INDEX
Reading edition
Air chasers, submarine, 195
Air, compressed, 67
Air compressor pumps, 67
Air control mechanism of a model submarine, 32, 42
Aircraft attacks, 177
Air flashes, 67
Airplane, the, 195
versus submarine, 139
Air pressure required to drive torpedo, 101
Airship, the, 195
Air tanks of a torpedo, 108
Action, the model torpedo in, 96
Aerial, wireless, 55
Allies’ blockade, 200
Allies, the, 1, 176, 185, 200
Ananias club, 139
Anchor, mushroom, 69
Angle, definition of, 59
Angle indicator, 60
Armament, definition of, 117
Arming merchantmen with guns, 187
Artemus Ward, 23
Attacks, how a submarine, 171
Automatic gyro control, 101
pendulum control, 102
Automobile torpedo, 92, 115
Auxiliary, definition of, 171
Awash condition, 62
Awash, definition of, 23
Baby Holland, 199
Back pressure, 68
Balance chamber, 101
Ballast pumps, what they do, 66
Ballast tank of a model submarine, 28
Ballasting the model submarine, 40
Balloon, dirigible, 189
Base ship, what it is for, 161
Bell for submarine signaling, 151
Bell or violin signaling system, 151
Blackheads, 92
Blind fish of Mammoth Cave, 58
Blockade, how the U. S. can break the U-boat, 204
the Allies’, 200
Blockade, the submarine plan to break the U-boat, 205
the wooden ship idea, 204
a way to lift the U-boat, 195
by U-boats, 200
Blockades of the warring nations, great, 200
Body of a model torpedo, 92
Bomb, clock-work of a submarine, 10
submarine, 9
Bomb idea, the, 116
the old, 91
Book of wireless, 149
Bores of Allies’ submarine guns, 120
Boy of the Prehistoric Age, 3
Boy, the second submarine, 1
when he learned to swim, 3
Bushnell’s submarine, 7
Bushnell, submarine boat inventor, 8
Bulkhead door, electrically operated, 59
Bulkhead in model submarine, putting in, 34
Buoyancy, 63
experiment in, 67
natural, 67
reserve, 63, 67
Buoyancy tanks, what they are for, 66
Caliber, definition of, 188
Campbell and Ash, English submarine boat inventors, 14
Carburetor, for gasoline engine, 76
what it does, 78
Centennial Exposition, 13
Central Powers of Europe, 1
Central Powers, the, 176
Chaser, how it chases a submarine, 192
shooting the guns of the, 193
Chasers, submarines, 116
Chasers for submarines, air, 195
Cipher code, definition of, 166
Clock-work of a submarine bomb, 10
Collapsible boat, 178
Colored light signaling system, 146
Commanding officer, the, 164
Commutator of model electric motor, 39
Compass, 55
Compass courses, 167
Compass, gyroscopic, 58
Compartment, diving control, 60
mine, 68
torpedo, 68
Compartments, watertight, 53
Compressed air, 67
Compressed air action gun, 119
Compressed air for driving engine, 105
Compressed air tanks, 100
Compression stroke of engine, 78
Conditions of the submarine, four, 62
Conductivity system, how it works, 155
parts of, 155
Conductivity system of signaling, 154
Connecting up the power plant circuit of the model submarine, 42
Conning tower of a model submarine, 42
Conning tower, outside of the, 54
peep into the, 56
Contact mines, 122
Contact mine, how it works, 123
Contraband, definition of, 178
Course of a torpedo, 110
Crews, hard to sign, when, 160
Crew of a submarine, 69
Davis, torpedo inventor, 111
Deck of a model submarine, 28, 35
Defense, the submarine flotilla as a means of, 173
Depth indicator, 60
Depth meter, 59
Depuy de Lôme, French submarine inventor, 16
Destroyers, submarine, 177
Destroying mother ships, 188
Detonating or firing mechanism, 98
Deutschland, cruising radius of the, 204
her great engines, 204
her valuable cargo, 203
some facts about the, 201
the captain and crew of the, 203
the largest submarine, 201
Diesel engine, 80
