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• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter III. Cannon,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 107 Pages, 33 illus. Price 11.00 {Item No. 20503} [Includes: History of Cannon: Early cannon, Construction of early cannon, Ancient guns, Ancient mortars, Ancient howitzers, Calibre, Devices, Materiel system, First system, Second system, Valiere's system, Gribeauval's system, Stock trail system, Louis Napoleon's system, Recent improvements. Construction, &c., of Cannon: Definition, Classification, Nonmenclature. Interior Form: Division of parts, The vent. Seat of the Charge: Seat of the charge, Heavy charges, Light charges, Effect on strength. Windage: Definition, Loss of force. Length of Bore: Ancient theory, What governs the length, Experiments to determine it, Conclusions. Charge: Maximum charge, Effects on recoil, Effect of length of bore on maximum charge, Most suitable charge. Materials: Requirements, Strength, Effect on cooling, Weight, Hardness, Corrosion &c., Kinds of metals, Bronze, Steel, Semi-steel, Wrought iron, Cast iron, Combined metals Exterior Form: Thickness of metal, To determine the pressure by calculation, Determination of pressure by experiment, Nature of force to be restrained, Various kinds of strain, Division of the exterior, Trunnions, Preponderance, Rimbases, Knob of the caseable, Handles, Position of the center of gravity, Weight of cannon. Different kinds of Cannon: Gun, Howitzer, Mortars. Rifle Cannon: Definition, Rifles how classified, Form of groove, Uniform groove, Variable groove, Method of cutting grooves, Comparative advantages, Number, width, and shape of grooves, Inclination of grooves, Effect of length, Effect of resistance of the air, Position of center of gravity, Limit of inclination, Most suitable inclination. Used to which cannon are applied: Field cannon, Napoleon gun. Mountain and Prairie Cannon: Mountain howitzer. Siege and Garrison Cannon: Siege guns, Siege howitzer, Siege mortars, Coehorn mortar. Sea Coast Cannon: Object, Large cannon, Projectiles, Kinds of sea coast cannon, Columbiads, Howitzer, Mortar. Manufacture of cannon: Where made, Moulding, Cooling, Boring and turning. Inspection of Cannon: Inspecting instruments, Inspection, Bronze cannon. Proof of Cannon: Powder proof, Iron cannon, Bronze cannon, Inspection marks. Injuries Caused by Service: External, Internal]
• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter IV. Artillery Carriages,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 36 Pages, 14 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No. 20504} [Includes: General: Classification, Packhorse, Draught horse. Harness: Requirements, Modes of attachment, Gribeauval's method, Present method, Preservation &c.;Wheel: Nomenclature, Dish, Friction, Rolling Friction, Size of wheel, Kinds. Gun Carriages: General conditions, Principal parts, Forces acting on gun carriage. Limber: Object, Construction, Turning, Load, Length of stock, Wheels, Locking wheels. Field Carriages: Kinds, Gun carriages, Caisson, Travelling forge, Battery wagon. Mountain Carriage: Requirements &c.;Prairie Carriage: Description &c.;Siege Carriages: Kinds of, Gun carriage, Limber, Mortar wagon, Mortar bed, Platform Sea Coast Carriages: Classification, Material, Carriage, Kinds of carriages]
• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter IX. Loading, Pointing and Discharging Fire Arms,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 15 Pages, 3 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No. 20509} [Includes: Loading, Precautions, Use of projectiles not suited to the bore. Pointing: Definitions, Pointing guns and howitzers, Pointing mortars and small arms, Night firing, Pointing small arms, Graduation of rear sights, Distance of object. Tables of Fire: Purpose. Rapidity of Fire: Depends on size of piece &c.]
• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter X. Different Kinds of Fire,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 21 Pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No. 20510} [Includes: Classification, Direct fire, Ricochet fire, Practical rules for ricochet fire, Rolling fire, Plunging fire, Effect of fire in general, Measure of deviation, Targets, Deviations, Solid shot firing, Shell firing, Shrapnel firing, Grape and canister firing, Small arms firing.]
• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter XII. Employment of Artillery,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 17 Pages Price 2.00 {Item No. 20512} [Includes: Greatest range, Employment of different kinds of fire, Ricochet fire, Canister fire, Field howitzers. Employment of Siege Cannon: Long ranges, Enfilading and counter fires, Firing in breach, Fire of case shot, Fire of the siege howitzer, Use of fire balls, Fire of mortars, Mortar case shot &c..;Seacoast Defenses: Nature of defenses, Armament, Fires.]
• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Appendix,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 29 Pages, 25 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No. 20514} [Includes: Cannon: Armstrong gun, Whitworth gun, Blakely gun, Palliser gun, Parsons gun, Krupp gun, Parrott gun, Brooke gun, Ames gun, Dahlgren gun, Rodman gun, Galting gun, Various guns. Projectiles: Armstrong projectile, Whitworth projectile, Blakely projectile, Scott projectile, Parrott projectile, Schenkle projectile, Hotchkiss projectile, Sawyer projectile, James projectile, Dyer projectile, Confederate projectiles. Experiments on armor plates: Captain Noble's conclusions. Tables of results with armor plates. Improvements in Gun Carriages] [Gives a short descriptions of cannon and projectiles of the period]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Mountain Guns," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter III.; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20530} [Includes: 131. Classification - Hotchkiss Mountain Rifle]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Field Guns," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter III.; 19 pages, 14 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20531} [Includes: 132. U.S. Field Artillery - 3.6 inch B.L. Mortar - 3.2 inch B.L. Field Gun, Light - 3.6 inch B.L. Field Gun, Heavy, 133. Breech mechanism of field artillery - Principle parts - The Breech lock, 134. The De Bange obturator - Action - Remarks, 135. The Freyre obturator - Action - Remarks, 136. Carrier ring - Object of latch, 137. Description of latch and its working, 138. The lever handle, 139. the vent cover, 140. Action of mechanism of 3.6 inch mortar]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Siege Guns," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter III.; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20532} [Includes: 141. 5 inch Gun - 7 inch Howitzer - 7 inch Mortar]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Foreign Guns," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter III.; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20534} [Includes: 152. Foreign guns - Krupp mechanism - Locking screw, 153. The gas check - General features of the mechanism - Advantages and disadvantages]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Artillery Carriages," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter ," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter VII.; 20 pages, 19 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.20541} [Includes: 219. Classification - Principle part of field and siege gun carriages - The axle, 220. The wheels - Parts, 221. Object of wheel - The stock, 222. The brakes - Friction brakes - Shoe - Hotchkiss - Lemoine - Nordenfelt, 223. Elastic brakes - Buffington - Englehardt - Belleville springs, 224. Hydraulic brakes - Elevating devices - The elevating screw, 225. Elevating devices - The toothed sector - The lever, 226. Draught - Modes of work of horse - Pack horse - Draught horse - Angle of traces, 227. Modes of attachment of horses - Attachment of traces, 228. Support of pole - Line of draught of traces, 229. Turning angle - Direction of carriage - Backing, 230. The harness]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Carriages for Siege Artillery," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter VII.; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20543} [Includes: 234. 5 inch siege gun carriage, 235. 7 inch siege howitzer carriage, 236. 7 inch siege mortar carriage]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Carriages for Mountain and Field Artillery," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter VII.; 7 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20542} [Includes: 231. Carriage for Hotchkiss mountain gun - For 3.6 inch field mortar, 232. 3.2 inch field gun carriage, 233. The limber]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Rapid Fire Guns," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter X.; 19 pages, 19 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20554} [Includes: 355. Characteristics of rapid fire guns - Object - History, 356. The Hotchkiss rapid fire gun - The gun - The breech mechanism - Action, 357. The Hotchkiss rapid fire gun - Firing mechanism - Action - Remarks, 358. The Nordenfelt rapid fire gun - The breech mechanism - Action, 359. The Nordenfelt rapid fire gun - The firing mechanism - Action - Remarks, 360. The Driggs-Schroeder rapid fire gun - The breech mechanism - Action, 361. The Driggs-Schroeder rapid fire gun - The firing mechanism - Action - Remarks, 362. The Maxim semi automatic rapid fire gun - The breech mechanism - Action, 363. The Maxim semiautomatic rapid fire gun - The firing mechanism - Action - Remarks, 364. Ammunition for rapid fire guns - Projectiles - Cases]
• Caples, Capt.W.G., Corps of Engineers, Translator. "The New Italian Field Gun," From Miliaire Suisse (January 1913). Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.21 (May-June 1913); 14 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6194}
