The Project Gutenberg e-Book of Aircraft and Submarines; Author: Willis J. Abbot
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), 1863-1934
- Title
- Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UG: Military science: Military engineering
- Subject
- Submarines (Ships)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 30047
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30047
- Release Date
- September 20, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons
- 2.Willis J. Abbot Author of "The Story of Our Army," "The Story of Our Navy," "The Nations at War"
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 7.CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST FLYING MEN
- 8.CHAPTER III THE SERVICES OF SANTOS-DUMONT
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE COUNT VON ZEPPELIN
- 10.CHAPTER V THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPLANE
- 11.CHAPTER VI THE TRAINING OF THE AVIATOR
- 12.CHAPTER VII SOME METHODS OF THE WAR IN THE AIR
- 13.CHAPTER VIII INCIDENTS OF THE WAR IN THE AIR
- 14.CHAPTER IX THE UNITED STATES AT WAR
- 15.CHAPTER X SOME FEATURES OF AËRIAL WARFARE
- 16.CHAPTER XI BEGINNINGS OF SUBMARINE INVENTION
- 17.CHAPTER XII THE COMING OF STEAM AND ELECTRICITY
- 18.CHAPTER XIII JOHN P. HOLLAND AND SIMON LAKE
- 19.CHAPTER XIV THE MODERN SUBMARINE
- 20.CHAPTER XV ABOARD A SUBMARINE
- 21.CHAPTER XVI SUBMARINE WARFARE
- 22.CHAPTER XVII THE FUTURE OF THE SUBMARINE
- 23.INDEX — A Selection from the Catalogue of G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
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