how it works, 80
Diesel, German gas engine inventor, 80
Dirigible balloon, 189
Dives, how a submarine, 64, 68
Dive is made, why a shallow, 65
Dive, time it takes for submarine to, 66
Diving control compartment, 60
Diving rudder, 53, 59
of a model torpedo, 95
Diving rudders, fore, 64
Diving wheel, 60
Doyle, inventor of Sherlock Holmes, 130
Draw, definition of, 201
Dry cells for model electric motor, 35
Dry cells, where to buy, 35
Dummy heads, 167
Dynamo, definition of, 85, 86
Dynamo motor and storage battery system, 85
Eagle, first warship to be attacked by a submarine, 9
Ears of a submarine, 143
Electric controlled mine, 124
Electric motor, 34, 85
commutator of an, 39
discovery of the, 14
where to buy an, 35
Electric motor current of a model submarine, 43
Electric motor for model submarine, 35
Electric motors, 14, 56
Electric power plant, why it is needed, 85
Electric submarine, invention of the, 14
Electric switch of model submarine, 36
Electrically controlled mines, 122
Electricity for the submarine, 15
Enemy ships, gauging the distance of, 136
Enemy of the submarine, a new, 139
Engines, 73
Engine Building for Boys, 74
Engine, carburetor for gasoline, 76
Engines, compressed air for driving, 105
Engine, Diesel, 80
that drives the torpedo, the, 104
faults of the steam, 74
four cycle, 75
gasoline, 75
Engines, horse power of, 83
last word in submarine, 80
Engine works, how the Diesel, 80
how a gasoline, 75
Exhaust stroke, 78
Experiment in buoyancy, 67
Explosive, amount needed for a torpedo, 98
high powered, 97
Explosive compounds, 98
Eye, the first submarine, 130
Eye of submarine, 55
wonderful, 129
Firing mechanism, 98
First Holland submarine, 5
First submarine boat, 5
Fish, air bladder of, 2
the first submarine, 1
Fish of Mammoth Cave, blind, 58
Floating dock, 162
Flashlight system of signaling, 146
Fly, How to, 196
Freedom of the seas, 185
Fuel mixture, 76
Fulton’s experiments on the Seine River, 10
Fulton’s first steam boat, 12
Fulton’s first submarine, 10
Fulton’s Nautilus, 10
Fulton plans to rescue Napoleon, 12
Fulton, submarine boat inventor, Robert, 10
Galley of a submarine, 70
Game, naval war, 96
Garrett, English submarine boat inventor, 12
Garrett’s steam propelled submarine, 12
Gas and electric power combined for the submarine, 15
Gas engine, 34
for the submarine, 15
Gas engines, two cycle, 82
Gasoline, 79
Gasoline engine, 75
how it works, 75
Gauging the distance of enemy ships, 136
Granddaddy of the modern submarine, 6
German Empire, the, 200
German policy, 115
Grecian galleys of old, 5
Greek meets Greek, when, 206
Gun, compressed air action, 119
the Lewis machine, 196
need of a quick-action, 117
spring action, 118
Guncotton, 97
Guns, arming merchantmen with, 187
Guns, arming the submarine with, 116
Guns, bores of Allies’ submarine, 120
rapid-fire machine, 115
Guns of the chaser, shooting the, 193
Gyro control, automatic, 101
Gyroscope, action of a, 102
compass, 58
toy, 102
Heart of a submarine, 73
High tension current, 79
High tension magnets, 76
Holland and Lake combined type of boats, 17
Holland submarine, 51 the first, 5
Holland, submarine inventor, 16
baby, 199
Horse power of submarine engines, 83
Horsman Co., toy dealers, 102
How to Fly, 196
How the hull is made, 52
How to make and work a model submarine, 23
How a real submarine is made and works, 51
How to work your model submarine, 47
Hull, definition, 51
how it is made, 52
inside the, 55
of a model submarine, 24
Hydroplanes of a submarine, 64
Hydrostatic control, 103
Ichthyoid form, 2
Inside the hull, 55
Installing the motor in model submarine, 39
Integral, definition of, 164
