Violation of parole, 387. of truce, 394. of neutrality, 585. Virginius, The, case of, 531. Visitation, 509. Volunteer naval force, 565. Volunteers, 376, 377. W. War, definitions, public, offensive, defensive, perfect, imperfect, just, informal, civil, mixed wars, 361-4. causes of, 368. declarations of, 369, 371. improved methods of, 374. Warning at line of blockade, 433. Weapons allowed in warfare, 376. Webster, Mr., on contraband trade, 505. Wheaton, Mr., definition of international law, 355. on treatment of enemies, 386. reprisals, 419. violation of blockade, 437. duration of penalty for violation of blockade, 452. exclusion of men-of-war from blockaded ports, 454. occasional contraband, 483. penalty for carrying contraband, 490. duration of liability for contraband, 493. carriage of despatches and military persons, 494, 495. right of search, 509. resistance to search by convoy, 518. nationality of ships, 525. territorial character of vessels, 526. validity of prize, 534. jurisdiction in prize cases, 535. salvage, 547. rescue and recapture, 549-50. commissioning prizes, 551. treaty of peace, 552. captures by non-commissioned vessels, 557. evils of privateering, 560. piracy, 567, 569. neutrality, 574. qualified neutrality, 576. passage of troops over neutral territory, 580. coasting trade of belligerents, 594. maritime jurisdiction, 597. captures in neutral waters, 599. Wildman, Mr., duty of captors, 536. Woolsey, Professor, international law, 356. declaration of war, 372. definition of combatants, 381. truces, 393-4. bombardments, 399. trade with enemies, 410. ransom of vessels, 413. reprisals, 418. notification of blockade, 426. breach of blockade, 447. penalty for breach of blockade, 452. pacific blockade, 458. closing ports, 460. contraband, 467, 481. pre-emption, 486. penalty for carrying enemy persons and papers, 498. extent of right of search, 510. municipal right of search, 517. convoy, 519, 521. title to prize, 535. limits as to postliminy, 544. privateers, 554, 559. neutrality, 573, 575. lending money to belligerents, 579. asylum to fugitives, 596. captures in neutral waters, 600. Wrongs to civilization as cause of war, 369. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS. DECEMBER, 1884. Experiments on journal friction at low velocities, by A. M. Wellington. These experiments were made on the rolling stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, to obtain a clearer insight into the general laws of friction. For this purpose the results are compared with the investigations of Professor Thurston, and also with the elaborate series of tests recently made in England by Mr. Beauchamp Towers. The experiments were made to observe : 1. Initial journal friction; 2. The normal coefficient of journal friction at ordinary operating velocities; 3. The extent of the conversion into heat of the energy lost by friction; 4. The effect of load per square inch of bearing on the coefficient of friction. The real value of lubricants and the correct method of comparing prices, by Robert H. Thurston. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1885. The torpedo scare. In this article, Hobart Pacha maintains that the offensive and defensive power of the torpedo is enormously exaggerated, and in proof cites his experi ences in the Turko-Russian War. BOLETIN DEL CENTRO NAVAL. MARCH, 1885. Plan of attack by torpedoes. Notes on chronometers. Deep sea sounding apparatus. ENGINEER. APRIL 3, 1885. The Naniwa-Kau. This cruiser, and a sister ship nearly completed, were built for Japan by Messrs. Armstrong & Co. They are of 300 feet length, 46 feet beam, 181⁄2 feet draught, and about 3600 tons displacement. They have twin-screw engines, which are to develop at least 7500 horse power, and to give a speed of 18 to 181⁄2 knots. The armament, protected by shields, consists of 2 28-ton guns, as bow and stern chasers; 6 6-in. guns, in broadside; 10 1-in. machine and 2 rapid-firing guns. At both mastheads two Gatlings will be mounted, and in addition there are four above-water torpedo tubes. MAY 8. Recent experiments with Grüson's chilled iron armor. JUNE 5. The U. S. despatch boat Dolphin. |