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TORPEDOES
AND
TORPEDO WARFARE:
COMPLETE AND CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE
RISE AND PROGRESS OF SUBMARINE WARFARE;
ALSO A
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALL MATTERS APPERTAINING THERETO,
INCLUDING THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
BY
LATE LIEUT. R.N., AND LATE COMMANDER IMPERIAL OTTOMAN NAVY.
WITH FIFTY-SEVEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS,
WOODCUTS, &c.
PORTSMOUTH:
GRIFFIN & CO., 2, THE HARD,
(Publishers by Appointment to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.)
London Agents: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.
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1880.
PREFACE.
The information has been obtained while practically engaged intorpedo work at home and abroad, and from the study of the principalbooks which have already appeared on the subject, and to the authorsof which he would now beg to express his acknowledgments, viz.:"Submarine Warfare," by Lieut.-Commander Barnes, U.S.N.; "Noteson Torpedoes," by Major Stotherd, R.E.; "Art of War in Europe,"by General Delafield, U.S.A.; "Life of Fulton,