Inventing for Boys, 58
Inventors of the submarine, 4
Inventors of submarine,
American, 7
Knot, definition of, 13
Koenig, captain of the Deutschland, 203
Krupp, German gun makers, 118
Lake, his plan for undersea merchantmen, 205
submarine inventor, 16
submersible, 51
submersible boat, 16
Latent heat, 106
Latitude, how found, 167
Laying mine fields in harbors, 187
Lee, operator of Bushnell’s submarine, 10
Lenticular, definition of, 132
Lewis machine gun, 196
Lewis, machine gun inventor, 196
Lieutenants, how to pronounce, 165
Light condition, 61
Listening in, 150
Log distances, 167
Longitude, how found, 167
Lupius, Austrian torpedo inventor, 92
Magic of Science, a book, 133
Magneto electro machine, 79
Magneto, high tension, 76
Magnetic lines of force, stray, 58
Main parts of a submarine, 57
Maine was sunk, way the, 122
Making the superstructure of a model submarine, 41
Mammoth Cave, blind fish of, 58
Maneuver, definition of, 166
Mayflower, landing of the, 5
Merchant submarine, the first, 201
Merchantman, how a submarine attacks a, 177
Mercuric fulminate, 99
Millimeter, definition of, 119
Mine compartment, 68
Mine, electric controlled, 124
Mine fields in harbors, laying, 187
Mine layer, 69, 120
Mine works, how a contact, 123
Mines, how they are made, 122
how a submarine lays, 120
kinds of submarine, 121
submarine, 115
Model submarine, air control mechanism of a, 32
ballast tank for a, 28
ballasting the, 40
conning tower of a, 43
how to make and work, 23
how to work your, 47
hull of a, 24
installing motor in, 39
painting your, 47
parts of a, 24
periscope of, 48
power plant in, 34
power plant of a, 24
propeller for a, 45
propeller-shaft for, 39
pusher control for, 36
rudder for the, 45
superstructure of a, 41
torpedo, how to make a, 92
Model torpedo, in action, the, 96
body of a, 92
motor for a, 95
rudders of a, 93
Mother ships, destroying, 188
Mother ship, what it is, 162
Motor for a model torpedo, 95
Motor, rubber strand, 95
Munitions, definition of, 115
Mushroom anchor, 69
Napoleon, attempts to rescue with a submarine, 12
Nautical mile, 13
Nautilus, Fulton’s first submarine, 10
Naval war game, 96
Navigating room, 60
Neutral, definition of, 176
Nordenfelt, Swedish submarine boat inventor, 13
Nose and tail blocks of a model submarine, 26
Offense, the submarine flotilla as a means of, 174
Painting your model submarine, 47
Paleozoic era, submarine of, 2
Parts of a model submarine, 24
Parts of a submarine, 52
Pendulum control, automatic, 104
Percussion caps, 100
Permutation in signaling, 145
Periscope, 55, 129
complete view, 137
the first, 130
how it got its name, 129
how it is made, 134
how to make a simple, 130
how it works, 131
Periscope, latest type of, 136
limited use of the, 138
of the model submarine, 48
the modern, 132
Personnel of a submarine crew, 159
Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, 5
Pipes for model submarine, 32
Pipes, where to buy them, 32
Pirate, submarine, 4
Plans for a model submarine, 23
Plantéol, inventor of the storage battery, 14
Power plant, 33
Power plant circuit of model submarine, 44
Power plant in model submarine, 34
Power plant of a model submarine, 24, 32
how it is hooked up, 36
Power plant is needed, why an electric, 85
Power stroke of engine, 77, 78
Power unit, 75
Prehistoric boy, 2
Prime mover, 75
Prisms, reflecting, 133
Projectile, how a bow trajectory affects a, 194
Projectile, how a flat trajectory affects a, 194
Propeller for a model submarine, 45
Propeller-shaft of a model submarine, 39
Propeller-shaft of a torpedo, 106
Propellers of a torpedo, the, 106
