Farrow's Military Encyclopedia (1885) (Vol.1)
Military Photocopies available from Military/Info
Farrow's Military Encyclopedia was compiled as a labor of love by Edward S.
Farrow, an instructor at West Point. Designed to be a complete reference of
hard to find information covering all aspects of military and many other
subjects in one set of books.
Vol.I. (Abaca to Gyves); 821 pages, 500+ illus. plus 37 plates of
illustration. Price 86.00 {Item No.4881}
- Prefactory Note; 3 pages [Introduction] [Pages 5-7]; Price .50 {Item
No.21500}
- List of Works Consulted or Extrated From; 2 pages [Bibliography] [Pages
8-9]; Price .50 {Item No.21501}
- Abbreviations of Modern Terms, Phrases and Titles Employed in Farrow's
Military Encyclopedia; 2 pages [Pages 10-11]; Price .50 {Item No.21502}
- Forgeign Words and Phrases Employed in Farrow's Military Encyclopedia;
3 pages [Interesting collection of hard to find terms] [Pages 11-13]; Price
.50 {Item No.21503}
- Page 1; Price .50 {Item No.21504}
- Abaca [Plant used to make manilia rope]
- Abaisse [Heraldry Term] [See also: Heraldry]
- Abamurus [Fortification term]
- Abandon [Operational term]
- Abase [Lowering the flag, Heraldry term] [See also: Heraldry]
- Abatement (1 illustration) [Heraldry term] [See also: Heraldry]
- Abatis - Abattis (1 illustration) [Wooden Obstacle]
- Pages 2-3; Price .50 {Item No.21505}
- Abatis - Abattis {Continued}
- Abduction [Drill term]
- Abet [Military legal term]
- Able-bodied [Military term]
- Ablecti [Ancient military term]
- Abolla [Ancient military robe]
- Abomination of Desolation [Roman miltary standard set up in the Temple
of Jerusalem]
- About [Drill term]
- Abradant [Grinding powder]
- Abri [French term for cover]
- Absence [Military legal term]
- Absolute Force of Gunpowder (1 illustration, 1 table) [about 1 page long]
[See also: Explosion, Gunpowder]
- Asterdam Percussion Fuse (1 illustration)
- Asterdam Projectile
- Abstract (1 illustration) [Quartermaster form]
- Abuses and Disorders [Military legal term]
- Abutment [Part of firearm]
- Academic Board [Of West Point]
- Pages 4-5; Price .50 {Item No.21506}
- Academic Board {Continued}[See also: United States Military Academy]
- Acanzi [Turkish light horse of Sultan's Army]
- Accelerated Motion [Scientific term] [See also: Fulling Bodies]
- Accelerating Force [Scientific term]
- Accelerating Gun [Gun with additional charge chambers] [See also: Multicharge
Gun]
- Accelerographs (1 illustration) [Device used to measure the succesion of pressures
developed in a given point in powder chamber of a gun]
- Pages 6-7; Price .50 {Item No.21507}
- Accelerographs (3 illustrations) {Continued}
- Pages 8-9; Price .50 {Item No.21508}
- Accelerographs (2 illustrations) {Continued}
- Pages 10-11; Price .50 {Item No.21509}
- Accelerographs {Continued}
- Accelerometers [Show by direct registry the movement, in time of a piston
subject to the action powder gases] [See also: Accelerographs]
- Pages 12-13; Price .50 {Item No.21510}
- Accelerometers (1 illustration) {Continued}[See also: Accelerographs]
- Accessible [Military tactical term]
- Accessory Means of Defense [Fortification obstacles] [See also: Abatis, Chervaux-de-frise,
Crow's Feet, Entanglements, Fraises, Inundations, Mines, Palisades, Small
Pickets, Stockades, Trous-de-loop]
- Accidental Line of Operations
- Accidental Objective
- Accidental Strategical Point
- Accintus [Ancient term meaning the accoutrements of a soldier]
- Accolade [Cermonial term]
- Accord [Surrender terms]
- Accountant General of the Army
- Accounts
- Accounts Current
- Pages 14-15; Price .50 {Item No.21511}
- Accounts Current (1 Example) {Continued}
- Accoutrements - Accouterments [Devices by which a soldier carries his
arms, ammunition, etc.. Example cross belts]
- Accumulation of power [Mechanical term]
- Accumulator [Mechanical term]
- Accuracy of fire [Methods of determining]
- Pages 16-17; Price .50 {Item No.21512}
- Accuracy of fire {Continued}
- Accused [Military legal term]
- A Cheval Position [Tactical position]
- Acids [Chemical term]
- Acinaces [Ancient Persian Sword]
- Aclides [Roman missile weapon]
- Acoluthi [Ancient Greece Rank]
- Aconite [Poisonous plant used for poisoning arrows in Indian]
- Acontium [A type of Ancient Greek Javalin]
- Acoustics
- Pages 18-19; Price .50 {Item No.21513}
- Acoustics {Continued}
- Acquereaux [Medieval Stone throwing machine]
- Acquit [Military legal term]
- Acquittance-Roll [Monthly British settling of a units accounts]
- Acre -- Acre-Fight [Type of Duel]
- Acrobalistes [Ancient term given to warlike people who shot arrows from
a distance]
- Acropolis (1 illustration) [Stronghold of a Greece city]
- Acting Assistant Surgeons
- Acting Signal Officer
- Actinometer [Instrument used the heat of sunlight]
- Action [Tactical term]
- Active Service
- Acto-Acton [Medieval armor term]
- Act of Grace [Type of British pardon]
- Acts of Hostility [War Term]
- Acturius [Ancient Roman military officer position]
- Adacted [Type of engineering spike]
- Adams Breech-Loader [Artillery breech cooling device]
- Adams Cutter [Ordnance cutting machine]
- Adapter [Artillery ordnance device]
- Pages 20-21; Price .50 {Item No.21514}
- Adapter {Continued}
- Adarga [Spainish Moorish shield]
- Addiscombe Seminary [Military Service academy for the British East
India Company]
- Adit
- Adjourn [Legal term]
- Adjutant
- Adjutant-General's Department
- Administration
- Admission [Legal term]
- Adobes
- Pages 22-23; Price .50 {Item No.21515}
- Adobes {Continued}
- Advance -- Advanced [Tactical term]
- Advanced Covered Way [Fortification term]
- Advanced Ditch [Fortification term]
- Advanced Guard [Tactical term]
