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==Log==
 
==Log==
 
==Speed Indicator==
 
==Speed Indicator==
[[File:ManGun1920Vol3_Plate67.jpg|thumb|240px|'''Forbes Speed Indicator'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 67.</ref>]]
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[[File:ManGun1920Vol3_Plate67.jpg|thumb|320px|'''Speed Indicator'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 67.</ref>]]
 
   
 
   
 
==Distance Recorder==
 
==Distance Recorder==
[[File:ManGun1920Vol3_Plate68.jpg|thumb|240px|'''Forbes Distance Recorder'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 68.</ref>]]
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[[File:ManGun1920Vol3_Plate68.jpg|thumb|320px|'''Distance Recorder'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 68.</ref>]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 20:26, 2 July 2012

The Forbes Log, Forbes Speed Indicator and Forbes Distance Recorder formed a family of devices to measure the passage of one's own ship through the water and to relay its speed and integrated distance traveled to useful spaces in the ship. One might think of them respectively as an axis-mounted revolution sensor, a speedometer, and an odometer.

Log

Speed Indicator

Speed Indicator[1]

Distance Recorder

Distance Recorder[2]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920, Plate 67.
  2. Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920, Plate 68.

Bibliography