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Report,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 3 pages, 17 illustrations  Price .50 {Item No.22303} [Artillery, Siege of Sebastopol, a lot on the Rifled Bullets used in various European Armies]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Rifled Cannon,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 4 pages, 7 illus.  Price .50 {Item No.22305} [Guns and artillery ammunition used at the battle of Sebastopol during the Crimean War and what is in development in Europe in the 1850's: Lancaster Gun, Guncotton, ammunition for rifled artillery]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Gun Carriages and Casemates,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 7 pages, +19 illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.22306} [Detailed illustrations of Gun Carriages in use]
• Lissak, Ormond M.."Artillery of the United States Land Service," Ordnance and Gunnery (1915), Chapter VIII; 53 pages, 46 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.20568} [Includes: Mobile artillery, Advantages of recent carriages, The mountain gun, Field Artillery, The 3 inch field gun, Field howitzers and mortars, Siege artillery, The 4.7 inch siege gun, The 6 inch siege howitzer, Siege artillery in present service, Seacoast artillery, Seacoast guns, Seacoast artillery mounts, Pedestal mounts, The balanced pillar mount, Barbette carriages for the larger guns, Disappearing carriages, 12 inch disappearing carriage, model 1901, Modification of the recoil system, 6 inch experimental disappearing carriage, model of 1905, Seacoast mortars, The 12 inch mortar carriage, model of 1896, The 12 inch mortar carriage, model 1891, Subcaliber tubes, Drill cartridges, projectiles, and powder charges]
• Mahan, D.H.."Batteries,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter III; 18 pages, 11 illus. Price $2.00 {Item No.20870}[Including: Enfilading and Counter Batteries, Powder Magazines, Mortar Batteries, Observatories, Breach Batteries]
• Mahan, D.H.."Siege Operations — Attack,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter IV; 25 pages, 1 illus. Price $3.00 {Item No.20871}[Including: Periods of a Siege, First Period, Investment, Posting Besieging Force, Intrenchments of Camps, Army of Observation, Preparations for Opening the Trenches, Point of Attack, Plan of Attack, Parallels, 1st Parallel, 2d Parallel, 3d Parallel, Demi-Parallels, Approaches, Batteries, Strength of Batteries, Blinded Batteries, Sorties, Opening the Trenches, Journal of Attack, Third Period]
• Mahan, D.H.."Defence,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter V; 10 pages Price $1.00 {Item No.20872}[Included: Defence: Means of Defence, First Period: Measures during the Investment, Second Period: Measures against the Opening of the Trenches, Sorties, Armament of Point of Attack, Counter Approaches, Daily Guard, Sorties, Distribution of Artillery. Third Period: Distribution of Artillery, Gun Shelters, Distribution of Daily Guard, Small Sorties, Defensive against Gradual Approaches, Defensive against Open Assault, Distribution of Artillery against Breaching Batteries, Defence of Ditches, Defence of Breaches]
• Mahan, D.H.."On the Effects of Musketry and Artillery, and means of directing their fire to obtain the best results,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Introductory Chapter; 13 pages, 3 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.20884} [Including: Remarks on target practice of small arms, Probable effects of small arms, Ranges and probable effects of field artillery, Selection of positions for field batteries, Management of the fire of batteries,Position of batteries in attacking and defending intrenchments, Effects of batteries for harbor defence]
• Maude, Captain F.N., R.E.."The German Field Artillery,"Letters on Tactics and Organization (1891); 5 pages  Price .50 {Item No.22413}
• Maude, Captain F.N., R.E.."The Tactics of Field Artillery,"Letters on Tactics and Organization (1891); 9 pages  Price 1.00 {Item No.22414}
• Straith, Major Hector."Half-sunken and sunken batteries," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter III; 18 pages, 26 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20785}[Including: Construction and dimensions of batteries, Rule for dimensions of embrasures, mantlet, Countersloping embrasures, Tracing of an elevated battery, Construction of an elevated battery, Slopes given to the cheeks of embrasures, Gun platforms, Gun and Howitzer platforms, Mortar and Madras platforms, Field powder magazines]
• Straith, Major Hector."Description of Guns," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter VII; 20 pages, 10 illus. plus 8 more plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20819} [Including: Carriages, Draught. Names of the various parts of a gun, Shell guns, Howitzers, Carronades, Mortars, Gun carriages, Garrison carriages, Of wood, Of iron, Traversing platforms, Travelling carriages, Millar’s howitzer carriage, Field gun carriage, Limber, Mortar beds, Wheels, Conveyance of ammunition, Field batteries, Draught, Horses, Bullocks, Camels, Elephants, Proportion of artillery to other troops, Description and details of plates I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII ] [Plate I-III. 8 inch iron howitzer, Plates IV-VI. 9 pounder brass gun, carriage and limber. Plates VII-VIII. 9 pounder ammunition wagon.]
