Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume 34The Institution, 1890 - Military art and science |
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Page 465 - And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Care, even in the smallest Matters, because sometimes a little Neglect "may breed great Mischief, adding, for want of a Nail, the Shoe was lost ; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost ; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.
Page 481 - Mischief; adding, for want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy; all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.
Page 211 - a simple document which purports to be a translation of a series of confidential questions issued by Napoleon III on the possibility of a French expedition, secretly collected in different ports, invading, conquering, and holding Australia. How the paper reached the Foreign Office, what credit was attached to it, what measures were suggested by it, there is no evidence to show. This only is certain. Lord John dealt with it as he occasionally dealt with confidential papers which he did not think it...
Page 206 - All the male inhabitants of Canada, of the age of eighteen years and upwards, and under sixty, not exempt or disqualified by law, and being British subjects, shall be liable to service in the Militia: Provided that the Governor General may require all the male inhabitants of Canada, capable of bearing arms, to serve in the case of a levee en masse...
Page 542 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 341 - Cabinet as an equal partner (as least in theory) of the secretary of state for war and the first lord of the admiralty.
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Page 309 - our astronomical observer" at a salary of £100 per annum, his duty being "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Page 7 - Napier's" diagram which will be furnished by the examiner, and understand the practical application of the same, and give written answers to certain practical questions on the effect of the ship's iron upon the compasses, the method of determining the deviation, and compensating same by magnets and soft iron. He will be required to find the course to steer by compass in order to counteract the effect of a given current, and...
Page 395 - WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of the navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of the kingdom chiefly depend...