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| + | 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. | ||
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[[File:ManGun1920Vol3_Plate67.jpg|thumb|240px|'''Forbes Speed Indicator'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 67.</ref>]] | [[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_Plate68.jpg|thumb|240px|'''Forbes Distance Recorder'''<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920'', Plate 68.</ref>]] | [[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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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
Forbes Speed Indicator[1]
Distance Recorder
Forbes Distance Recorder[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
