LIST OF PLATES.
Reading edition
PLATE.
I. Service Torpedo.—Pattern D.
II. Exercise Torpedo.—Pattern D.
III. Circuit-closer, Contact Torpedo.—Pattern B.
IV. Fig. 1. Ship‘s Secondary Spar.—Pattern A.
” Fig. 2. Boat‘s Secondary Spar.—Pattern A.
V. Contact Spar Leading-Wires.—Pattern B.
VI. Spar-Torpedo Boat-Fittings.—Pattern B.
VII. Junction of Tubes Forming Boat‘s Spar.—Pattern A.
VIII. Fig. 1. Detonator.
” Fig. 2. Detonator Block.
IX. Fig. 1. Permanent Wires.
” Fig. 2. Connections with Firing Key of “A” Machine.
” Fig. 3. Connections with Firing-Battery.
X. Fig. 1. Electric Switch.
” Fig. 2. Terminal.
XI. Heel Fittings for Ship‘s Spar.
XII. Ship‘s Spar Fittings.
XIII. Battery Cell.
XIV. Battery Tester.
XV. Fig. 1. Hand-Firing Key.—Pattern B.
” Fig. 2. Diagram Showing Hand-Firing Key in Circuit.
XVI. Fig. 1. “A” Machine and Firing Key Connected.
“ Fig. 2. ”C” Machine Connected.
XVII. Fig. 1. Firing Key, Short-Circuit.
” Fig. 2. Firing Key, Testing Circuit.
” Fig. 3. Firing Key, Firing-Circuit.
XVIII. Steam-Drier.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
Spar-Torpedo Outfit—General Description—Care and Preservation 1
CHAPTER II.
Preparation of Torpedoes 17
CHAPTER III.
Electrical Apparatus 27
CHAPTER IV.
Gun-Cotton—How Packed—Stowage—Care—Inspection and Drying 39
APPENDIX.
Duties of the Inspector of Ordnance—List of Articles in Outfit
—Weights—Stowage Space 51
INDEX 59
PLATES 69
Spar-Torpedo Instructions.