War Machines Sea - From Phoenician Galleys to Polaris Submarines
Year: 1975 Language: English Author: Perlmutter T. Genre: Historical Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 146 Description: Within the terms of this book, a formidable war machine is a machine (or even a technique) that gives its possessor an edge over the enemy. At sea, for example, the introduction of the stern rudder was a major breakthrough which transformed the oared longship into the sailing man-o'-war. The development of broadside fire power by England's Henry VIM was another momentous breakthrough. The introduction of steam in the 19th Century, the replacement of wood by iron plates, the major milestone of the revolving gun turret - all these adaptations of inventive technology gave the nations that first practised them a technical supremacy in weaponry. The rise and fall of civilisation and of power groupings is very largely a reflection of a nation's prowess in technology and of its skill in adapting that technology to the needs of war.
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War Machines Sea - From Phoenician Galleys to Polaris Submarines
Language: English
Author: Perlmutter T.
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 146
Description: Within the terms of this book, a formidable war machine is a machine (or even a technique) that gives its possessor an edge over the enemy. At sea, for example, the introduction of the stern rudder was a major breakthrough which transformed the oared longship into the sailing man-o'-war. The development of broadside fire
power by England's Henry VIM was another momentous breakthrough. The introduction of steam in the 19th Century, the replacement of wood by iron plates, the major milestone of the revolving gun turret - all these adaptations of inventive technology gave the nations that first practised them a technical supremacy in weaponry. The rise and fall of civilisation and of power groupings is very largely a reflection of a nation's prowess in technology and of its skill in adapting that technology to the needs of war.
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