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Thomas W. Corbin. The Romance of War Inventions
The Romance of War Inventions
Table of Contents
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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Thomas W. Corbin
A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed
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Now, gunpowder is still used for sporting purposes and also for some special purposes in warfare, but it has the great disadvantage that it makes a lot of smoke, so that the enemy would be easily able to locate the guns were it to be used in them. As we know so well, by the messages from France, guns and rifles drop their shells and bullets apparently from nowhere and are extremely difficult to locate. That is owing to the use of improved powders one of the great features of which is their smokelessness.
The reason why gunpowder makes a dense smoke, is because the burning which takes place is very incomplete. Therefore, by some such means as a more intimate mixture of the materials a better and more complete burning must be brought about.
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