Miniature target
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Miniature target
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Finding the Range in Miniature
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Caption 1: The officer being trained in observing the results of firing the big 14-inch guns. Miniature targets are observed through the glasses, the observer lying flat upon the deck to make observations
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Caption 2: The targets are placed far down the deck from the observer. An officer standing near by checks the range as it is called by the observer, the shots being marked by an artificial splash made of cloth thrown up as they fell
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UP 50!" calls the officer. “Down
20!” he shouts again.
He is not gazing toward the open
sea, but is merely looking down the
deck toward a miniature target at
which imaginary shots are being fired.
Officers in charge of a battery must
be trained in the difficult art of range-
finding. The miniature target prac-
tice helps to train the officer and make
his work far more accurate
when the actual firing at
targets at is conducted
under his charge.
At the end of a clear
stretch of the deck is placed
an exact miniature repro-
duction of the large targets
uséd at sea. The officer
who is to be taught an
accurate judgment of dis-
tance looks toward the tar-
get through marine glasses.
He lies flat upon the deck
to bring his eyes in line
with the target. The in-
structor who is to check
the results of the observer
stands near the target and
places before or behind it
a roll or wad of cloth which
is shaped in the correct proportion to
represent a “splash caused by the
falling shell. Inches represent so many
yards, and if the splash is between the
observer and the target he will call
“Up,” and state the estimated number
of yards short of the mark. If the
splash is back of the target he calls
“Down” and gives the number of
yards beyond.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1920-07
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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59
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 97, n. 1, 1920