Pterodactyl, largest flying creature, the, 3
Pumps, air-compressor, 67
Pusher control of a model submarine, 36
Quadrant, 60
Quick-action guns, 117
Raw recruits, breaking in, 166
Reducing valve, 101
Reflecting prisms, 133
Reserve buoyancy, 63, 67
Rise of the submarine, 172
Rookies, what they are, 164
Roosevelt, inventor of the Ananias Club, 139
Rubber strand motor, 95
Rudder, diving, 59
for the model submarine, 45
Rudders, fore diving, 64
diving, 53
of a model torpedo, 93
Rudders, of the torpedo, steering and diving, 107
Scout, the submarine as a, 175
Sea anchor, 69
Searchlight signal system, 146
Semaphore for signaling, 144
Servo-motor, the, 103
Setting ballast tank in the hull of model submarine, 34
Shape of a submarine, 52
Shipping, definition of, 185
tonnage per month, 205
Ships, gauging the distance of enemy, 136
Shooting for Boys, 193
Shooting, the guns of the chaser, 193
the torpedo, 91
a torpedo at a ship, 107
Signaling with colored lights, 146
with the flashlight system, 146
permutation in, 145
with the searchlight system, 146
semaphore for, 144
by underwater “wireless,” 154
wigwag, 144
Signaling, with the wireless telegraph system, 147
Signaling systems, kinds of, 144
underwater, 151
Skins, inner and outer, 53
Skin of a model submarine, 27
Solder, how to, 28
Soldering fluid, 28
Spark plug, 79
Specifications for a model submarine, 23
Spirit level, 60
Spring action gun, 118
Squadron, definition of, 172
Steamboat, Fulton’s first, 12
Steam engine, faults of, 74
Steam propelled submarine, first, 12
Steering rudder of a model torpedo, 95
Steering rudders, 53
Steering wheel, 55
Storage batteries, 14, 34, 74, 85, 86
Storage battery and dynamo motor system, 85
Storage battery, inventor of the, 74
Submarine air chasers, 195
Submarine, air control mechanism of a, 32
ballast tank for a, 28
Submarine, ballasting the, 40
as a blockader, the, 176
Submarine bases, destroying, 126
Submarine bell, 151
Submarine boat, the first, 5
what it is, 16
Submarine bomb, 9
Submarine chaser, 80-foot, 189
110-foot, 189
Submarine chasers, 116, 177
kinds of, 188
Submarine in Chesapeake Bay, a giant, 200
clock-work of a, 10
complement of a, 164
conning tower of a model, 42
construction of Bushnell’s, 8
Submarine craft, early conditions on, 159
crew of a, 69
crew, personnel of, 159
cruising radius of a, 162
Submarine destroyers, 177
the Deutschland, 201
development of the, 4
Submarine duty, how men are trained for, 164
electric power for the, 15
Submarine engines, last word in, 80
Submarine eye, the first, 130
the first merchant, 201
first steam propelled, 12
the first torpedo fired by a, 9
first torpedo tube, 13
Submarine flotilla as a means of defense, the, 173
Submarine flotilla as a means of offense, 174
four states of the, 61
Fulton’s Nautilus, 10
Fulton’s turned down, 10
Submarine galley, 70
gas power for the, 15
a giant, 200
granddaddy of the modern, 6
Submarine, with guns, arming the, 116
Bushnell’s, 7
Bushnell’s second, 8
guns, bores of Allies’, 120
heart of a, 73
Holland, 51
Holland type of, 16
how it attacks, 171
how it attacks a merchantman, 177
how it came to be, 1
how a chaser chases a, 192
how it dives, 64, 68
how to make and work a model, 23
how it is submerged, 65
how to work your model, 47
hull of a model, 24
hydroplanes of a, 64
installing motor in model, 39
invention of the electric, 14
invention of the screw-driven, 9
inventors of the, 4
Lake type of, 16
the largest, 201
Submarine lays mines, how a, 120
Submarine is made and works, how a real, 51
main parts of a, 57
marvelous tongue and ears of the, 143
Submarine meets submarine, when, 206
