Author: Fletcher Pratt Publisher: ISBN: Category : Hampton Roads, Battle of, 1882 Languages : en Pages : 200
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Authentic naval history of the Civil War is brought out in this account of an inventor, of proud ships and the men who made up the crews--H.W. Wilson.
Author: Sally Edwards Publisher: Heart Zones Company ISBN: Category : Exercise Languages : en Pages : 154
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THE HEART RATE MONITOR BOOK is for anyone who wants to learn about the use of one of the most important pieces of exercise equipment today. Get the information you need to start the fitness program that works! The heart rate monitor has the potential to revolutionize training for health, fitness, and competition.
Author: Stephen Thompson Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1643506374 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 108
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In the centuries preceding the American Civil War, the large wooden sailing ship was the mainstay of the world's navies. Then, in the spring of 1861, Stephen Mallory, secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America, issued a challenge to the United States Navy: the South was going to fight the numerically superior wooden Navy of the US in ironclad ships. The Union responded to the challenge with its own ironclad, the Monitor, but the South had the advantage of an earlier start. The Merrimac was designed and built to fight wooden ships; the Monitor was created to fight the Merrimac. The US Navy's urgent need for an ironclad led a naval review board to accept the proposed design of the Monitor after initially having rejected it. Manuscripts reveal how the board examined and turned down several proposals; they also describe how the Monitor's designer defended her against skeptics and how the construction of the vessel was organized and undertaken. The book describes the formation of a cartel of northeastern iron and shipbuilding industries that sought to monopolize the construction of blue-water ironclads. This investigation of the origin of the Monitor departs from earlier studies by focusing on the construction companies rather than on Ericsson and his most visible partners. The construction of the Monitor has never been thoroughly investigated. Most of the literature on the Monitor focuses either on Ericsson and his associates or on the dramatic meeting of the Monitor and the Merrimac; it generally ignores the actual building of the vessel. The few attempts to describe her construction contain numerous errors particularly with respect to the operation of her innovative turret.
Author: David A. Mindell Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 1421406055 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 209
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The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare commemorates the 150th anniversary of this historic encounter. Mindell explores how mariners—fighting "blindly," below the waterline—lived in and coped with the metal monster they called the "iron coffin." He investigates how the ironclad technology, new to war in the nineteenth century, changed not only the tools but also the experience of combat and anticipated today’s world of mechanized, pushbutton warfare. The writings of William Frederick Keeler, the ship’s paymaster, inform much of this book, as do the experiences of everyman sailor George Geer, who held Keeler in some contempt. Mindell uses their compelling stories, and those of other shipmates, to recreate the thrills and dangers of living and fighting aboard this superweapon. Recently, pieces of the Monitor wreck have been raised from their watery grave, and with them, information about the ship continues to be discovered. A new epilogue describes the recovery of the Monitor turret and its display at the USS Monitor Museum in Newport News, Virginia. This sensitive and enthralling history of the USS Monitor ensures that this fateful ship, and the men who served on it, will be remembered for generations to come.
Author: John D. Broadwater Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1603444734 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 259
Book Description
Lavish illustrations (photographs, site drawings, and artifact sketches) complement this informative and highly readable account. Naval warfare buffs, amateurs and professionals involved in maritime archaeology, and Civil War aficionados will be intrigued and informed by USS Monitor A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage.
Author: Alden R. Carter Publisher: Franklin Watts ISBN: 9780531200919 Category : Hampton Roads (Va.), Battle of, 1862 Languages : en Pages : 64
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Examines the construction, battles, and technological and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Merrimac.
Author: Keith Laumer Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1473215943 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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Even after the set had been turned off, the TV blared the announcement: "Citizens of Earth, I am Tersh Jetterax. It is my pleasure to announce to you that a new government has taken over the conduct of all public affairs." And thus the US was in the hands of the Monitors, the strangely polite yellow-clad beings whose powers were such that they could render everyone helpless - without shedding one drop of blood. Who are they? The Russians? An alien race from another planet?
Author: Stephen J. Bigelow Publisher: TAB/Electronics ISBN: 9780070057340 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
Provides you with specific maintenance and repair techniques that will save time. Includes details on how to use test equipment, troubleshooting tips, guidelines, and methods, and a chapter on flat-panel displays.
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