- Advanced - Lunettes [Fortification term]
- Advanced - Posts [Fortification term]
- Advanced - Works [Fortification term]
- Advantage - Ground [Tactical term]
- Adversary
- Advising to Desert [Legal term]
- Adynati [Ancient name for invalid soldiers receiving pensions]
- Aeen [Type of tree in India]
- Aegide [Ancient Greek term for protecting an arm without the use
of a shield]
- Aegis [Shield of Jupiter symbol devine protection]
- Aeneators [Ancient term for musicians in an army]
- Aerarium Militarie [War Treasury of ancient Rome]
- Aero [Roman earth carrying basket]
- Aerodynamics
- Pages 24; Price .50 {Item No.21516}
- Aerodynamics {Continued}
- Aeroklinoscope
- Aerostactics
- Aerumnula [Ancient Roman pack pole]
- Afabuar [Color Bearer of ancient Icelanders]
- Affair [Tactical term]
- Affamer [Siege term]
- Affidavid [Legal term]
- Affirmation [Substitute for swearing an oath]
- Afforciament [Old term for a fortress]
- Affancesados
- Aga - Agha [Turkish title of a superior military commander]
- Agave [A genus of plants]
- Page 25; Price .50 {Item No.21517}
- Africa [Old map from around 1870][Unfortunatly we cannot reproduce the color in it]
- Page 26-27; Price .50 {Item No.21518}
- Aiguille [Engineer rock piercing tool]
- Aiguillette [Uniform decoration] [See also: Shoulder knots]
- Aile [French Fortification term]
- Ailettes [An appendage of a Medieval Knight's armor]
- Aim [Musket firing command] [See also: Manual of Arms]*
- Aim - Frontlet [Old artillery aiming device]
- Aiming - Drill
- Aiming - Stand [Musket training device]
- Air Bed and Pillow (2 illustrations)
- Air Compressor (1 illustration)*
- Pages 28-29; Price .50 {Item No.21519}
- Air Compressor (Continued)
- Air Cylinder [See also: Pneumatic Buffer]
- Air Drill [See also: Pneumatic Drill]
- Air Engine (2 illustrations) *
- Air Furnance
- Air Gun
- Pages 30-31; Price .50 {Item No.21520}
- Air Gun (1 illustration) {Continued) [See also: Quackenbush Air Gun]
- Air Hole [As in gun casting]
- Airing Stage [As in powder manufacturing]
- Air Meter (1 illustration)
- Air Pump (1 illustration)
- Air Resistance
- Pages 32-33; Price .50 {Item No.21521}
- Air Resistance (Table of air resistance to cannon balls){Continued}
- Air Shaft
- Aitch Piece [Mining term]
- Aketon [Armor term]
- Akindshschi [Type of Turkish cavalry]
- Ala [Ancient Roman cavalry wing of an army]
- Alacays [Ancient term for kind of soldierly and later camp servents]
- Alage [Mounted guard of the Byzantine Emperor]
- Alaibeg [Turkish commander]
- Alanda [Name of Gaulic Roman Legion formed by Julius Caesar]
- Alares [Roman troops placed on the wings of an army]
- Alarm
- Alarm Gun
- Alarm Post
- Alay [Turkish ceremony]
- Albesia [Type of ancient shield]
- Albigenses [Heretics in the south of France in the 12th century]
- Albini Brandlin Gun (1 illustration) [Type of Belgian rifle] [See
also: Small Arms]
- Alcaide -- Alcayde [Moorish title]
- Alcantara (1 illustration) [Order of Spainish Knighthood]
- Alcohol
- Alder [Genus of plants]
- Pages 34-35; Price .50 {Item No.21522}
- Aldershott Camp
- Aldionaire
- Alem [Type of Turkish Standard]
- Alemdar [Moslem banner carrier]
- Aleurometer
- Alfere -- Alferez
- Algebra
- Alger Breech Loader
- Alghist-Di-Carpi System of Fortification
- Alhamba [Castle in Spain]
- Ali Bey [Colonel in Turkish Cavalry]
- Alibi [Legal term]
- Alidade [Optical instrument] *
- Alien [Legal term]
- Pages 36-37; Price .50 {Item No.21523}
- Alien {Continued}
- Alignment [Tactical term]
- Alkalies [Chemical term]
- Allecret -- Allecrete [Type of Armor]
- Allecti Milites [Ancient Roman Draftees]
- Allegiance [Legal term]
- Allen Brake [Artillery ordnance term]
- Allezoir [Artillery ordnance term]
- Allezures [Artillery ordnance term]
- Alliage [French Artillery ordnance term]
- Alliance [Dipolmatic term] [See Also: Treaty]
- Alligati [Prisoners of Ancient Romans]
- Allocutio [Ancient Roman Generals Oration to his troops]
- Allodial [Independent not feudal]
- Allonge [Fenching term]
- Allowance
- Allowance of Quarters (1 Table) [The tables contains heating allowance
in cords of wood]
- Allowances [See also: Allowance and Milege]
- Alloy [Chemical term]
- Pages 38-39; Price .50 {Item No.21524}
- Alloy (Continued}(3 tables)
- Allumelle [Type of sword]
- Ally [Treaty term]
- Almadie [Type of african canoe]
- Alman Rivets [Armor term]
- Altiscope
- Altitude and Azimuth Instrument (1 illustration)
- Alum [Chemical substance]
- Pages 40-41; Price .50 {Item No.21525}
- Alum {Continued}
- Aluminum
- Aluminum-Bronze
- Alum-Leather
- Alure [Old term for a gutter along castle wall]
- Amazons
- Ambulance (2 illustrations) *
- Ambulance Corps
- Ambulator [Instrument for measuring distances]
- Ambuscade [Tactical term] [See also: Ambush and Surprise]
- Pages 42-43; Price .50 {Item No.21526}
- Ambush
- Ame [French word for cannon chamber]
- Amende Honorable [French term]
- Amentatae [Type of ancient Roman spear]
- Amentum [Ancient Roman spear attachment]
- American Blockhouse (2 illustrations) [See also: Blockhouse] *
- American Flag [See also: Flags]
- Ames Gun [Type of artilley piece] [See also: Ordnance]
- Amicus Curlae [Legal term]
- Ammunition [See also: Ammunition Boxes, Breaking up Ammunition,
Cartridge, Center-Fire Metallic Cartridge, Field and Mountain Ammunition,
Fixed Ammunition, Metallic Ammunition for Small arms, Paper Ammunition
for Small arms, Preservation of Ammunition and Fireworks, Siege and
Garrision Ammunition, Stand of Ammunition, Strapped Ammunition] *
- Ammunition Boxes [See also: Ammunition, Madigan Ammunition box]
- Ammunition Chests
- Ammunition Shoes
- Ammunition Wagon
- Amnesty [Legal term]
