The Boys' Book of Submarines

INDEX INDEX 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

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