The U.S. Naval War College (Concluded)

By Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, U. S. Navy
September 1910
When Captain Mahan was detached from the War College, May to, 1893, the command devolved upon Commander C. H. Stockton, as related in our previous article. That officer reported to ...

Gun Erosion

By Professor Philip R. Alger, U.S. Navy
September 1910
In the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers for May, 1910, in an article on the subject of gun erosion, Lieutenant-Commander H. E. Yarnell, U. S. N., advances ...

The Haversine in Nautical Astronomy

By H.B. Goodwin
September 1910
This complete issue of Proceedings is provided for your use in its original format only at this time. The editorial team is currently reviewing the text version for possible errors ...

The Present-Day Problem of Ship Propulsion

By Lieutenant-Commander L. McNamee, U. S. Navy
September 1910
Shipbuilders are proverbially conservative, a trait doubtless acquired from shipmasters, who with lives and property at stake, and frequently far removed from assistance, can least afford to take chances in ...

The Genius of Naval Warfare

By Commander R. Daveluy, French Navy, Translated by Philip R. Alger, U. S. Navy
September 1910
II.TACTICS.*INTRODUCTION.* Second edition of A Study of Naval Combat.Properly speaking, this is not a book of "Tactics"; it is rather a collection of thoughts concerning battle that I have endeavored ...

Discussion

September 1910
The First Dreadnought. To the Editor of the U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS: In the PROCEEDINGS for December, 1909, there was published a letter from me claiming that the frigate ...

Professional Notes

Prepared by Professor Philip R. Alger, U. S. Navy
September 1910
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.VESSELS BUILDING.Name. Displacement. Where Building. Remarks.Battleships. Rivadavia 28,000 Fore River Shipbl’dg Co. Building.Moreno 28,000 New York “ “For a comparison of these ships with the latest U. S. battleships ...

Book Notices

September 1910
"Under the Red and Gold, Notes and Recollections of The Siege of Baler." By Captain Don Saturnino Martin Cerezo, Commanding the Detachment. Translated and Edited by F. L. Dodds, Major ...

Special Notice

September 1910
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1911.A prize of two hundred dollars, with a gold medal, and a life-membership in the Institute, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best essay ...

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