Inventions of the Great War

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Author

Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-1937

Credits

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

T: Technology

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45269

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45269

Release Date

April 3, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INVENTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INVENTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR
6. 6.CHAPTER I The War in and Under the Ground — UNDERGROUND VILLAGES — HIDING RAILROADS IN DITCHES — PERISCOPES AND "SNIPERSCOPES" — STEEL BRIER PATCHES — MINES AND COUNTER-MINES
7. 7.CHAPTER II Hand-Grenades and Trench Mortars — HAND-ARTILLERY — LONG-DISTANCE GRENADE-THROWING — STRIKING A LIGHT — MINIATURE ARTILLERY — GIANT PEA-SHOOTERS — THE STOKES MORTAR
8. 8.CHAPTER III Guns that Fire Themselves — A DOCTOR'S TEN-BARRELED GUN — A GUN AS A GAS-ENGINE — GETTING RID OF HEAT — EFFECT OF OVERHEATING — USING THE BULLET TO FAN THE GUN — THE BROWNING MACHINE-GUN — THE MACHINE-GUN IN SERVICE — MACHINE-GUN FORTS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Guns and Super-Guns — SHOOTING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE EARTH — BEYOND THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE — WAYS OF INCREASING THE RANGE — A GUN WITH A RANGE OF A HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES — THE THREE-SECOND LIFE OF A GUN — ELASTIC GUNS — HOW BIG GUNS ARE MADE — GUNS THAT PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK — THE FAMOUS FORTY-TWO-CENTIMETER GUN — FIELD-GUNS — GUNS THAT FIRE GUNS
10. 10.CHAPTER V The Battle of the Chemists — POURING GAS LIKE WATER — WAITING FOR THE WIND — WHEN THE WIND PLAYED A TRICK ON THE GERMANS — FREEING THE BRITISH TRENCHES OF RATS — GAS THAT MADE ONE WEEP — THE SNEEZING-SHELL — GAS-MASKS — GLASS THAT WILL NOT SHATTER — BATTLING WITH LIQUID FIRE — THE "FIRE BROOM"
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Tanks
12. 12.CHAPTER VII The War in the Air — EYES IN THE SKY — AIR SCOUTS AND THEIR DANGERS — THE SELF-HEALING GASOLENE-TANK — GIANTS OF THE SKY — HOW FAST IS A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES PER HOUR? — SHOOTING THROUGH THE PROPELLER — FIGHTING AMONG THE CLOUDS — THE FLYING TANK — AMERICA'S HELP — A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO THE NATION — FLYING BOATS — THE AUTOMATIC SEAPLANE — AIRPLANES AFTER THE WAR
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Ships that Sail the Skies — THE WEIGHT OF HYDROGEN — ZEPPELIN'S FAILURES AND SUCCESSES — RIGID, SEMI-RIGID, AND FLEXIBLE BALLOONS — KEEPING ENGINES CLEAR OF THE INFLAMMABLE HYDROGEN — THE ZEPPELIN'S TINY ANTAGONISTS — SUSPENDING AN OBSERVER BELOW THE ZEPPELIN — A BALLOON GAS THAT WILL NOT BURN — AMERICAN CHEMISTS TO THE RESCUE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Getting the Range — SPREADING THE EYES FAR APART — GETTING THE OBSERVER OFF THE GROUND — MAKING MAPS WITH A CAMERA — CORRECTING THE AIM — MINIATURE BATTLE-FIELDS — SPOTTING BY SOUND
15. 15.CHAPTER X Talking in the Sky — THE AUDION — TALKING FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO — SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF RADIOTELEGRAPHY — TALKING WITHOUT WIRES — RADIOTELEPHONES FOR AIRPLANES — TELEGRAPHING TWELVE HUNDRED WORDS PER MINUTE — DETECTING RADIO SPIES — THE WIRELESS COMPASS — PILOTING SHIPS INTO PORT
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Warriors of the Paint-Brush — HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT — MATCHING THE SKY — GETTING THE RANGE FOR THE TORPEDO — MAKING STRAIGHT LINES LOOK CROOKED — A JOKE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER — SEEING BEYOND THE HORIZON — THE BRITISH MYSTERY SHIPS — CAMOUFLAGE ON LAND — A PAPER HORSE — FOOLING THE WATCHERS IN THE SKY — HIDING BIG GUNS — ROADS THAT LED NOWHERE — SHADOWLESS BUILDINGS — THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE — A CALL FOR THE PHYSICIST — MAKING SHIPS VISIBLE
17. 17.CHAPTER XII Submarines — CONSTRUCTION OF THE U-BOATS — PUTTING HOLES IN A TANK TO KEEP IT FULL — ENGINES THAT BURN HEAVY OIL — FAT MEN NOT WANTED — THE BLINDNESS OF THE SUBMARINE — THE TORPEDO — GUNS ON SUBMARINES — A STEAM-DRIVEN SUBMARINE — A SUBMARINE THAT MOUNTS A TWELVE-INCH GUN
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII Getting the Best of the U-Boat — SUBMARINE-CHASERS — A HINT FROM NATURE — A GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK — DEATH-DEALING "ASH CANS" — EYES IN THE SEA — TRAILING U-BOATS BY SOUND
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV " Devil's Eggs " — THE MINE THAT DOES ITS OWN SOUNDING — PICKING INFERNAL MACHINES OUT OF THE SEA — FLOATING MINES — EGG-LAYING SUBMARINES — PARAVANES — PENNING IN THE U-BOATS — A WALL OF MINES — MINE RAILROADS ON SHIPS
20. 20.CHAPTER XV Surface Boats — MOTOR TORPEDO-BOATS — THE SEA TANK — THE AWKWARD "EAGLES" — SEAPLANE TOWING-BARGES — THE "HUSH SHIPS" — MOTHER-BOATS FOR AIRPLANES — TORPEDO-PROOF MONSTERS — AN ELECTRICALLY STEERED MOTOR-BOAT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI Reclaiming the Victims of the Submarine — IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA — A SUBMARINE GRAVEYARD — DIFFERENT WAYS OF SALVING A WRECK — RAISING A SHIP ON AIR — SALVING THE U. S. SUBMARINE F-4 — A HUMAN SODA-WATER BOTTLE — A SUBMARINE REST-CHAMBER — CUTTING METAL UNDER WATER WITH A TORCH — EXPLORING THE SEA BOTTOM IN A DIVER'S SLED — ARMORED DIVING-SUITS — THE SALVOR'S SUBMARINE — FIGHTING THE WAVES WITH AIR
22. 22.INDEX
23. 23.Transcribers' Note

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