PREFACE
CONTENTS
PLATES
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
THE EVOLUTION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT
CHAPTER I THE SAILING SHIP
CHAPTER II THE SMOOTH-BORE GUN
CHAPTER III THE STEAM ENGINE
CHAPTER IV "NEW PRINCIPLES OF GUNNERY"
CHAPTER V THE CARRONADE
CHAPTER VI THE TRUCK CARRIAGE
CHAPTER VII THE SHELL GUN
CHAPTER VIII THE RIFLED GUN
CHAPTER IX PROPELLING MACHINERY
CHAPTER X THE IRONCLAD
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes
Transcriber’s Note
Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.
A SIXTY-GUN SHIP OF LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
From John Smith’s Sea-Man’s Grammar (1694 edition)
BY FREDERICK LESLIE ROBERTSON ENGINEER COMMANDER, ROYAL NAVY
WITH EIGHT HALF-TONE PLATES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD 10 ORANGE STREET LEICESTER SQUARE WC 1921
