The Evolution of Naval Armament (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Frederick Leslie Robertson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331896320 ISBN 13 : 9781331896326

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How rifling reshaped naval and military power, from early grooves to precision fire
This concise history explains how the invention and refinement of rifling changed accuracy, range, and tactics. It traces the technology from the first grooved barrels to the spiral twist that made the ball spin, transforming marksmanship and battlefield thinking across centuries.

Two centuries of experimentation, battles, and practical limits are tied together with clear explanations of why rifled weapons performed the way they did. The book examines the trade-offs between accuracy and range, the challenges of powder charges, and how innovations in barrel design influenced military use.

• Why rifling improves accuracy and how spin stabilizes projectiles


• How twist rate and barrel construction affected performance and safety


• Key milestones: from early edicts and recipes to adopted rifles in European and American arsenals


• Shifts in tactics as riflemen evolved from sport to crucial military skirmishers

Ideal for readers curious about the technology behind navies and armies, and for anyone interested in how weapons shaped historical outcomes. This edition offers a grounded, accessible look at a pivotal chapter in the history of armament, without venturing into fiction or speculation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Admiralty library, close to the Royal United Service I nstitution, and in touch with the Reading Room of the British Museum and other public sources of information. The lack of a book describing in popular language the materialistic side of naval history is, I think, generally admitted. Historians as a rule have devoted small space to consideration of material; in particular, the story of the revolutionary changes in naval material which took place during the nineteenth century has never been placed before the public in convenient form. In the attempt to supply such a description I have taken the liberty, as an engineer, of treating of naval material as a whole ;tracing, as well as my technical knowledge permits, the progress of all the three principal elements ship, gun, engine and their interdependence. The result, faulty and incomplete as it is, may nevertheless be of considerable service, it is hoped, in clarifjdng the work of the historians and bridging the gap which divides the classic histories from our modern text-books. I have considered our modern navy to begin with the Admiral class of battleship, about the year 1880. My respectful thanks are due to the heads of three Admiralty departments :C aptain R. H. Crooke, C.B., lately Director of Naval Ordnance ;E ngineer Vice-A dmiral Sir George Goodwin, K.C.B., LL.D., Engineer-in-C hief of the Fleet; and Sir Eustace T. DE yncourt, K.C.B., Director of Naval Construction; for their unofficial approval. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the officials of the Admiralty and the R.U.S.I. libraries.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331896320
• ISBN 13: 9781331896326
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 403
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