The Romance of War Inventions
by Thomas W. Corbin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Corbin, Thomas W.
- Title
- The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed
- Credits
- Simon Gardner, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- T: Technology
- Subject
- Inventions
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34459
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34459
- Release Date
- November 27, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's Note — THE ROMANCE OF WAR INVENTIONS
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.CHAPTER I HOW PEACEFUL ARTS HELP IN WAR
- 5.CHAPTER II GUNPOWDER AND ITS MODERN EQUIVALENTS
- 6.CHAPTER III RADIUM IN WAR
- 7.CHAPTER IV A GOOD SERVANT, THOUGH A BAD MASTER
- 8.CHAPTER V MINES, SUBMARINE AND SUBTERRANEAN
- 9.CHAPTER VI MILITARY BRIDGES
- 10.CHAPTER VII WHAT GUNS ARE MADE OF
- 11.CHAPTER VIII MORE ABOUT GUNS
- 12.CHAPTER IX THE GUNS THEY USE IN THE NAVY
- 13.CHAPTER X SHELLS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE
- 14.CHAPTER XI WHAT SHELLS ARE MADE OF
- 15.CHAPTER XII MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF A SHELL
- 16.CHAPTER XIII SOME ADJUNCTS IN THE ENGINE ROOM
- 17.CHAPTER XIV ENGINES OF WAR
- 18.CHAPTER XV DESTROYERS
- 19.CHAPTER XVI BATTLESHIPS
- 20.CHAPTER XVII HOW A WARSHIP IS BUILT
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE TORPEDO
- 22.CHAPTER XIX WHAT A SUBMARINE IS LIKE
- 23.CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
- 24.CHAPTER XXI WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR
- 25.CHAPTER XXII MILITARY TELEGRAPHY
- 26.CHAPTER XXIII HOW WAR INVENTIONS GROW
- 27.CHAPTER XXIV AEROPLANES
- 28.CHAPTER XXV THE AERIAL LIFEBOAT
- 29.INDEX — Transcriber's Note
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