Naval Electrician’s Text- and Hand-Book.
By Lieut. W. H. G. Bullard, U. S. Navy. An Elementary Text-Book for the use of officers and enlisted men of the Navy. It contains a chapter on Wireless Telegraphy, and is in all respects thoroughly up to date; is illustrated by 164 drawings, and will prove a valuable reference book for both officers and enlisted men.
This book has been approved of by the Bureau of Equipment.
547 Pages, full flexible leather binding, pocket and tuck. Price $2.00 postpaid.
Notes on International Law.
By Lieut. C. P. Eaton, U. S. N., member of the New Jersey Bar. This book consists of questions which have been asked on examination of Line Officers of the U. S. Navy, with their answers; others arranged so as to bring out the subjects more fully, with answers, together with Situations and Solutions propounded and solved at the U. S. Naval War College. The form of “Questions and Answers,” is a very convenient one in many ways.
8vo, 139 pages, bound in flexible cloth. Price $1.25. Postage 7 cents.
The Petty Officer’s Drill Book, U. S. Navy (New Edition).
By Lieut-Commander W. F. Fullam, U. S. Navy. A complete compilation containing details of all drills. New Firing Regulations, Corrections in Gun Drills Regarding Safety Regulations, such as Misfire and Hang Fires, as authorized by the Navy Department. Also all drills afloat and ashore as far as would be necessary for a P. O. This book will enable a P. O. to qualify as a squad drill master in every branch.
Fully illustrated, full flexible leather binding, with pocket and tuck, gold stamping. Price $1.25. Postage 5 cents.
A Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery.
By Lieut.-Commander W. F. Fullam and Lieutenant T. C. Hart, U. S. Navy. This book is a complete and up-to-date work on the subject of Ordnance and Gunnery. The latest turret mounts and types of guns, etc., adopted by the Navy Department appear in this edition.
Officers preparing for their examination will find this book of especial value. It will also prove of great value to officers of the Revenue Cutter Service and Naval Militia. Adopted as a text-book at U. S. Naval Academy.
8vo, 11 + 440 pages, bound in full cloth. Price $5.00 exclusive of postage. Postage 30 cents.
A Text-Book of Naval Boilers.
By Lieut.-Commander F. C. Bieg, U. S. Navy. The book is profusely illustrated by text figures and 17 folding plates.
Contents: I. General Description of a Shell and a Tubulous Boiler.—II. Combustion and Firing.—III. Heating Value of Fuels and Utilization of Heat.—IV. Fuels: Solid and Liquid.—V. Coaling Ship. Bunkers.—VI. Natural and Forced Draft.—VII. Evaporation.— VIII. Corrosion, and Care and Preservation of Boilers.—IX. Boiler Fittings and Appurtenances.—X. Steam Pipes and Attachments.— XI. Types of Shell Boilers.—XII. Shell Boilers: Details and Construction.—XIII. Types of Tubulous Boilers.—XIV. Babcock and Wilcox Boiler: Details and Description and Construction.-—XV.
Niclausse Boiler: Details and Description and Construction.—XVI. Thornycroft Boiler: Details and Description and Construction.— XVII. Other Tubulous Boilers in Use in the U. S. Navy. Principal Tubulous Boilers Used in Foreign Navies: Description and Construction.—XVIII. Boiler Tests. Methods of Making Tests and Description of Instruments Used. Blank Forms for Tests.—Appendix. Extract from the Navy Regulations. Steam Tables. Tables II and III.
8vo, 358 pages. Bound in full cloth. Price $3.00, exclusive of postage. Postage 18 cents.
The Bluejacket’s Manual, U. S. Navy (New Edition).
By Lieutenant Ridley McLean, U. S. Navy. An illustrated Naval Catechism. It contains valuable information on all subjects of interest to the Man-of-War’s Man, and is a splendid book for the use of Petty Officers who wish to qualify for promotion to Warrant Officers. Also for Naval Militiamen who wish to familiarize themselves with the duties of the Man-of-War’s Man.
Full flexible leather binding, pocket and tuck. Price $1.25.
Manual of Seamanship for the Officer of the Deck—Ship under Sail Alone.
By Lieutenant P. W. Hourigan, U. S. Navy.
Contents : I. General Duties of the Officer of the Deck at Sea.— II. The Routine of the Watch.—III. Making and Taking in Sail.— IV. Studding-sails.—V. Bracing or Trimming Yards.—VI. The Helm—Steering.—VII. Evolutions under Sail.—VIII. Getting Underweigh.—IX. Coming to Anchor—Sending Down Masts and Yards— Shifting Sails.—X. Accidents—Parting Rigging.—XI. Squalls.—XII. “Man Overboard!”.—XIII. Weather.—Appendix. Compendium of “Orders ".—Index.
Full flexible leather binding, pocket and tuck. Price $1.25.
The Recruit’s Handy Book, U. S. Navy.
By Lieut.-Commander W. F. Fullam, U. S. Navy. A most useful primer for the Naval Recruit. It shows him what the Navy offers him in the way of a career, and it contains instruction in the rudiments of a seaman’s profession.
78 pages, flexible buckram cover. Price 25 cents.
Notes on the Design of Propelling Machinery for Naval Vessels.
Prepared by the Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction, U. S. Naval Academy, for the Instruction of the Naval Cadets.
8vo, 171 pages + VIII, copiously illustrated by text figures and folding plates, flexible cloth. Price $2.30.
Notes on Steam Engineering.
Arranged for the use of Officers of the Old Line of the Navy.
8vo, 154 pages. Bound in full cloth, price $1.50. Bound in paper, price $1.00. Postage 10 cents.
Hand-Book of Infantry and Artillery for the U. S. Navy.
By Lieutenant W. F. Fullam, U. S. Navy. Approved by the Navy Department. Fully illustrated. The book has been carefully planned to make it compact and convenient for the pocket; many additional diagrams showing formations at a glance; especially desirable for Naval Reserves and landing parties.
Handsomely bound in flexible blue leather with gold lettering. Price $1.25.
The Oscillations of Ships.
Compiled and edited by the Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction, United States Naval Academy.
Chapter I. Unresisted Rolling in Still Water.—Chapter II. Influence of Resistance on Rolling in Still Water.—Chapter III. Deep-sea Waves.—Chapter IV. The Oscillations of Ships among Waves.
Bound in flexible cloth. Price 90 cents.
An Aid for Executive and Division Officers.
Compiled by Lieutenant Chas. A. Gove, U. S. Navy. The book contains blank forms ruled, with watch numbers, gun numbers, etc., in proper columns, for use of Executive in his organization, and for the Division Officer in stationing his men. The paper is especially tough to withstand erasures.
Part I. Contains a description of the organization: the “Watch, Quarter and Station Bills.” The Stations for “Fire Quarters,” General Quarters, Collision Quarters, Getting Underway, Mooring and Unmooring; also the Battle, Boat, Battalion and Messing Bills.— Part II. Contains forms for all routine matters.—Part III. Memoranda.
The principal object of this book is to have at hand a systematized plan, and blank forms, that can be used in all types of ships. The scheme adopted has been successfully tried on several vessels of the New Navy.
Durably bound in imitation seal with gold lettering. Price 75 cents. Postage 15 cents.
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