Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... vessels . As these absences were infrequent , the going and coming produced a strong impression upon the imagination of his children , as they watched the departing or returning sail , and probably awoke in one of them at least the ...
... vessels . As these absences were infrequent , the going and coming produced a strong impression upon the imagination of his children , as they watched the departing or returning sail , and probably awoke in one of them at least the ...
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... vessels of war of all nations were the scenes of nocturnal orgies too bad to relate . This ex- plains the cause why ... vessel which brought them , and , still refusing to do so , the queen's order to put them on board was executed , and ...
... vessels of war of all nations were the scenes of nocturnal orgies too bad to relate . This ex- plains the cause why ... vessel which brought them , and , still refusing to do so , the queen's order to put them on board was executed , and ...
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... vessel in proportion to the vessel's velocity ; which theory , he maintained , was fully sustained by actual experiment , and one fourth , or at least a fifth more velocity was secured by the bow - propeller over the stern - pro- peller ...
... vessel in proportion to the vessel's velocity ; which theory , he maintained , was fully sustained by actual experiment , and one fourth , or at least a fifth more velocity was secured by the bow - propeller over the stern - pro- peller ...
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... Vessels outward bound follow the track toward the South American shore , and the homeward bound are found on the other . The vessels often meet in the centre of the At- lantic ; and the crossing of these lines off the projecting shores ...
... Vessels outward bound follow the track toward the South American shore , and the homeward bound are found on the other . The vessels often meet in the centre of the At- lantic ; and the crossing of these lines off the projecting shores ...
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... Vessels running out from the African coast fall here and there into these lines traced on the chart , or sometimes across them . No one can tell what they contain from the graceful hull , well - proportioned masts , neatly trimmed yards ...
... Vessels running out from the African coast fall here and there into these lines traced on the chart , or sometimes across them . No one can tell what they contain from the graceful hull , well - proportioned masts , neatly trimmed yards ...
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle battle of Belmont BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo Canton capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR deck Department Donelson duty enemy feel fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats Halleck Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel stream Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels Washington Western flotilla Western Waters wounded