Gunpowder and Ammunition
by H. W. L. Hime
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hime, H. W. L. (Henry William Lovett), 1840-
- Title
- Gunpowder and Ammunition, Their Origin and Progress
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TP: Technology: Chemical technology
- Subject
- Ammunition
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54411
- Release Date
- March 22, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GUNPOWDER AND AMMUNITION THEIR ORIGIN AND PROGRESS — CONTENTS — TABLES — BOOKS OFTEN QUOTED
- 2.PART I — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — I — II — III — CHAPTER II SALTPETRE — Waltham Abbey , 1860. — Whitehorne , 1560. — “ Liber Ignium ,” cir. 1300. — Hassan er-Rammah , 1275-95. — Roger Bacon , cir. 1248. — CHAPTER III THE GREEKS — CHAPTER IV MARCUS GRÆCUS — CHAPTER V THE ARABS — CHAPTER VI THE HINDUS — CHAPTER VII THE CHINESE — CHAPTER VIII FRIAR BACON — Cap. IX. — Cap. X. — Cap. XI.
- 3.PART II THE PROGRESS OF AMMUNITION — CHAPTER IX ANALYTICAL TABLE OF AMMUNITION — CHAPTER X HAND AMMUNITION — Fire-Arrows and Fire-Pikes — Hand Grenades — CHAPTER XI WAR ROCKETS — CHAPTER XII GUNPOWDER — CHAPTER XIII SHOCK PROJECTILES — Darts. — Round Shot. — Case. — Shrapnel. — CHAPTER XIV IGNEOUS PROJECTILES — Hot Shot. — Incendiary Fireballs. — Incendiary Shell. — Carcasses. — Explosive Fireballs. — Explosive Shell. — CHAPTER XV IGNITERS — Hot Wires, Priming Powder, Matches, and Portfires. — Tubes. — Time Fuzes. — Percussion and Concussion Fuzes. — CHAPTER XVI SIGNALS — Signal Rockets. — Fixed Lights. — Fireworks. — FOOTNOTES: — INDEX
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