• Straith, Major Hector."Management of Guns," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter IX; 21 pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20821} [Including: Pointing and laying guns, Mortar firing, Ricochet fire, Enfilade fire, Vertical fire, Generally at 45 degree, Sometimes at other elevations, Breaching, Guns best fire for, Best method of making a breach, Rate of firing, Distance, Quantity of shot required, Field batteries, General remarks and directions for the management of field guns on service, On taking up positions, On judging of distance]
• Straith, Major Hector."Table of Guns, Howitzers, Carronades, and Mortars," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Table I; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20824} [Including: Long guns: Iron: 12 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch, 32 pounder, 24 pounder, 18 pounder, 12 pounder, 9 pounder, Brass: 6 pounder, 12 pounder medium, 9 pounder, 6 pounder light, 3 pounder Colonial, 1 pounder Colonial; Howitzers: Iron: 10 inch, 8 inch, Brass: 32 pounder Dundas, 24 pounder, 12 pounder; Carronades: 68 pounder, 42 pounder, 32 pounder, 24 pounder, 18 pounder, 12 pounder; Mortars: Iron: 13 inch, 10 iron, 8 inch. Brass: 5-1/2 inch, 4-2/5]
• Straith, Major Hector."Dimensions of Howitzer and Mortar Chambers," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Table VI; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20829} [Including: Howitzers: 10 inch iron, 8 inch iron, 24 inch brass, 12 inch brass. Mortars: 13 inch iron, 10 inch iron, 8 inch iron, 5-1/2 inch iron, 4-2/5 inch iron]
• Straith, Major Hector."Weight of Field Guns, Carriages, Limbers, Wagons, and Ammunition, British Royal Artillery," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Table VII; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20830} [Including: Carriage, Limber, Ammunition, and Wagon for: 12 pounder brass gun, 9 pounder brass gun, 6 pounder brass gun, 3 pounder light gun, 1 pounder Ammuzette gun, 24 pounder brass howitzer, 12 pounder brass howitzer]
• Straith, Major Hector."Equipment of field guns and howitzers, at Woolwick," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Table VIII; 6 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20831}[Including: Ammunition of Field Guns and Howitzers, at Woolwick: 12 pounder brass guns. Detail of a 12 pounder battery, 9 pounder Field Gun, Detail of a 9 pounder battery. Light 6 pounder brass field gun, Detail of a 6 pounder battery, Light 6 pounder, stores carried (Including how packed). Light 6 pounder waggon (Including how packed). 24 pounder brass field howitzer (Ammunition). 12 pounder brass field howitzer (Ammunition)]
• Straith, Major Hector."Weights of mortar beds, at Woolwich," Treatise of Artillery (7th Edition)(1858), Table IX; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20833}
• Ordnance Department. "History of the development of artillery," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part I; 143 pages, 95 illus. Price 14.00 {Item No.20101} [Includes: {Item No.20102-20114} General Introduction, Ammunition: Incendiary materials, Smokeless powder, Powder charge containers, Fuses and Primers, High explosives, Projectiles. Cannon: Cannon Tubes, Gun carriages, Elevating mechanism, Recoil and recuperator mechanisms, Breech mechanisms, Firing mechanisms, Sights]
• Ordnance Department. "Cannon:," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part I; 96 pages, 57 illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.20163} [Includes: {Item No.20108-20114} Cannon tubes, Gun carriages, Elevating mechanism, Recoil and recuperator mechanisms, Breech mechanisms, Firing mechanisms, Sights]
• Ordnance Department. "Cannon tubes," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part I; 43 pages, 23 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20108} [Includes: Introduction, Thirteenth century cannon, Fourteenth century cannon, Fifteenth century cannon, Sixteenth century cannon, Seventeenth century cannon, Eighteenth century cannon (Section III.--Toussard's Artillerist. On the casting of cannon and mortars: Introduction, Of the proceedings in the fabrication, Moulds in sand, Construction of the flasks, Of the models, Of the sand, Of the moulding, Of the stove, Of the crane, Section V. Of furnaces and fusing of iron metal. Section VI. Proceedings in the casting of brass cannon. Section VI. Of boring cannon) Nineteenth century cannon (1800-1850), Nineteenth century cannon, Woolwich gun, Twenthieth century cannon, Unsolved problems]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Italian 100-Ton Gun. The Italian 45 cm (17.7167") Sea Coast Gun of 100 Tons," Ordnance Notes.---No.174 (Washington, 3 February 1882) Translated from Revue d'Artillerie for October, 1889, by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Ordnance Department; 18 pages, plus 3 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5174}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Vent Punch and Gimlet. Description of vent punch and vent gimlet for the life saving service, made by Captain D.A.Lyle, Ordnance Department," Ordnance Notes.