Dreadnought Gunnery And The Battle Of Jutland The Question Of Fire Control

Author: John Brooks

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Price : $175.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780714657028
Publisher : Routledge
Imprint : Routledge
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Weight (g) : 0.635029
Publication date : July 2005
Dimensions : 2.1 Centimeters X 20.9 Centimeters X 24.9 Centimeters
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Author : John Brooks
Series : Cass Series: Naval Policy and History Ser.
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 940.4/56
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Pages : 336
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2005. First edition. A fine, unmarked copy. A superb copy of the scarce hardback edition. Scans available if required.

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This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the Dreyer fire control tables. Many naval historians now believe that, consequently, Br

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