- Pages 44-45; Price .50 {Item No.21527}
- Amnesty {Continued}
- Amorce [Old military term for fine grained powder]
- Amorcer [French word meaning decoy]
- Amorcoir [French instrument for priming muskets]
- Amphictyonic [Ancient Greek council]
- Amphitheater (1 illustration)
- Amplitude [Gunnery term]
- Ampoulette
- Amputation
- Amusette
- Anabash
- Anacara
- Anacleticum
- Analysis of Powder
- Pages 46-47; Price .50 {Item No.21528}
- Analysis of Powder {Continued}
- Anarchy
- Anchor
- Anchor Ball
- Anchor Rocket (1 illustration, 1 table) [Lifesaving device] [See
also: Chandler Anchor Shot, German Life saving rocket, Life saving rockets,
Lyle-Emery Grapleshot and Rockets] *
- Ancient
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company [See also: Artillery Corps
and Honorable Artillery Company]
- Ancile [Type of ancient shield]
- Ancony [Foundry term]
- Andabatae [Type of Gladiator]
- Andrew (1 illustration) [Order of St.Andrew] [See also: Thistle]
- Anelace [Type of Short Sword]
- Anemograph [See also: Anemometer]
- Anemometer (1 illustration)
- Pages 48-49; Price .50 {Item No.21529}
- Anemometer {Continued}(2 illustrations)
- Anemoscope
- Aneroid Barometer (2 illustrations)
- Pages 50-51; Price .50 {Item No.21530}
- Aneroid Barometer (1 Table of height corrections) [See also: Barometer
and Barometrograph]
- Angareb [Portable field bed]
- Angaria [Ancient term for a security force]
- Angeliaphori [Ancient Greek term for reconnoitring parties]
- Angel Shot
- Angle [Geometric term] [See also: Angle of arrival, Angle of clearance,
Angle of defense, Angle of departure, Angle of Depression, Angle of
Depression, Angle of Descent, Angle of Dish, Angle of Depart, Angle
of Elevation, Angle of Fall, Angle of Fire, Angle of Incidence, Angle
of Lock, Angle of Projection, Angle of Reflection, Angle of Sight, Angle
of Spiral, Dead Angle, Diminished Angle, Flanked Angle, Interior Flanking
Angle, Reentering Angle, Salient Angle, and Terminal Angle]
- Angle of Arrival [In gunnery]
- Angle of Clearance [In gunnery]
- Angle of Defense [In fortification]
- Angle of Departure [In gunnery]
- Angle of Depression [In gunnery]
- Angle of Descent [In gunnery]
- Angle of Dish [Concerning wheels]
- Angle of Depart [In gunnery]
- Angle of Elevation [In gunnery]
- Angle of Fall [In gunnery]
- Angle of Fire [In gunnery]
- Angle of Incidence [In gunnery]
- Angle of Inclination [In gunnery]
- Angle of Lock [Concerning wheels]
- Angle of Projection [In gunnery]
- Angle of Reflection
- Angle of Sight [In gunnery]
- Angle of Spiral [In ordnance]
- Angle of the Center [In fortification]
- Angle of the Epaule [In fortification]
- Angle of the Flank [In fortification]
- Angle of the Line of Defense [In fortification]
- Angle of the Polygon [In fortification]
- Angle of the Tenaille [In fortification]
- Angle of Traction [In transportation]
- Angle Shearing Machine [Ordnance machine]
- Pages 52-53; Price .50 {Item No.21531}
- Angle Shearing Machine {Continued}(1 illustration)
- Angon [Type of Barded spear]
- Anguis [Ancient Roman Flag, also called a Draco]
- Angular Base of Operations [Tactical term]
- Angular Velocity
- Angusticlave [Type of ancient Roman tunic]
- Anime [Sort of ancient armor cuirass, also called a Brigandine]
- Aniocrater [Ancient Spartan rank]
- Anjon [Ancient battle axe type]
- Annals [Type of military history]
- Annamally [Name of a forest in Indian which supplied good teak wood
for artillery carriages]
- Annatinae [Ancient Roman transport ships]
- Anne [Russian Order of St.Anne]
- Annealing [Foundry term]
- Annealing Furnance (1 illustration) [Foundry device]
- Pages 54-55; Price .50 {Item No.21532}
- Annealing Furnance {Continued}
- Anneau D'or [A gold ring]
- Annular Pit [Armory tool]
- Annunciada (1 illustration) [Religious order]
- Ansae -- Anse [Handles of certain kinds of ancient ordanance]
- Anspessade [Military rank]
- Antecessories -- Antecursores [Light Cavalry of the ancient Romans]
- Ante-Mural [Fortification term]
- Antepilant [Ancient Roman military rank position]
- Antesignani [Ancient Roman color guard]
- Antestature [Type for field fortification]
- Anthony [Military Order of St.Anthony]
- Anthracite (2 tables) [Type of coal] [See also: Coal and Coke]
- Anti-corrosion
- Antimony
- Antustriones [Bodyguard of ancient German kings or chiefs]
- Anvil
- Aparejo [Type of pack saddle]
- Pages 56-57; Price .50 {Item No.21533}
- Aparejo {Continued}(2 illustrations) [See Also: Packing]
- Aparejo-Cincha [Part of a mule pack] [See also: Hammer cloth and
Packing]
- Apex [Ancient Roman horse plume]
- Aphracti [Part of ancient warship]
- Apobates [Ancient chariot fighters]
- Apology [From a military point of view]
- Apomaque [Ancient Greek term]
- Apomecometer [Instrument for measuring heights]
- Appareilles [In fortification]
- Appastis [Ancient war tax]
- Appeal [Legal term]
- Appel [Fencing term]
- Appoint [Military] [See also: Promotion]
- Appointe [Old French military term]
- Appointing Power
- Pages 58-59; Price .50 {Item No.21534}
- Appointing Power {Continued} [See also: Appoint]
- Appointment
- Appointments [As in military accoutements of soldiers]
- Appointon [A sort of ancient poniard]
- Apprehend [Legal term]
- Apprenti [French military term]
- Approach [Tactical term]
- Approaches (1 illustration) [Siege term]
- Appropriations
- Appui [Tactical term]
- Apron [Military and shipping term]
- Aqueduct
- Aquila [Ancient Roman standard]
- Aquilifer [Ancient Roman standard bearer]
- Arbalest -- Arblast -- Arcbalest (1 illustration) [Crossbow]
- Arabalestina [Crossbow loophole]
- Arabalestrier D'une Galere [Crossbowman position on a war galley]
- Arbrier [Simple crossbow]