---No.176 (Washington, 21 February 1882); 1 page, plus 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5176} [Made for removing ordinary obstructions from the vents of the Lyle life saving guns in service at the time]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Friction Primers for Cannon," Ordnance Notes.---No.177 (Washington, 28 February 1882) Translated from the German by Lt.G.B.Mitchham, Ordnance department; 2 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5177} [Includes: Krupp's obturating friction primer, Description of other primers by the ordnance school: The U.S.Navy Primer, The Armstrong obturating percussion primer]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Field Artillery. Development of Field Artillery: A criticism on the Royal artillery institution prize essays of 1879," Ordnance Notes.---No.182 (Washington, 21 March 1882) by Lt.E.W.Cotter, R.E.. From the Occasional Papers Royal Engineers' Institute, 1881); 11 pages, charts Price 1.00 {Item No.5181}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Cartridges--Friction Primers. Military cartridges for breech--loading small arms in the United States service," Ordnance Notes.---No.185 (Washington, 3 April, 1882) by Lt.Col.James M.Whittemore, Ordnance Department; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.5185} [Also on friction primers for cannons]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The National Defenses of England," Ordnance Notes.---No.186 (Washington, 10 April 1882) An address delivered by Sir W. Armstrong before the institution of civil engineers, January 10, 1882. Reprinted in Colburn's Magazine; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5186} [Mainly naval and land artillery ordnance]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Modern Ordnance," Ordnance Notes.---No.187 (Washington, 12 April 1882) A paper read February 8, 1882, before the Society of Arts, London, by Colonel Maitland; 14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5187} [Mainly on artillery]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Tire Upsetting Machine," Ordnance Notes.---No.206 (Washington, 2 August 1882) Designed by A.T.Brewer, Master Carpenter, Watertown arsenal. Description by Captain John G.Butler, Ordnance Department; 3 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5205} [Necessary for resetting the wheels on artillery limbers and caissons]
• Reports of the United States Commissioners. "Field Ordnance," Volume V, Report on the Munitions of War, Chapter III. Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 ; 36 pages, 15 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5333} [Includes: Armstrong and Whitworth committee, Committee on breech loaders, Table of results, Armstrong vent-piece, Armstrong and Whitworth muzzle-loaders, 12-pounder field guns, Breech-loading field-piece, Whitworth 2-pounder howitzer, Effects of case shot, French guns, Emperor’s gun, Krupp’s guns, Krupp’s rifling, Krupp’s wrought-iron carriage, Dutch guns, Gatling battery, Austrian field-guns, German field-guns, Ferris gun, Cannon destroyer, Mackey gun]
• Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification. "Competitive Test of Field Artillery Material," Annual Reports of the War Department 1902. Volume VII, Appendix IV.; 49 pages, pluse 34 plates of illustrations Price 12.00 {Item No.5405}[Detailed account of a test firing of 8 field artillery pieces including 11 tables]
• Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification."Test of Experimental Shrapnel for 3-inch Gun," Annual Reports of the War Department 1902. Volume VII, Appendix V. ; 6 pages, plus 9 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5406}
• Reports of the Chief of Ordnance and Board of Ordnance and Fortification."Test of Base Percussion Fuse for Field, Siege, and Seacoast Service," Annual Reports of the War Department 1902. Volume VII, Appendix VI.; 12 pages, plus 5 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5407}
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "Rapid-fire Guns," by Lieut. E. St.J.Greble, Second U.S.Artillery. Columbian Exposition (1894), XVII. ; 28 pages, plus data tables and 16 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.6118}
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "A General Review of Existing Artillery," by Captain Gaston Moch, French Artillery. Columbian Exposition (1894), No.XXXIII.; 114 pages Price 12.00 {Item No.6135} [In 2 Parts, divided into 7 chapters. Including: High-Power Artillery: Armor-Piercing Guns, Torpedo Shells and Pneumatic Guns. Field Guns: Weights and Caliber, The Question of Rapid Fire, The Gun Carriage, Upon Different Carriages Recently Proposed, The Materiel of the Light 75, Conclusion]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "Rapid-fire Guns and Mitrailleuses," by Major Jose L.Legorreta, Artillery Mexixan Army. Columbian Exposition (1894), No.XXXVII.; 20 pages, plus 2 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6139} [Includes: Rapid-Fire Guns and Mitrailleuses, Rapid-Fire Guns, Guns: Wedge systems, Screw Systems. Carriages, Checks, Appliances for pointing, Operation of Firing, Ammunition]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "The De Bange, Krupps, Krupp, and