A Military Dictionary: Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected with the Science of WarW. Clowes & Sons, 1876 - 581 sider |
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Side 1
... Force - Force considered only with reference to velocity generated , and not with reference to the mass , moved . Accelerating force , if uniform , is measured by the velocity generated in B a unit of time ; if variable , by the ...
... Force - Force considered only with reference to velocity generated , and not with reference to the mass , moved . Accelerating force , if uniform , is measured by the velocity generated in B a unit of time ; if variable , by the ...
Side 4
... force , and during a siege details the working parties on the requisition of the commanding engineer . He keeps an ... forces , the military manu- factures and armament of the country . In his office ( War Office ) there is a section ...
... force , and during a siege details the working parties on the requisition of the commanding engineer . He keeps an ... forces , the military manu- factures and armament of the country . In his office ( War Office ) there is a section ...
Side 5
... force , it must not , as Colonel Hamley shows in his ' Operations of War , ' " allow the march to be delayed by demonstrations made by insignificant bodies . The commander , therefore , has need of prudence and re- solution ; he must ...
... force , it must not , as Colonel Hamley shows in his ' Operations of War , ' " allow the march to be delayed by demonstrations made by insignificant bodies . The commander , therefore , has need of prudence and re- solution ; he must ...
Side 7
... force of the air in the receiver pressing on the valve , opens it and fills the cylinder . On the descent of the piston , the valve in the pipe leading to the receiver closes by the pressure of air on it , and the valve in the piston ...
... force of the air in the receiver pressing on the valve , opens it and fills the cylinder . On the descent of the piston , the valve in the pipe leading to the receiver closes by the pressure of air on it , and the valve in the piston ...
Side 14
... force of the battle - axe , we are told , made " sad havoc with the various species of mail , breaking the links of chain , and picking off the scales and plates , leaving fatal openings for the passage of the sword and the lance . " A ...
... force of the battle - axe , we are told , made " sad havoc with the various species of mail , breaking the links of chain , and picking off the scales and plates , leaving fatal openings for the passage of the sword and the lance . " A ...
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Side 78 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Side 512 - Every candidate must be in good health, and free from any physical defect of body, impediment of speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any predisposition to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, and in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age.
Side 80 - It appears from the researches of Liebig and other eminent chemists, that when wood and vegetable matter are buried in the earth, exposed to moisture, and partially or entirely excluded from the air, they decompose slowly and evolve carbonic acid gas, thus parting with a portion of their original oxygen. By this means, they become gradually converted into lignite or wood-coal, which contains a larger proportion of hydrogen than wood does. A continuance of decomposition changes this lignite into common...
Side 53 - Army. The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is prohibited by the Bill of Rights of 1690.
Side 246 - I contend that martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law means no law at all; therefore, the general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down distinctly the rules, and regulations, and limits, according to which his will is to be carried out.
Side 291 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Side 565 - Commissioners unless certified by the Board to be free from any bodily defects or ailments, and in all respects, as to height and physical qualities, fit for Her Majesty's Service. Cases of exceptional shortness of stature will be referred to the War Office for special consideration.
Side 493 - ... curves. Statics : equilibrium of forces and couples in one plane. Friction : centre of gravity ; mechanical powers. Problems on elementary statics : the graphical or geometrical method of treating such problems should be studied as well as the analytical. No applications of the differential calcnlus to statics will be required.
Side 90 - ... to believe that the same shall or will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with any friendly State; or 4.
Side 166 - ... be also equal to the latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle, or Edinburgh. The position of the plate of the dial upon which the shadow of the gnomon is projected is quite unimportant.