- Arc [Geometry term]
- Arc a Jalet [Small crossbow]
- Arch (1 illustration)
- Pages 60-61; Price .50 {Item No.21535}
- Arch {Continued}
- Archers (1 illustration, 1 table)
- Arch Gaye [Ancient Gaulic Spear]
- Archibald Wheel (3 illustrations) [Type of wagon wheel used by the
US Army] *
- Pages 62-63; Price .50 {Item No.21536}
- Archibal Wheel {Continued) (1 large illustration, 1 table) [Details
of design and manufacture]
- Pages 64-65; Price .50 {Item No.21537}
- Archibal Wheel {Continued} [See also: Wheel]
- Architonnerre [Type of ancient artillery made by Archimedes]
- Architrave [Fortification term]
- Arco [Metal alloy]
- Area
- Areometer (1 illustration) [Hydrometer] [See also: Hydrometer and
Specific gravity]
- Areoscope [Instrument for analyzing air in barracks and hospitals]
- Ares [Greek god of war]
- Argent [French word for silver used in English Heraldry]
- Argoulet [An ancient dragon or a type of inferior musket]
- Aries [Battery ram]
- Arm [Military term]
- Armament [Of a fortified place]
- Armamentary
- Arma Shot [Artillery term]
- Armatura [Ancient Roman military term]
- Armature {1 illustration} [Body armor or horseshoe magnet]
- Arm-Chest
- Arm Blanche [Hand weapons]
- Arme Courtoise [Type of tournament weapon]
- Armed Reconnoissance [Tactical term] [See also: Field Service and
Reconnoissance]
- Armed Whip [Type of flail]
- Pages 66-67; Price .50 {Item No.21538}
- Armes De Jet [Missile weapons]
- Armet [Helmet piece]
- Armgaunt [That which is worn out in military service]
- Arm Guards [Armor piece]
- Armiger [An armor bearer]
- Armilausa [Part of an Ancient Roman military uniform]
- Armiludia [Ancient Roman military training]
- Armilustrium [Ancient Roman military festival]
- Armistice
- Armlet [Armor piece]
- Armor -- Armour (1 illustration)
- Armor Bearer
- Armored Defenses [Fortification and ship protection] *
- Pages 68-69; Price .50 {Item No.21539}
- Armored Defenses {Continued}
- Pages 70-71; Price .50 {Item No.21540}
- Armored Defenses {Continued}(1 illustration)
- Armorer
- Armorer's Gauges
- Pages 72-73; Price .50 {Item No.21541}
- Armorial
- Armor Piercing Projectiles (3 illustrations) [See also: Armor plates
and Projectiles]
- Armor Plates *
- Pages 74; Price .50 {Item No.21542}
- Armor Plates {Continued} [See also: Armored Defenses, Backing, Punching
and Racking]
- Armory [See also: Arsenal]
- Arm Rack (1 illustration) [Rifle rack]
- Arms
- Pages Between 74-75; Price .50 {Item No.21543}
- Arms {Continued} [See also: Heraldry]
- Arms of the States and Territories of the American Union [Coat of arms]
[Unfortunately we are unable to reproduce their color]
- Arms of Various Nations [Coat of arms] [Unfortunately we are unable
to reproduce their color]
- Pages 75; Price .50 {Item No.21544}
- Arms of Precision (2 tables (Effect of artillery fire on lines of troops,
Effect of infantry fire on bodies of troops)) [Rifled weapons]
- Arms of Service
- Arms of the United States [Heraldry]
- Arms Port [Manual of arms]
- Pages 76-77; Price .50 {Item No.21545}
- Arms Port {Continued}
- Armstrong Guns (1 illustration, 2 tables) [Type of British Artillery]
- Pages 78-79; Price .50 {Item No.21546}
- Armstrong Guns {Continued} [See also: Built up Guns and Ordnance]
- Armstrong Percussion Fuse [See also: Fuse]
- Armstrong Projectile (2 illustration) [See also: Projectiles]
- Army [Including: Ancient Armies, Medieval Armies, and Modern Armies]
- Pages 80-81; Price .50 {Item No.21547}
- Army {Continued}
- Army Adminstration
- Army Corps
- Pages 82-83; Price .50 {Item No.21548}
- Army Corps {Continued} [See also: Corps d'Armiee]
- Army Estimates [British Army annual fincial]
- Army Front [Tactical calculation]
- Army Hospital Corps
- Army Hygiene
- Army List
- Army Mutual Aid Association [United States Army (circa 1885)]
- Pages 84-85; Price .50 {Item No.21549}
- Army Mutual Aid Assocation {Continued}
- Army of Observation [Tactical term]
- Army Organization [See also: Army]
- Army Register
- Army Regulations
- Pages 86-87; Price .50 {Item No.21550}
- Army Regulations {Continued}
- Army Reserve
- Army Schools
- Army Service Corps
- Army Wagon
- Army Work Corps
- Arnaouts -- Arnouts [Greek militia organized in 1769]
- Arquebus [Type of early musket]
- Arquebusade [Shot of an arguebus]
- Arquebusiers (1 illustration)
- Array [Order of battle]
- Arrayer [15th Century English military title]
- Arrest [Miltary Legal term] [See also: Article of War]
- Arreste of the Glacis [In fortification]
- Arrest in Order of Trial [Military Legal term]
- Pages 88-89; Price .50 {Item No.21551}
- Arrest in Order of Trial {Continued}
- Arrick Projectile (1 illustration) [See also: Expanding Projectiles]
- Arrow [In fortication and as referring to archers] [See also: Archers]
- Arrow - Poisons *
- Arrow Wood
- Arsenal
- Pages 90-91; Price .50 {Item No.21552}
- Arsenal [See also: Armory]
- Arsenic
- Artensian Wells (6 illustrations) *
- Pages 92-93; Price .50 {Item No.21553}
- Artensian Wells {Continued}(4 illustrations) [See also: Well Boring]
- Articles of War [History and details (circa 1885 all 128 articles)]
- Pages 94-95; Price .50 {Item No.21554}
- Articles of War {Continued}
- Pages 96-97; Price .50 {Item No.21555}
- Articles of War {Continued}
- Pages 98-99; Price .50 {Item No.21556}
- Articles of War {Continued}
- Pages 100-101; Price .50 {Item No.21557}
- Articles of War {Continued}
- Artifice [French name for fireworks]
- Artificer [One who makes fireworks]
- Artificial Limbs
- Pages 102-103; Price .50 {Item No.21558}
- Artificial Limbs {Continued}(5 illustrations)
- Pages 104-105; Price .50 {Item No.21559}
- Artificial Limbs {Continued}(2 illustrations)
- Artificial Line of Sight