Mondragon Breech-Closing System," by Major Miguel Gil, Mexican Artillery. Columbian Exposition (1894), No.XXXVIII.; 10 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6140} [Includes: The Wedge system, The De Bange Breech-Closing system, Model No.1, Model No.2, Model No.3]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "A Short Comparatives Study of the Material of the Regulation Mountain Artillery, and that proposed," by Major G.Luna, Mexican Artillery. Columbian Exposition (1894), No.XLI.; 39 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6143} [Includes: Importance of Field Artillery and the conditions it must fulfill, The gun, The gun carriage, Mountain Artillery, Mountain Artillery: De Bange system, “Mondragon” system of mountain artillery, Comparison of the materiel of the mountain artillery systems of De Bange and Mondragon, Supplement][A complex Engineering argument, the great number of formulas]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Metrical into U.S.Measures. Conversions of Metrical into United States Measures and Vice Versa with Tables Adapted to a Comparison of our own with Foreign Gun," by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Ordnance Department. Ordnance Notes.—No.192 (Washington, 15 May 1882).; 19 pages, many tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5192}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Field-Gun Carriage. Forces and Strains of Recoil Considered with Reference to the Elastic Field-Gun Carriage," by Henry Joseph Butter, M.Inst.,C.E.. Ordnance Notes.—No.194 (Washington, 22 May 1882). From the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London; 46 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.5194}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."The Question of Heavy Guns,"Ordnance Notes.—No.205 (Washington, 1 July 1882). From the “Memorial de Artilleria” (Madrid, Spain) April 1882. Translated by Lt.Rogers Birnie, Jr. Ordnance Dept.; 18 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5205}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Krupp Experiments. Experiments made at the Krupp works in March 1882," Ordnance Notes.---No.221(Washington, 26 September 1882) Translated from the Revue d' Artillerie, July and August 1882; 8 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5221} [Concerns the firing of 12-inch (30.5 cm) gun of 35 calibers, 8.4 inch (21 cm) mortar, 5.9 inch (15 cm) pivot gun on a solid foundation, 3-1 inch (8 cm) pivot gun with springs and 5.9 inch (15 cm) armor gun]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Rifled Howitzers and Mortars," Ordnance Notes.---No.224 (Washington, 4 October 1882) From the Memorial de Artilleria for June 1882. Translated by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department, U.S.A.; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.2224}[Concerns: Important decline in the use of guns designed exclusively for vertical fire, Condition of affairs, Special guns, Experiments in Russia, England, Prussia, and Austria. Confirmatory experiments in France, Austria, and Russia upon the resistance of walls of magazines, casemates, &c. to the fire of rifled mortars. Rifled mortars of small caliber, Vertical fire in Italy, Guns likely to be adopted]
• War Department, Ordnance Office."The Training of Garrison Artillery for the Attack and Defense of Fortresses," by Col.H.A.Smith, R.A. (Gold Medal Prize Essay, 1882). Ordnance Notes.—No.227 (Washington, 13 October 1882). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5227}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."Memorandums of Artillery Arrangements. and alterations made in carriages, harness, ammunition, etc. on the Expedition to Egypt, 1801," by Brig.Gen. Lawson, Commanding the Royal Artillery. Ordnance Notes.—No.241 (Washington, February 7, 1883). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 10 pages, 8 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5241}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."The Attack of Intrenchments by Field Artillery," by Major W.Kemmis, R.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.246 (Washington, 13 February 1883). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Insititution; 11 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5246}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."The Russian Field Artillery in the War of 1877-78," Ordnance Notes.—No.262 (Washington, 8 March 1883). Translated from the Memorial de Artilleria, by Capt.J.C.Dalton, R.A. From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 13 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5262}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."Professional Notes Extracted from my Diary during the South African War of 1878-79," by Lt.V.G.Slade, R.H.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.264 (Washington, 10 March 1883). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5264}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Mountain Guns in the Naga Hills, 1879-80," Ordnance Notes.