Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ccession of small bullets—it will be realised whatastonishing progress was made in that period in the art andscience of killing. A kindred development of the time was the automobiletiirpcdo, of which the Whitehead may be regarded as theleading type. Jhis torpedo is a spindle-shaped steel vessel,turnishc<l with a screw driven by means of compressed air, andwith a large charge of gun-cotton, capable of bein
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ccession of small bullets—it will be realised whatastonishing progress was made in that period in the art andscience of killing. A kindred development of the time was the automobiletiirpcdo, of which the Whitehead may be regarded as theleading type. Jhis torpedo is a spindle-shaped steel vessel,turnishc<l with a screw driven by means of compressed air, andwith a large charge of gun-cotton, capable of being exploded by THE NAVY. 519 18851 concussion. The machuie was so arranged that it wouldautomatically maintain itself at a given depth while runningthrough the water, and would preserve its original direction. Itwas suitable for discharge, by means of tubes, either fromordinary ships, or from torpedo-boats peculiarly adapted for it:and as it was rapidly improved, until it became very accurate, itthreatened, towards the close of the period under consideration,to revolutionise all preconceived theories concerning the methodsof naval warfare. Large numbers of torpedoes were manufiie-. TOElEDO BO.\T IX ISSO. tured; and many torpedo-boats were built, constructors andcontractors vying with foreign builders in ]H-oducing ftxstervessels of the type than existed elsewhere. This rivalry had,indirectly, an important influence in bringing about enormousimprovements in ships boilers and machinery; and, with thenew type of craft, speeds previously undreamt of were quicklyattained. After the commencement of the second quarter of the nine-teenth century, improvements in the materiel of the fleet wereintroduced with ever-increasing frequency. The nse of iion,presently to be superseded by steel, for the construction of hullsand for armouring; the general adoption of the screw; theaccelerated speed of ships; the development of the power and 580 THE SUCCESSION OP THE DEMOCRACY. GeneralImprove-men
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