. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . anil gun-mountings the English type of barbette (Fig. 2) is held to bo far superior to that to befound in most foreign war-ships. It was decided, liowever, in view of the great development. ARMOR. 37 of high explosives, that in any new designs for barbette ships the proportion of the length atthe water-line protected by the belt of armor should be increased, and that the armored bar-bette towers should be carried do
. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . anil gun-mountings the English type of barbette (Fig. 2) is held to bo far superior to that to befound in most foreign war-ships. It was decided, liowever, in view of the great development. ARMOR. 37 of high explosives, that in any new designs for barbette ships the proportion of the length atthe water-line protected by the belt of armor should be increased, and that the armored bar-bette towers should be carried down far enough to prevent the possibility of the bursting ofshells under the revolving gun-platforms. Before proceeding to Iniild new ships a most animated and prolonged discussion arose in1888 in England, in which the leading naval architects participated, and which brought fortha great number of new features that are to be found in the battle-ships at present under con-struction. The adoption of the redoubt system, when it is associated with a long centralbattery containing a powerful auxiliary armament, enables a very appreciable increase to bemade in the defense of the turret base, the turret guns, and all tlie loading appliances, ascompared with what is possible when the continuous citadel is adopted. The defense affordedby the side armor fitted above the
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