- Artificial Point Blank [Gunnery term] [See also: Point blank]
- Artillery [History] [See also: System of Artillery]
- Pages 106-107; Price .50 {Item No.21560}
- Artillery {Continued}
- Artillery Colors [See also: Colors]
- Artillery Corps [See also: Honorable Artillery Company]
- Artillery Horses [See also: Draught Animals]
- Artillery Level [Gunnery device]
- Artillery Mass [Operational term]
- Artillery Park [Organizational term]
- Artillery Practice [For siege artillery]
- Pages 108-109; Price .50 {Item No.21561}
- Artillery Practice (1 illustration, 1 table){Continued}[See also: Floating
Target and Target]
- Artillery School
- Page 110; Price .50 {Item No.21562}
- Artillery School (1 Course of instruction table){Continued}[See also:
Military Academy]
- Artillery Train [Organizational term]
- Art of War
- Pages Between 110 and 111; Price .50 {Item No.21563}
- Map of Asia (1885) [Unfortunately we cannot reproduce the color in it]
- Page 111; Price .50 {Item No.21564}
- Art of War
- Arx [Ancient term for a fort]
- Arzegages [Type of French Baton]
- Asapes [Type of Turkish soldier]
- Ashlar -- Ashler [Type of building stone]
- Askeri Mohammedize [Type of Turkish soldier]
- Aspect [Operational term]
- Asphalt -- Asphalium [Early history of as a material]
- Pages 112-113; Price .50 {Item No.21565}
- Asphalt -- Asphalium {Continued}
- Aspic [Type of ancient piece of ordnance]
- Aspis [Type of ancient Greek shield]
- Assas-Bachi [Type of Turkish Office]
- Assassination
- Assassins [A short history of as a military branch of
Ismaelites Moslems]
- Assault [Operational term] [See also: Attack]
- Assay Furnace
- Pages 114-115; Price .50 {Item No.21566}
- Assay Furnance (1 illustration) [Continued]
- Assegai [Type of African Spear]
- Asseguay [Type of knife dagger]
- Assembling [Manufacturing term]
- Assembling Bolt [For artillery]
- Assembly [As in the conduct of an army]
- Asser [Type of ancient Roman ship board weapon]
- Assessment of Damages [In the English army (1885) for damage
to the barracks each month]
- Assidui Milites [Type of ancient Roman soldier]
- Assignment of Pay
- Assinaires -- Assinaries [An ancieint Syracusian Greek
Festival]
- Assistant [As in Military Staff position]
- Assistant Adjutant-General
- Assistant Surgeons [See also: Medical Department]
- Assize of Arms [A medieval English law]
- Association of Graduates of the Military Academy [United
States]
- Astigmatism (3 illustrations) [Eyesight problem in recruits]
[See also: Recruits]
- Pages 116-117; Price .50 {Item No.21567}
- Astigmatism {Continued}
- Astragal [Ordnance term]
- Astrolabe [Navigational instrument]
- Astyllen [Military Mining (tunneling) term]
- Asylum [As in Old Soldiers home] [See also: Royal Military
Asylum]
- As You Were [Drill command]
- Atchevement [Funeral term]
- Ategar [Old english hand javalin]
- Athanati [Ancient Persian military organization]
- Athelete [Ancient Greek term]
- Atilt [Fencing term]
- Atlas Metal [Type of thrust]
- Atlas Powder (1 list) [A nitroglycerine compound] [See also:
High Explosives]
- Atmidometer [Instrument used to measure the rate of evaporation]
[See also: Admometer]
- Atmospheric Hammer [Type of manufacturing machine]
- Attach [Organizational term]
- Attache [As in the French document seal]
- Attack [Operational term]
- Attack of Temporary Fortifications
- Pages 118-119; Price .50 {Item No.21568}
- Attack of Temporary Fortifications {Continued}
- Attention [Drill command]
- Attestation [English Military legal term]
- Attick Bronze Reinforce [Old artillery ordnance term]
- Atwater Gun [As in the artillery piece]
- Atwood's Machine (1 illustration) [An instrument for illustrating
the relations of time, space and velocity]
- Pages 120-121; Price .50 {Item No.21569}
- Atwood's Machine {Continued}[See also: Falling Bodies]
- Auditor [History of the term]
- Auget -- Augette
- Augustan System of Fortification [See also: Fortification]
- Augusticum [Bounty given to ancient Roman Soldiers]
- Aulic Council [As in old German court]
- Aumacor [Type of Sacracen General]
- Ausen [Title of given to Gothic Generals]
- Austrian Army [See also Army]
- Austrian Field Gun
- Austrian Rifling
- Authority [Legal term]
- Autocracy [Type of goverment]
- Autogenic Plumbling Apparatus [Type of chemical manufacturing
device]
- Pages 122-123; Price .50 {Item No.21570}
- Automatic Fire [As in Greek fire (this book was written in 1885)]
- Autonomy [Governmental term]
- Auxiliary Forces (1 small table) [Of Great Britain (1885)]
- Auxiliary Frame (1 illustration) [In military mining (tunneling)]
- Auxiliary Troops
- Auxiliary War [Type of war]
- Avant-Bras [A part of armour suit]
- Avis -- Aviz (1 illustration) [Order of knighthood in Portugal]
- Award [As in a judgement]
- Axis [As a term in physics and gunnery]
- Axle Lathe (1 illustration) [Machine tool] [See also: Lathe]
- Axle Tree [As in a wagon wheel]
- Axle Tree Arm [As in a wagon wheel]
- Axle Tree Bed [As in a wagon wheel]
- Aya Bassi [A type of Turkish noncommissioned officer]
- Ayenee [Type of tree in India which is used for gun carriages]
- Azaine [Ancient term for a French army trumpet]
- Azapes [Turkish auxiliary troops]
- Azemar Telemeter (1 illustration) [See also Telemeter]
- Azure [French Heraldry color term]
- Babool [Type of tree in India used for gun carriages]
- Bacchi [Name for two different types of ancient war machines]
- Bachelier [A grade of French squires or knight]
- Bachevaleureux [Old French term for a brave warrior]
- Back [As part of a forge]
- Back Band [As in Animal packing]
- Backing [As in armor plate]
- Pages 124-125; Price .50 {Item No.21571}
- Backing {Continued}