---No.263 (Washington, 9 March 1883) by Lt.A.Mansei, R.A.. From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 7 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5263}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."Gas Checks for Breech-Loading Cannon," Ordnance Notes.—No.292 (Washington, April 20, 1883); 7 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5292}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."The Practice Regulations of Some European Artilleries," by Capt. R.A.Montgomery, R.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.303 (Washington, June 18, 1883). From the Proceedings of the Royal Arillery Institution; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5303}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."Notes on Field Artillery," by Captain S.C.Pratt, R.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.304 (Washington, June 19, 1883), From the proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution; 13 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5304}
• War Department, Ordnance Office."Infantry Fire v. Artilley Fire," by Col.Lonsdale Hale. Ordnance Notes.—No.319 (Washington, 3 September 1883). From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5319}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance."Test of 3-inch Ehrhardt sliding block breech mechanism,"Annual Reports of the War Department 1903 Volume XIV, Appendix VI.; 2 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5422}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3-inch Breech Loading rifle," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H1.; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5439} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Description, Rifling, chambering, and venting, Fabrication, Inspection, Principal dimensions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3.16-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, chambered," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H2.; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5440} [Preliminary Remarks, Description, Rifling, Fabrication, Inspection, Principal dimensions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Construction of a 3.16-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, rapid twist," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H3.; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.5441} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Description, Original rifling, Altered rifling, Fabrication, Inspection]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Gas checks for Breech Loading rifles," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H4.; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5442}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Proposed chambered rifle, 4.50-inch caliber," by the Constructor of Ordnance. Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix H6.; 8 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5444}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3.50-inch Deane bronze gun," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I3.; 3 pages, 1 illus., 2 plates Price .50 {Item No.5449}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3-inch Breech Loading.rifle," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I8.; 1 page, 1 table Price .50 {Item No.5454}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Progress report on 3.17-inch Muzzle Loading rifle, chambered," by the Lt.Col.S.Crispin, Ordnance Department and Capt. F.H.Phipps, recorder. Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix I9.; 2 page, +1 table Price .50 {Item No.5455} [Includes: Gun, Carriage, Powder, Projectiles, Results of firing, Conclusions]
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Report on the manufacture of certain life-saving guns. by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix R.; 20 pages, +7 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5467} [The description of the casting of 2.5-inch bronze guns]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Anti-Corrosion,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20268} [For artillery pieces]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 27 pages, 4 plates of illus. and many tables Price 4.00 {Item No.20269} [Includes: Introduction, Section I.Artillery subjects, Section II. Administration of artillery, Section III. Application and proportion of artillery, Section IV. Types batteries, Section V. Heavy artillery: Native of ordnance, Quantity of ordnance, Section VI. Construction of artillery, Artillery tables A-J]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bombardment,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20282} [Includes: General, Value of mortars at a siege, Strength of arches]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Carriage (Land and Sea Service),"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 12 pages, 27 plates of illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.20307} [Includes: I. Land service: Field and mountain service, Field batteries of position, Siege carriages, Garrison carriages. II. Sea service: Carriages for ship-board, Carriages for boat service, Carriages for field service, Mortars, Material employed] [Many tables and