Submarine mines, 115
Submarine mines, kinds of, 120
a modern, 18
new enemy of the, 139
Nordenfelt, 13
painting your model, 47
Submarine of the Paleozoic era, parts of, 52
parts of a model, 24
periscope of the model, 48
Submarine pirate, 4
power plant of a model, 24
power plant in model, 34
propeller for a model, 45
propeller-shaft for a model, 39
pusher control for a model, 36
to rescue Napoleon, attempts with a, 12
rise of the, 172
Robert Fulton’s first, 10
rudder for the model, 45
in the Russo-Japanese War, 172
schemes for outwitting the, 186
as a scout, the, 175
shape of a, 52
in the Spanish-American War, 172
superstructure of a model, 41
time it takes to dive, 66
torpedo, how to make a model, 92
uses of the, 170
Van Drebel’s, 5
what it is, 1
wonderful eye of, 129
Submarine works with the fleet, how the, 173
Submarines, airplanes, a new enemy of, 139
Submarines, American inventors of, 7
cruising radius of Uncle Sam’s, 199
the first, 1
Submarines for the trans-Atlantic service, 206
types of, 16
your Uncle Sammy’s latest, 199
when they attack in pairs, 179
Submerged condition, 62
Submerge, definition of, 51
how the boat is kept, 65
Submersible boat, Lake, 16
what it is, 16
Submersible, Lake, 51
Suction stroke of engine, 77
Superstructure of a model submarine, 41
Superstructure, what it is, 53
Synthetic stones, definition of, 203
Tactician, definition of, 164
Targets, floating, 167
Telescope, how it is made, 132
how it is made and works, 133
Tell-tale, 59
Timer for gasoline engines, 79
Time fuse, 112
TNT for torpedoes, 97
Tongue of a submarine, 143
Torpedo in action, the model, 96
Torpedo, air pressure required to drive, 101
Torpedo air tanks, 108
automobile, 92, 115
body of the, 100
body of a model, 92
Torpedo with a cannon in it, 111
Torpedo compartment, 68
course of a, 110
Torpedo director, a, 100
engine that drives the, 104
Torpedo fired by a submarine, the first, 9
first submarine, 92
how it is aimed, 109
how to make a model submarine, 92
high powered explosive for the, 97
how a real one is made, 108
how it is shot at a ship, 107
is made, how a real, 97
making and shooting the, 91
motor for a model, 95
Torpedo practice, 167
propellers of a, 106
Torpedo, rudders of a model, 93
steering and diving rudders for a, 107
Torpedo, warhead of, 93, 97
weight of, 68
Torpedo tube, the, 108
submarine, first, 13
Torpedoes, TNT for, 97
Totally submerged condition, 62
Trajectory, bow, 194
Trajectory, flat, 191
Trans-Atlantic submarine service, 206
Trimming tanks, 58
Trimming tanks are used, why, 62
Tuning in, 150
Two-cycle gas engines, 82
U-boat blockade, 200
a way to lift the, 195
U-boat, German captain of a, 109
U-boat menace, 195
U-boat, what it is, 1
U-boats, German, 185
plans for destroying the, 187
Uncle Sammy’s latest submarines, 199
Uncle Sammy, your, 196
Underwater signaling system, 151
Valve, reducing, 101
Van Drebel, submarine boat inventor, 5
Van Drebel’s experiments on the Thames River, 6
Van Drebel’s submarine, 5
Violin transmitter, 152
Violin or bell signaling system, 51
Von Bernstorff, Ex-German Ambassador to the United States, 203
Warhead of a torpedo, 93, 97
Warplane, 189
Water pressure control, 103
War time conditions, 167
War between U. S. and Spain, 122
Watertight compartments, 55
Watertight doors, 56
Whitehead, American torpedo inventor, 92
Wigwag signaling, 144
Windjammers of old, 70
Wireless aerial, 55
Wireless, how it works, 149
Wireless telegraph system, 147
Wireless system, parts of, 147
Wireless in war time, 168
Work your model submarine, how to, 47
Worm gears, 56
Zédé, Gustave, French submarine inventor, 16