- Back Plate [Piece of armor] [See also: Armor]
- Back Sight
- Back Step
- Back Sword
- Backwards [Old British Drill term]
- Bacule [Kind of Portcullis] [See also: Bascule Bridge]
- Badaleers
- Badelaire [Type of Sword]
- Baden Fuse [See also: Breithaupt Fuse]
- Badge
- Baggage
- Baggage Master
- Baggonet [Ancient term for a bayonet]
- Bagpipe
- Pages 126-127; Price .50 {Item No.21572}
- Bagpipe [Continued]
- Bags [As in sandbags] [See Also: Blowing Bags, Bursting Bags, Calico
Bags, Cartridge Bags, Gunny Bags, Gunpowder Bags]
- Bags of Powder
- Baiclaklar [Color bearer in the Turkish Army]
- Baiky [Fortification term]
- Bail [Artillery term]
- Baille [Fortication term]
- Baionnier [Old term for soldiers equipped with bayonets]
- Baker Gun (2 illustrations)
- Bakeries
- Baker Rifle
- Balance
- Pages 128-129; Price .50 {Item No.21573}
- Balance {Continued} (1 illustration) [See also: Weighting machine]
- Balance Step [Drill exercise]
- Baldrick -- Baudrick (1 illustration) [Uniform band or sash]
- Balestre [Type of German Crossbow]
- Balista -- Ballista (1 illustration) [Ancient war engine]
- Balista Fulminatrix [Type of medieval war engine]
- Balistraium [Ancient Roman term]
- Balister [Ancient term for a crossbow]
- Balistraria [Fortication term]
- Balks [Part of a bridging pontoon]
- Ball [As in a military term]
- Ball A Culot [As related to rifles]
- Ballard Rifle (1 illustration)
- Page 130; Price .50 {Item No.21574}
- Ballard Rifle {Continued}
- Ball Caliber
- Ball Cartridge
- Balling Furnance
- Balling Tool
- Ballistea [As in the victory song]
- Ballistic Machine
- Ballistic Pendulum
- Ballistics
- Pages Between 130-131; Price .50 {Item No.21575}
- Balloons [2 pages of illustrations]
- Page 131; Price .50 {Item No.21576}
- Ballistics {Continued}
- Ballum [Ancient fortification term]
- Balloon
- Pages 132-133; Price .50 {Item No.21577}
- Balloon {Continued}
- Balloting
- Ball Proof
- Ball Screw
- Ball Train
- Balot
- Balustrade (1 illustration) [See also: Fortification]
- Bamboo
- Ban [Military title]
- Bancal
- Banca Tin
- Band (1 illustration)[As in Military musician band]
- Pages 134-135; Price .50 {Item No.21578}
- Band {Continued}(2 illustrations)
- Bandages (1 illustration)
- Bandaleer -- Bandalier
- Banded Mail [Type of armor]
- Banderet [Swiss military rank position]
- Banderol [Type of signal flag]
- Bandes [Old term for a body of soldiers]
- Bandit
- Pages 136-137; Price .50 {Item No.21579}
- Bandit {Continued} [See also: Camorra]
- Bandoleer [See also: Bandaleer]
- Band saw machine [See also: Berel Band saw machine, Circular saw,
Resawing machine, Swing saw
- Bandishment
- Banner [See also: Colors, Flags, Standard]
- Banneret [A grade of knighthood]
- Banquette [Fortification term] [See also: Field Fortification]
- Banquette Slope [Fortification term]
- Baptism of Blood
- Baptism of Fire
- Bar [Heraldry term]
- Barb [As in weapons and armor]
- Pages 138-139; Price .50 {Item No.21580}
- Barbacan -- Barbican (1 illustration) [Fortification term]
- Barded and Crested [Heraldry term]
- Barbets [Historic term]
- Barbette (1 illustration) [Fortification term]
- Barbette Carriage
- Barbette Fire
- Barbole [A type of battleaxe]
- Barce
- Bardings
- Baril Ardent
- Baril Foudroyant
- Barker's Mill (1 illustration)
- Barnacles [In Heraldry]
- Pages 140-141; Price .50 {Item No.21581}
- Barnacles {Continued}
- Barnekov-Green Gun
- Barometer (3 illustrations) *
- Pages 142-143; Price .50 {Item No.21582}
- Barometer [See also: Aneroid Barometer]
- Barometerograph (1 illustration) [See also: Aneroid Barometer and
Barometer]
- Baron
- Baron and Femme [In heraldry]
- Barots [Ordnance term] [See also: Wire Guns]
- Barracks Allowance
- Barracks Guard
- Barracks Master
- Barracks
- Pages 144-145; Price .50 {Item No.21583}
- Barracks {Continued}
- Barracks Sergeants
- Barrel [Ordance terms] [See also: Gun barrel and Powder barrel]
- Barrel Headed Sight
- Barrel Piers
- Barrel Plate [See also: Gatling gun]
- Barrel Setter
- Barrel Vise
- Barricades (1 illustration)
- Barriers (1 illustration)
- Pages 146-147; Price .50 {Item No.21584}
- Barriers {Continued}
- Barritus
- Barrows (1 illustration) [Both as a burial mound and as a light
hand cart]
- Barry (3 illustrations) [In heraldry]
- Bar-Shoe
- Bar Shot [See also: Chain shot, Projectiles and Shot]
- Bartizan (1 illustration) [Fortification term]
- Baschi [A Turkish term]
- Bascinet -- Basnet [Type of helmet] [See also: Helmet]
- Bascule Bridge [Type of drawbridge]
- Base (1 illustration) [In Fortication, heraldry and chemistry]
- Base line [In gunnery]
- Base of Operations [Operational term]]
- Pages 148-149; Price .50 {Item No.21585}
- Base of Operations {Continuted} [See also: Line of Operations and Objective
Point]
- Base of the Breech [In gunnery] [See also: Piece]
- Base Ring [Ordnance term] [See also: Cannon]
- Bashaw [Turkish title]
- Bashi-Bazouks [Irregular troops in pay of the Turkish Sultan]
- Bashforth Chronograph (3 illustrations) [See also: Chronoscope]
- Bashkirs -- Bashkurts [Name of a people in the Urals]
- Basil [As a tanned sheep skin]
- Basilicon [Type of medicine]
- Basillard [Type of dagger]
- Basilisk -- Basilike [Term of a type of ancient piece of ordnance]
- Basket Hilt
- Basket Work
- Baslard [Type of dagger]
- Bassart
- Bass Drum (1 illustration)
- Pages 150-151; Price .50 {Item No.21586}
- Bass Drum {Continued}
- Bassinet
- Bassoon (1 illustration) [As in the musical instrument]
- Bastard
- Bastard Bar (2 illustrations) [In heraldry]
- Bastard Culverin [Type of cannon]
- Bastardeau [Type of small knife]
- Bastard File [In a type of tool] [See also: File]
- Basterna [Type of Roman litter]
- Bastide [Fortification term]
