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SUBMARINE WARFARE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF SUBMARINE BOAT CONSTRUCTION.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II THE PLACE OF THE SUBMARINE IN WARFARE
CHAPTER III THE MORALITY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
CHAPTER IV THE MECHANISM OF THE SUBMARINE, AND SUBMARINES OF THE FUTURE
1. Submarines with no Floatability when Submerged.
2. Submarines Possessing Floatability when submerged.
Immersion by Screws Mounted on a vertical Shaft.
Immersion by Horizontal Rudders.
Motive Power.
Propulsion of the Surface.
Armament.
Safety and Habitability.
Vision When Submerged.
CHAPTER V THE ROMANCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE
CHAPTER VI THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE
CHAPTER VII THE SUBMARINE IN ACTION
French Submarines.
CHAPTER VIII THE ANTIDOTE TO SUBMARINES
PART II
CHAPTER IX THE EARLY HISTORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
CHAPTER X EARLY EFFORTS IN SUBMARINE NAVIGATION
CHAPTER XI DAVID BUSHNELL
Description of a Magazine and its Appendages designed to be conveyed by the Submarine Vessel to the bottom of a Ship.
Experiments made to prove the nature and use of a Submarine Vessel.
CHAPTER XII FULTON’S SUBMARINE BOATS
CHAPTER XIII SUBMARINES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XIV THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO—“THE MOST WONDERFUL MACHINE IN THE WORLD”
1 and 2. The Firing Arrangement and Explosive Chamber.
3. The Air Chamber.
4. The Balance Chamber.
5. The Engine Room.
The Servo-Motor.
6. The Buoyancy Chamber.
The Gyroscope.
CHAPTER XV THE NORDENFELT SUBMARINES
PART III
APPENDIX I BRITISH SUBMARINES
APPENDIX II THE AMERICAN SUBMARINES
APPENDIX III FRANCE AND HER SUBMARINES
PART I. French Submarines Proper, i.e. those Dependent entirely on Electricity for Motive Power.
PART II. French “Submersibles,” i.e., those Fitted with Two Sources of Motive Power, One for Surface, and One for Sub-surface Propulsion.
The New Submarines.
APPENDIX IV SUBMARINES OLD AND NEW
APPENDIX V THE “LAKE” SUBMARINES
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
France.
Belgium.
Germany.
Great Britain.
United States.
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