The United Service Magazine, Volume 81H. Colburn, 1856 - Military art and science |
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... force it , they should , if circumstances will admit , have to meet the fire of the batteries in succession , and so that , before getting out of range of one , they should just enter upon that of another . It is on this principle that ...
... force it , they should , if circumstances will admit , have to meet the fire of the batteries in succession , and so that , before getting out of range of one , they should just enter upon that of another . It is on this principle that ...
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... force should be directed . But then it is discovered , by scale and compass , that there is an expanding angle , opposite the salient formed at the point of junction of these two batteries , exposed to only one gun of the main tier ...
... force should be directed . But then it is discovered , by scale and compass , that there is an expanding angle , opposite the salient formed at the point of junction of these two batteries , exposed to only one gun of the main tier ...
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... force of the water thrown forward by the breakers displaces the heaviest blocks of stone during violent gales . For instance , the makers of Plymouth breakwater prided themselves upon using all large stones first . The breakwater was ...
... force of the water thrown forward by the breakers displaces the heaviest blocks of stone during violent gales . For instance , the makers of Plymouth breakwater prided themselves upon using all large stones first . The breakwater was ...
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... force upon a long slope , to fix irrevocably not only the inclination , but also the very shape of the slope . Indeed , it may be said that the history of the construction of the digue furnishes an excellent lesson to engineers of the ...
... force upon a long slope , to fix irrevocably not only the inclination , but also the very shape of the slope . Indeed , it may be said that the history of the construction of the digue furnishes an excellent lesson to engineers of the ...
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... force . This has been shown on several occasions during the construction of the digue . The central portion of the work was , as before stated , three times raised above high - water mark , between the years 1790 and 1832 , and as often ...
... force . This has been shown on several occasions during the construction of the digue . The central portion of the work was , as before stated , three times raised above high - water mark , between the years 1790 and 1832 , and as often ...
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Page 279 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. " 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 284 - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment : AND...
Page 274 - Dardanelles, has been revised by common consent. The Act concluded for that purpose, and in conformity with that principle, between the High Contracting Parties, is and remains annexed to the present Treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed an integral part thereof.
Page 275 - In order to cover the expenses of such works, as well as of the establishments intended to secure and to facilitate the navigation at the mouths of the Danube, fixed duties, of a suitable rate, settled by the Commission by a majority of votes, may be levied, on the express condition that, in this respect as in every other, the flags of all nations shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality.
Page 274 - The Black Sea is neutralized : its waters and its ports, thrown open to the mercantile marine of every nation, are formally and in perpetuity interdicted to the flag of war, either of the Powers possessing its coasts, or of any other Power, with the exceptions mentioned in Arts.
Page 276 - The Sublime Porte engages to preserve to the said Principalities an independent and national administration, as well as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation.
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Page 273 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of...
Page 271 - Majesties named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable...
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