- Bastile -- Bastille (1 illustration) [French term for medieval fortress]
- Bastindo [As in the punishment]
- Bastion (1 illustration) [Fortification term]
- Pages 152-153; Price .50 {Item No.21587}
- Bastion {Continued}
- Bastioned Fort (1 illustration) [See also: Fortification]
- Bastioned Line (1 illustration) [See also: Lines]
- Bastionet
- Bastion Face Cut
- Baston [Norman war club and Heraldry term]
- Bat [Type of pack saddle]
- Batage [Ordnance manufacturing term]
- Bataillon De La Salade [French corps which at one time wore a salade
type helmet]
- Batardeau [Fortification term]
- Bat De Mulet [Type of pack saddle] [See also: Aparejo]
- Bateau Bridge [Type of floating bridge] [See also: Ponton]
- Bath (1 illustration) [Name of a certain order of knights]
- Pages 154-155; Price .50 {Item No.21588}
- Bath {Continued}
- Bat Horses [Baggage horses carrying officers baggage]
- Bat Men [Baggage handlers or officers attendents]
- Baton (1 illustration) [See also: Bastard Bar and Drum major]
- Batta [British Indian army term]
- Battalia [Order of battle]
- Battalion [Body of troops] *
- Pages 156-157; Price .50 {Item No.21589}
- Battalion {Continued} [See also: Inspection of Troops, Muster and Review]
- Battard [Early type of cannon] [See also: Cannon]
- Batten [Type of wall or lumber]
- Batter (1 illustration) [Cannonade of heavy ordanance or map term]
- Batterie En Rouge [Gunnery term]
- Batteries (1 illustration) [Artillery term]
- Pages 158-159; Price .50 {Item No.21590}
- Batteries {Continued} [See also: Embrasure]
- Battering Charges
- Battering Projectiles [See also: Armor Plates]
- Battering Ram (1 illustration)
- Battering Train [See also: Siege Train]
- Battery Gun (1 illustration (Lowell Battery Gun) [Type of Machine
gun] [See also: Gardner Machine Gun, Gatling Gun, Hotchkiss Revolving
Cannon, Lowell Battery Gun, Nordenfelt Gun, Taylor Gun]*
- Battery Wagon
- Pages 160-161; Price .50 {Item No.21591}
- Battery Wagon {Continuted} [Table of equipment] [See also: Traveling
Forge]
- Battle Array
- Battle Axe (1 illustration)
- Battle Ground Cemeteries [See also: National Cemeteries, Post Cemeteries,
Superintendent of National Cemeteries] *
- Battlements (2 illustrations)
- Battle Pieces [As in paintings]
- Battle Range [See also: Dangerous Space]
- Battles
- Pages 162-163; Price .50 {Item No.21592}
- Battles {Continued}(1 illustration)
- Pages 164-165; Price .50 {Item No.21593}
- Battles {Continued} [See also: Defensive Battle, Mixed Battle, Offensive
Battle]
- Battle De Front [Artillery Gunnery term]
- Baudric [Type of shoulder strap] [See also: Baldrick]
- Baulois [Demolition term]
- Baume Flux [Foundry term]
- Baviere [Part of a helmet]
- Bavins [Pyrotechnic term]
- Baxter Knapsack Supporter
- Bay [Bridging term]
- Bayberry Tallow [Bullet lubricant]
- Bayeux Tapestry (1 illustration)
- Bayonet (1 illustration) [See also: Chillingworth Bayonet, Sword
Bayonet, Trawel Bayonet]*
- Bayonet Clasp [See also: Bayonet]
- Bayonet Exercise (3 illustrations)
- Pages 166-167; Price .50 {Item No.21594}
- Bayonet Exercise {Continued}[See also: Cavalry Parries, Disengage, Guard,
Lunge, Parry and Thrust]
- Bayonet Scabboard
- Bazar [As in sulter establishment]
- Beach Combination Sight (6 illustrations) *
- Beach Master
- Beacon [See also: Signal]
- Beals Gun [Breech loading rifle] [See also: Rifle]
- Beam (1 illustration) [As in engineering materiel]
- Beam Caliber (1 illustration) [Measuring device] [See also: Calipers,
Gauge and Inspection of Ordnance]
- Beam Carriage [Artillery term]
- Beam Compass [Drafting tool] [See also: Trunnion square]
- Bear [Portable machine tool or Prussian order of the bear]
- Beard [Part of an arrow]
- Bearskin Cap
- Beating Orders [British military term]
- Pages 168-169; Price .50 {Item No.21595}
- Beating Orders [British - Instructions to recruiting parties]
- Beating the Wind [Part of Trial by combat]
- Beat of Drum [Military signal]
- Beauceant [Standard of the Knights templer]
- Beaulieu Projectile
- Beaver [Part of a helmet]
- Bebra [Type of ancient javalin]
- Bec De Corbin [Kind of halbert]
- Bechlis [Turkish light cavalry]
- Bed [Artillery term or sleeping place and other meanings]
- Bedaines [Stone catapult shot]
- Bedouins - Beduins [As in the people]
- Bed sores
- Beech tree
- Beef eater [British term]
- Beer money [British term]
- Beetles [Wooden hammer]
- Pages 170-171; Price .50 {Item No.21596}
- Beetles {Continued}
- Beffroi (1 illustration on Page 169) [Wooden siege tower] [See also:
Battering ram]
- Beg - Bey [Turkish military title]
- Behourd [Medieval combat on horseback]
- Belfry [Wooden siege tower] [See also: Beffroi]
- Belibor System of Fortification
- Belier [Carthaginian batterying ram]
- Belligerent
- Bell Metal
- Bellona [Roman goddess of war]
- Bellows (1 illustration)
- Bells of arms [Tents formerly used in India]
- Belts (1 illustration) [Part of a uniform or machine tool]
- Pages 172-173; Price .50 {Item No.21597}
- Belts [See also: Transmission of Power for Military Purposes]
- Bend [Heraldry term] [See also: Bar, Bastard Bar, Heraldry]
- Bengal Light - Bengola [Type of sea light]
- Benicke [Turkish tournament]
- Benton Cartridge Block [See also: Hare and Metcalfe Cartridge Lock]
- Benton Dynamometer (3 illustrations) [Ordnance instrument] *
- Benton Thread Velocimeter [Ordnance instrument]
- Pages 174-175; Price .50 {Item No.21598}
- Benton Thread Velocimeter {Continued}(3 illustrations) [See also: Chronoscope]
*
- Berdan Telemeter [Part of range finding device]
- Pages 176-177; Price .50 {Item No.21599}
- Berdan Telemeter {Continued} (1 table, 1 illustration) [See also: Pratt
Range Finder and Telemeter]*