illustrations]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Carriages, Depression,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20308} [Special carriages designed to be depressed]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Demolition of Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20323} [Includes: Complete demolition: Iron guns, Brass guns, Temporary disablement]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Equipment of Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 33 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.20337} [Includes: Section I. General, Section II. Field artillery, Section III. Siege artillery, Section IV. Abstract of a report of a committee of artillery officers on field artillery equipments, with remarks thereon, Section V. Abstract of observations with reguard to the equipment of a battering train, Concluding remarks, Equipment tables ] [by Major-General Lewis, C.B., R.E.] [References articles: 'Artillery', 'Carriage', 'Fire vertical', 'Mountain artillery']
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Equipment, American,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20339} [Includes: Field Train and Siege Train equipment lists ] [From Ordnance Manual, U.S.Government]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Evolutions of Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20343} [Artillery acting with other troops]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fire, Vertical,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20346} [High angle mortar fire] [References articles: 'Artillery' Tables E &F, 'Attack', 'Breach', 'Defense of places']
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Gunner,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20376} [Includes Naval gunners]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Manoeuvers of Horse Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 11 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20395} [Includes: Introduction, General principles for the movement of horse artillery: Preliminary observations, Formations of a troop, Formation of a troop for inspection, Officers, how posted. A troop, how told off. Wheeling, Marching in line, Paces, Commands, Movements, Markers, in forming line. Movement from a flank or flanks, Formation of line from columns, Breaking and forming, Necessary extent of a column of march, March in line, Increasing or diminishing the front of a column of march, Countermarch, Echelon, Chequered retreat of the line]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Manoeuvers of Field Batteries,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20396} [Includes: Introduction, Parade and inspection, Posts and duties of officers and mounted non-commissioned officers at exercise, Inspection or review of a single battery, For a brigade of batteries]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Marine Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20398} [Royal marine artillery organization and services]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Mountain Artillery,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 11 pages, 6 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20410}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Penetration of Projectiles,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 16 pages, 12 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.Item No.20438} [Includes a number of tables on penetration on everything from masonry to oak, with artillery and even small arms]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Marine Battalions,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XVIII. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 9 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20240} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: The Royal Marine Light Infantry, The Royal Marine Artillery]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Royal Artillery,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XXII. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 28 pages, 20 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20244} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: 16-pdr., and 13-pdr. equipment details, Artillery work during the campaign, El Magfar, Tel-el-Mahuta and Mahsameh. Kassasin.]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Indian Contingent,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XXX. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 38 pages, 24 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20252} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Peculiarity of organization in Indian regiments, Equipment, followers, &c. (Kabul scale of baggage). Cavalry, Infantry, The 7-pdr jointed-steel M.L.R. and the mule battery. Indian rations, Outfit, &c., Indian transport, Medical arrangements, Veterinary department, Historical notes, Action at Chalouf, Serapeum]
• Author Unknown. "The First Effective Use of Rifle Cannon in Sieges," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.43 (January-February 1917); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No. 6236} [Ft.Pulaski, 1862]

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