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• American Expeditionary Force."Roads No.1:  Military Roads in Forward Areas," Engineer Field Notes. Engineer Field Note No.14 (2 May 1918); 9 pages, 6 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1566-14}  [Includes: General: Object, Types, Definitions, Materials, Drainage, Base and foundation, Wearing surface, General Design; Macadam Roads: Construction, Widening macadam roads, Converting plank or corduroy roads to macadam; Plank Roads: Construction; Corduroy Roads; Causes of failure; Maintenance: Ruts or holes, Shell holes, Mine craters; Military Roads Standard Cross Sections]
• American Expeditionary Force."Railroads and Roads No.2:  Principles of Light Railway Construction," Engineer Field Notes. Engineer Field Note No.37 (17 September 1918); 10 pages, 8 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1566-15}  [Includes: Use, Advantages; Principles of Construction: Location, Alignment, Grades, Grading, Culverts, Bridges, Track, Table: Standard Track Section - Steel Ties, Table: Quatities of Material for One Kilometer Single Track, Ballast, Road Crossing, Clearances, Sidings, Maintenance]
• American Expeditionary Force."General Construction No.1: Cement," Engineer Field Notes. Engineer Field Note No.9 (16 April 1918); 4 pages  Price .50  {Item No.1566-44}  [Includes: Cements, Classes of cement to be furnished, Packing and marking of commerical French cement, Physical properties and precautions as to use]
• Pillsbury, Capt.G.B., Corps of Engineers. "The Grade of Wagon Roads," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910); 29 pages, charts Price 3.00 {Item No.6164} [How to rate the trafficability of wagon roads. A valuable article for anyone studying early modern logistics]
• Harrington, Captain Francis C., Corps of Engineeers. "Water Supply and Sewage Disposal of a Semiperimanent Camp of a Division," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916) ; 30 pages, 5 plates of illus., many tables Price 3.00 {Item No.6233} [Includes: Introduction, Water Supply: Quantity, Wells, Storage, Pumping Plant, Distributing System] [Continued in Issue ?]
• O'Connor, Captain James A., Corps of Engineers. "Road Work in Mexico with the Punitive Expedition," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917); 21 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6239}
• Graves, Captain Ernest, Corps of Engineers. "Road Work on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.48 (November-December 1917) ; 25 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6247}
• Caples, Col.W.G., Engineers, U.S.A.."Roads in Supply and Attack," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 25 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6326}
• Polk, Capt.James K., Corps of Engineers. "Roads, Drainage, and Mud Control," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXV, No.2 (October 1949) ; 12 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10373} [Includes: Introduction, Road classification, Tools, Maintenance principles, Organization for maintenance, Types of maintenance, Road expedients, Conclusions]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Hut,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 17 pages, 18 figures and 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20384} [Includes: Introduction, Directions for erecting the soldiers' hut, Number and contents of packages, marked, w.e., in each hut, Huts of a more permanent character: Log hut, Pise huts, Rubble masonry, Roofing, A description of the uses of the thatcher's tools, The timbering and lathing necessary for a thatched roof, A description of the manner of executing a thatched roof, Other kinds of roofing, Site]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Hut, Bricks,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20385} [On the manufacture and choice of bricks]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Levelling,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 21 pages, 9 figures and 2 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20389} [Includes: Introduction, On the use of common thermometers to determine heights, Memoranda on railway levelling]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Roads: I.--Tracing and Construction,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 32 pages, 11 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20454} [Includes: Part I: Tracing and construction: Tracing of roads, On the section of roads, On the construction of roads]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Roads: II.--Maintenance of Macadamized Roads,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 20 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20455} [Includes: Introduction, Observations and explanations, On watering roads, On macadamized roadways in large populous towns, On rolling new made roads]
• Toepfer, Captain in the Fourth Engineer Inspection. "Technics in the Russo-Japanese War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910); 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.6163} [From the Kriegstechnische Zeitschift. Parts II, III, and IV 1906. Translated by Capt.Frederick L. Knudsen, Eighth Infantry, January 19, 1909][Reports on line of communication engineering (railroads, roads, bridges), communications (telegraphs, carrier pigeons, etc.), ballon observation, seachlights, photography, camps, landmines and a especially good section on field fortifications.]