- Bereung [Kind of a Swedish militia]
- Berg Barthe [Type of battle axe]
- Berm [Fortification term] [See also: Field Fortification]
- Bernard System of Fortification
- Berner Rifle
- Bersaglieri [Elite troops of the Italian army]
- Besiege
- Pages 178-179; Price .50 {Item No.21600}
- Besiege [See also: Siege]
- Bessemer Shot for Smooth Bores
- Bessemer Steel (1 illustration)
- Pages 180-181; Price .50 {Item No.21601}
- Bessemer Steel {Continued}(1 table) [See also: Iron and Steel]
- Beton [French term for concrete] [See also: Concrete]
- Betray
- Betty [Ancient machine for forcing open gates] [See also: Petard]
- Bevel Band Saw Machine (1 illustration) [See also: Band saw machine]
- Beveled Handspike
- Bheestie [Indian water carrier]
- Bhil [East Indian Tribe]
- Bhoose [Type of East Indian forage]
- Biacolytes [A ancient Greek military organization]
- Bianchie Densimeter [See also: Densimeter and Mallet Densimeter]
*
- Bibaudiers [Type of ancient foot soldier]
- Bibaux [Type of ancient foot soldier]
- Bicker [Old word for skirmish]
- Bickford Fuse [See also: Fuse]
- Bicoque [French term for a poor place of defense]
- Bicorneurs [An ancient French militia]
- Bidarkee [Aleut skin boat]
- Bidauts - Bidaux [An ancient French corps of infantry]
- Biga [Ancient Roman carriage]
- Bight [Part of a rope]
- Bigles [An Roman military corps]
- Bilbo [Type of fetters for prisoners]
- Bilboquet [A small 8 inch mortar]
- Bildars [Type of East Indian camp servant]
- Bill - Brownbill [Type of English Polearm]
- Pages 182-183; Price .50 {Item No.21602}
- Bill - Brownbill {Continued}
- Billed [British Guards term]
- Billet
- Billeting
- Billette Fuse
- Bill Hook [See also: Bill]
- Bill of Lading (1 illustration)
- Binary Theory [As in chemical theory]
- Binocular Microscope [Old term for Binoculars] [See also: Field
Glass]
- Binomial [As in algebra]
- Bipennis [Type of Phrygian war axe]
- Biporus [Ancient double prowed boat]
- Birago Bridge [Type of testle bridge]
- Pages 184-185; Price .50 {Item No.21603}
- Birago Bridge {Continued}
- Bird's Eye View
- Biscaien [Type of musket]
- Biscayan Forge
- Biscuits [See also: Hard tack and Meat Biscuit]
- Biset [A National Guard member who proformed his duties in civilian
clothes]
- Bishop's Mantle [Venetian mail cape]
- Bister - Bistre [A certain color]
- Bitumen [As in the mineral substance] [See also: Coal]
- Bivouac [See also: Camp, Field service, Winter quarters]
- Black [As in Blazonry]
- Black Band Ironstone [Type of Scotland iron ore] [See also: Iron]
- Black Book [As in the ancient book of English Admiraltry law]
- Black Coats [Mercenaries in the religious wars in the 16th
Century]
- Black Flag [No quarter flag]
- Black Flux
- Black Hole [Of Calcutta]
- Blacking
- Pages 186-187; Price .50 {Item No.21604}
- Blacking {Continued}
- Blackwell Hitch [Also see: Cordage]
- Blackwatch [The British Regiment]
- Blackwood [An East India tree]
- Blaise [An Armenia Military order]
- Blakely Gas Check
- Blakely Gun (1 illustration, 1 table) [See also: Ordnance]
- Blakely Projectile [See also: Expanding Projectiles]
- Blanchard Lathe [See also: Lathe]
- Blanchard Pontons
- Blanch Lyon [See also: Purusivant]
- Blank (1 illustration)
- Blank Cartridge (1 illustration) [See also: Center fire Metallic
case Cartridge]
- Blanket
- Blanket Bag Equipment
- Pages 188-189; Price .50 {Item No.21605}
- Blanket Bag Equipment {Continued}(1 illustration)
- Blanket Boats [See also: Canvas Boats]
- Blanketeers
- Blast
- Blast Engine (1 illustration)
- Pages 190-191; Price .50 {Item No.21606}
- Blast Engine {Continued} [See also: Blower and Iron]
- Blasting (1 illustration)
- Pages 192-193; Price .50 {Item No.21607}
- Blasting {Continued} [See also: Mines]
- Blasting Fuse [See also: Fuse and Platinum Fuse]
- Blasting Powder (1 illustration) [See also: Gunpowder and
Mines]
- Blast Meter (1 illustration) [See also: Foundry]
- Blasts (1 illustration)
- Blazing off [As in tempering]
- Blazon - Blazonry [Heraldic term] [See also: Heraldry]
- Blechschienen [Part of ancient Gaulic armor]
- Bleus [Soldiers of the French Republic]
- Blindage [An siege engineering method]
- Pages 194-195; Price .50 {Item No.21608}
- Blindage {Continued}
- Blinding Batteries [See also: Batteries]
- Blinds
- Blind Shells
- Blistered Stell (1 illustration) [See also: Cementation and
Steel]
- Blockade
- Block Battery
- Block House (2 illustrations)
- Pages 196-197; Price .50 {Item No.21609}
- Block House [See also: American Blockhouse]
- Blocks (2 illustrations) [As in rope and tackle and block
turning machines] [See also: Mechanical Maneuvers and Tackles]
- Block Ship
- Block Tin
- Block Trail [As in artillery]
- Blomary - Bloomary [Pig iron furnace]
- Blondel System of Fortification [See also: Fortification]
- Blood Hound
- Pages 198-199; Price .50 {Item No.21610}
- Blood Hound {Continued}
- Blood's Pontons [See also: Blanchard Pontons]
- Bloom Campaign Equipment [See also: Equipments]
- Bloomfield Gun
- Blouse - Blowse [See also: Dress coats]
- Blower (1 illustration, 1 table)
- Pages 200-201; Price .50 {Item No.21611}
- Blower {Continued} [See also: Fanner, Iron, and Steam fan]
- Blow Gun
- Blowing Bags
- Blowing Charges
- Blowing Cylinder
- Blow Pipe (1 illustration)
- Blow Pipe and Arrow
- Bludgeon
- Blue Light [See also: Compositions and Fire works]
- Blue Peter
- Blues [British Guards regiment]
- Bluing
- Blunderbuss
- Blyde [Kind of ancient rock throwing device]
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technology and miscellaneous military knowledge. Including
the origins of many obsure military terms. The above
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