Spar-torpedo Instructions for the United States Navy

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Title

Spar-torpedo instructions for the United States Navy

Original Publication

washington: Bureau of Ordnance, 1890.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

V: Naval science

Subject

Torpedoes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76987

Release Date

October 5, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SPAR-TORPEDO INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
2. 2.LIST OF PLATES.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CHAPTER I. SPAR-TORPEDO OUTFIT. — GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—CARE AND PRESERVATION. — SERVICE TORPEDO. — EXERCISE TORPEDO. — STUFFING-BOXES. — CIRCUIT-CLOSER.—CONTACT TORPEDO. — SECONDARY SPARS. — TORPEDO PINS. — REEL BOX. — SHIP‘S WIRE-BOX. — BOAT‘S WIRE-BOX. — CONTACT SPAR LEADING-WIRES. — SPAR-BANDS. — SUPPLY-BOX. — BOAT-FITTINGS. — BOAT SPARS. — DETONATORS. — DETONATOR BLOCKS. — DUMMY DETONATORS. — IGNITERS. — GUN-POWDER FUZES. — BOX CONTAINING GUN-POWDER FUZES AND IGNITERS. — GLASS JARS FOR DRY PRIMERS. — GUN-COTTON DRYING APPARATUS. — CHEMICAL BOX. — PERMANENT WIRES. — ELECTRIC SWITCHES. — TERMINALS. — ARTICLES OF TORPEDO OUTFIT SUPPLIED AT NAVY YARDS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. PREPARATION OF TORPEDOES. — SERVICE TORPEDO. — EXERCISE TORPEDO. — PREPARATION OF THE CONTACT TORPEDO. — IMPROVISED TORPEDOES. — USE OF THE PERMANENT WIRES AND ELECTRIC SWITCHES.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. ELECTRICAL APPARATUS. — FIRING-BATTERIES. — THE CELL. — FIRING-BATTERY FOR SHIPS. — FIRING-BATTERY FOR BOATS. — BATTERY TESTER. — MANAGEMENT AND CARE OF FIRING-BATTERIES. — HAND-FIRING KEY. — THE TESTING-MAGNETO. — FARMER‘S DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, PATTERN A, AND FIRING-KEY. — FARMER‘S DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. — WIRES.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. GUN-COTTON.—HOW PACKED.—STOWAGE.—CARE. —INSPECTION AND DRYING. — PACKING AND STOWAGE OF WET GUN-COTTON. — MARKS ON BOXES. — PACKING-AND STOWAGE OF DRY GUN-COTTON. — WET GUN-COTTON. — DRY PRIMERS. — CARE OF GUN-COTTON AND DETONATORS. — INSPECTION OF GUN-COTTON. — INSPECTION OF DRY GUN-COTTON. — INSPECTION OF WET GUN-COTTON. — PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN INSPECTION. — ALKALINE SOLUTION. — RULES FOR DRYING GUN-COTTON. — DRYING BY EXPOSURE IN A STEAM-DRIER. — DRYING BY EXPOSURE TO CALCIUM CHLORIDE (Ca Cl₂). — DRYING BY EXPOSURE IN A DRY ATMOSPHERE. — MISCELLANEOUS DATA.
9. 9.APPENDIX. — GUN-COTTON MAGAZINE. — TORPEDO STOREROOM. — BATTERY LOCKER. — SHIP‘S SPARS AND FITTINGS. — PERMANENT WIRES.
10. 10.INDEX.
11. 11.PLATES. — PLATE I. — PLATE II. — PLATE III. — PLATE IV. — PLATE V. — PLATE VI. — PLATE VII. — PLATE VIII. — PLATE IX. — PLATE X. — PLATE XI. — PLATE XII. — PLATE XIII. — PLATE XIV. — PLATE XV. — PLATE XVI. — Plate XVII. — PLATE XVIII.
12. 12.Untitled

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