters, written by a captain of artillery journeying from Tamatave to Antananarivo, give a graphic description of the nature of the country traversed and its inhabitants. Incidentally the correspondent refers to the discontented Tahavalos, who are active, through their brigandage, in retarding reorganization and return to prosperity in the island, but docs not otherwise attach great importance to the so-called insurrection mentioned in the papers.
No. 41, October 10. The Transsiberian Railway. The Oviedo Factory and the First Spanish Mausers.
No. 42, October 17. The Emperor of Russia and the French Army at the “Camp de Châlons.” The French Army Rifle.
No. 43, October 24. Artillery Disposition for an Attack against a Defensive Position. The Service Rifle (continued). The School of Naval Higher Studies.
No. 44, October 31. Army Medical Statistics for the Year 1894.
No. 45, November 7. The Army and Navy of the Future in Japan.
No. 46, November 14. Military "Cyclism ” and the 2d Army Corps Manoeuvres.
No. 47, November 21. Military “Cyclism,” etc.
No. 48, November 28. The Transsiberian Railway and its Influence in Case of a War in Eastern Asia.
Nos. 49 and 50, December 5 and 12. Young Recruits and their Debuts in the Regiment. The Alpine Military Shelters in Italy. J. L.
REVUE MARITIME.
September, 1896. A Triangle of Lights to Indicate at Great Distances the Course of a Vessel. Installation on board the Brennus of an Apparatus indicating the Direction in which the Engines are working.
“The importance of such a contrivance may be conceived from the fact that recently, owing to the ignorance of the captain of the direction in which the engines were working, the safety of a U. S. man-of-war was imperiled while entering Newport’s harbor.”
An Attempt at a Classification of the Water-tube Marine Boilers. A Practical Guide to the Conduct of Court-martials on board Men-of-war.
October. Determination of the Meridian by Means of the Hour of an Ordinary Watch. Aid to the Wounded in Naval Actions. A Practical Guide to the Conduct of Court-martials, etc. (continued). An Attempt at a Classification of the Water- tube Boilers (continued).
November. Questions of Naval Strategy. Electric Installation on board the Cruiser Bugeaud. A Practical Guide to the Conduct of Court-martials (continued). Aid to the Wounded in Naval Action. Naval Stores and Material in Navy Yards.
J. L.
BOLETÍN DEL CENTRO NAVAL.
June-July, 1896. Electricity in the Navy.
August. Our Future Military Port (Navy Yard). A Report on the Manoeuvres and Drills with the Torpedo-boat Flotilla. The Status of Naval Engineers. Steel for Ordnance.
October. The Future Military Port.
The establishment of a military port, or navy yard, has been for some time contemplated by the Argentine Republic. The necessity of such a port is admitted by all interested, but the question of site has given rise to lively discussions among experts; Luiggi, the government engineer, being in favor of building the port at Puerto Belgrano, in Bahia Blanca, some 18 hours from Buenos Aires, and Senor Diego Brown, the author of the pamphlet on the subject, at some convenient point in the estuary of la Plata, as being far more advantageous from a strategical point of view. J. L.
LE YACHT.
No. 968, September 26, 1896. The U. S. Naval Establishment: its Bureaus, Navy Yards and Private Shipyards (continued). The English Twin-screw Steam Packet between Dieppe and New Haven.
No. 970, October 10. Letters of Mark and Privateering (by V. G.).
French naval writers arc far from being of one mind in regard to the advisableness, or non-advisableness, of delivering letters of mark in the case of war with England.
No. 971, October 24. The French Naval War College.
L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes de la Marine is the new name for the naval war school, which was at first established afloat, and lately transferred to Paris, as presenting greater facilities for the pursuit of the higher maritime studies, in the way of public libraries, records, archives, and above all, on account of lectures by eminent men on all subjects pertaining to the Navy.
No. 973, October 31. England’s Naval Reserve.
The periodical cry of alarm is again being sent forth as the meeting of Parliament approaches. Though the motive (the weakness of the Navy) deceives nobody, even in England, the artifice never fails, and the result is a heavier call on the exchequer.
No. 974, November 7. On the Use of Wreckage in the Study of Ocean Currents. The Ernest Bazin.
The launch of the Ernest Bazin has fixed anew the attention of the public and experts upon this most curious invention of the roller-boat, and brought forth the most varied comments, both as to its scientific value and practical application. At any rate, M. Bazin is very sanguine touching the final result, and, for that matter, speed calculations bear out fully the previsions of the inventor.
New Naval Constructions in 1897.
No. 975, November 14. Promotion in the Navy.
For years back the French Ministry of Marine has labored hard to find a remedy to that baneful situation, a stagnancy in the Navy, and in spite of numerous bills introduced in Congress, appears as far from a solution of the difficulty as ever.
No. 976, November 21. The Auxiliary Cruisers again (see Yacht of October 10).
No. 977, November 28. The Navy: Six Months in the Rue Royale, by M. Lockroy.
A remarkable paper from the pen of the ex-Minister of Marine.
No. 978, December 5. The Navy Estimates for 1897.
The Navy Bill just reported by M. de Kerjegu, the Chairman of the Naval Committee, points out, in courteous but forcible language, the necessity of reforms in the administration of the Navy, and adds that a powerful fleet, strongly organized, and always ready for immediate action, was never more necessary to France than at the present time.
J. L.
SOCIÉTÉ DES INGÉNIEURS CIVILS.
August, 1896. Electric Traction in Railways.
September. Mechanical Traction Railways and principally Railways with Gas Motors. Theory of Singeing in Compressed Elastic Pieces. Transmission of Power by Means of Electricity in Coal Mines.
October. Trade Manufacture of Carburet of Calcium and Acetylene. J. L.
TRANSLATORS AND REVIEWERS.
Prof. P. R. Alger, U. S. Navy. Lieut. J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy.
Lieut. H. G. Dresel, U. S. Navy. Prof. Jules Leroux.