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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

By Thomas W. Corbin

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THE ROMANCE OF WAR INVENTIONS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I HOW PEACEFUL ARTS HELP IN WAR
- CHAPTER II GUNPOWDER AND ITS MODERN EQUIVALENTS
- CHAPTER III RADIUM IN WAR
- CHAPTER IV A GOOD SERVANT, THOUGH A BAD MASTER
- CHAPTER V MINES, SUBMARINE AND SUBTERRANEAN
- CHAPTER VI MILITARY BRIDGES
- CHAPTER VII WHAT GUNS ARE MADE OF
- CHAPTER VIII MORE ABOUT GUNS
- CHAPTER IX THE GUNS THEY USE IN THE NAVY
- CHAPTER X SHELLS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE
- CHAPTER XI WHAT SHELLS ARE MADE OF
- CHAPTER XII MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF A SHELL
- CHAPTER XIII SOME ADJUNCTS IN THE ENGINE ROOM
- CHAPTER XIV ENGINES OF WAR
- CHAPTER XV DESTROYERS
- CHAPTER XVI BATTLESHIPS
- CHAPTER XVII HOW A WARSHIP IS BUILT
- CHAPTER XVIII THE TORPEDO
- CHAPTER XIX WHAT A SUBMARINE IS LIKE
- CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
- CHAPTER XXI WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR
- CHAPTER XXII MILITARY TELEGRAPHY
- CHAPTER XXIII HOW WAR INVENTIONS GROW
- CHAPTER XXIV AEROPLANES
- CHAPTER XXV THE AERIAL LIFEBOAT
- INDEX
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