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==Design and Evaluation==
==Design and Evaluation==
 
Although Watkin's equipment is briefly described in encouraging terms in 1894, the successive editions of the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School'' fail to mention them again.
==See Also==
==See Also==
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[[Category:Shipboard Equipment]]
[[Category:Shipboard Equipment]]
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Revision as of 13:44, 17 July 2015

Watkin's Electric Range Indicator was an electrical shipboard transmitter/receiver pair evaluated by the Royal Navy around 1894. Upon its first mention, it was described as working well.[1]

Design and Evaluation

Although Watkin's equipment is briefly described in encouraging terms in 1894, the successive editions of the Annual Report of the Torpedo School fail to mention them again.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1894. p. 15.

Bibliography

  • H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1894. Copy 254 at The National Archives. ADM 189/14.