• Youngberg, Col.G.A.."The Roads in France," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 20 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6320} [Includes: Introduction, Organization of French highway service, Construction and maintenance, Roadside trees, Distance markers and guide posts]
• Extract from the report of the operations of the 602d Engineers."Use of pack mules for carrying rock," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 1 page Price .50 {Item No.6290}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Annual report of the principal operations at the Rock Island Arsenal, 1879, Maj. D.W. Flagler, Ordnance Department, commanding," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix K.; 14 pages, +9 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5460} [Example of building construction practices concerning the building of a arsenal iron foundery at the time]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Lines of Communication,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XIX. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 10 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20241} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Refers to Section XVI]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Boat Transport on the Sweet Water Canal,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XVI. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 8 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20238} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Riverline operations during this the Egyptian Campaign (1882)]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Draining,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 5 pages, 9 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20329} [On draining military works and countryside]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Sables and Barracks for Cavalry,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 11 pages, 10 plates of illus.  Price 5.00  {Item No.22329} [French Cavalry Depot - Barracks and Stables; Artillery Stables at Lyons, and Austrian Artillery Stables and Barracks at Vienna]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Infantry Barracks,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 2 pages, 1 Plate of  illus.  Price 1.00  {Item No.22330}
• Delafield, Richard, Major."New Arsenal at Vienna,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 4 pages, 2+ illus.  Price 1.00  {Item No.22331} [Best Infantry Barracks found by the author in Europe]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Military Hospitals,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 14 pages, 1+ Plate of  illus.  Price 3.00  {Item No.22332} [Including: Russian Hospital at St.Petersburg (in the authors opinion the best), Military Hospital at Vienna, English Military Depot Hospital at Scutari, French Depot Hospital at Constantinople]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Construction of British Advanced Landing Fields," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.19, No.9 (25 February 1943); 1 page  Price .50 {Item No.12897}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Building with Native Materiels," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.33, No.9 (September 1943); 3-1/2 pages, 10 illus. Price $1.00  {Item No.13193}
• War Department."Roads and Airfields, Roads, Design," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7, Section I, Paragraphs 46-47; 8 pages, 1 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-17} [Includes: Minimum Design Requirements, Standards of Design and Construction: Thickness of base and surfacing or pavement, Chart for estimating required thickness of base or of base and surface or pavement, Minimum CBR (California bear ratio) values and minimum compacted thicknesses of base courses and flexible type pavements, Concrete pavement thickness required in areas not subject to frost, Base course concrete pavement thickness required in areas subject to frost, Quality of materials for base and surfacing, Gradation liimits for stable mixtures, Typical cross section, Typical cross sections for military roads]
• War Department."Roads and Airfields, Construction," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7. Section I, Paragraphs 47-48; 12 pages, 4 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-18} [Includes: Drainage, Retaining walls, Time and materials esitmates: Volumnes of cuts and fills in cubic yards per 100 feet of length (table), Clearing and grubbing by hand (table), Earth excavated by hand (table), Spreading road materials by hand (table), Production capacity of equipment - average conditions: Clearing and grubbing (table), Drainage ditches (table), Excavation (table), Embankments (table), Subgrade preparation (table), Base course construction (table), Surface treatments (table), Pavement construction (table), Aggregate production (Table)]
• War Department." Roads and Airfields, Bituminous construction," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7, Section I, Paragraph 49; 7 pages  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-19} [Includes: Bituminous construction: Bituminous materials (Table), Surface treatment, Mixed in place, Penetration macadam, Typical uses of bituminous materials for fair weather construction (table)]
• War Department."Roads and Airfields, Reference Data and Useful tables," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7, Section I, Paragraph 50; 17 pages, 5 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-20} [Includes: Reference Data and Useful Tables: Linear foot of spread of gravel or crushed rock to produce required thickness (table); Cubic yards, loose measure, gravel or crushed rock required per linear unit of road (table); Square yards per 100 feet, per 100 yards, and mile for various surface widths (table); Pounds of aggregate per square yard required for various thicknesses of compacted layers (table), Average weights of aggregates and soils per cubic yard (table); Trail charges and drill hole spacing for quarrying operations (table); Storage capacity curves (table), Storage capacity of a conical pile, Storage capacity of triangular pile, Computing base dimension; Average weights and volumes of bituminous materials (table): SC, MC, and RC Asphalts, Asphalt cements, Emulsified asphalts; Distribution table for bituminous materials (table); Gallons of bitumen required per mile at various rates of application per square yard (table); Contents of cylindrical and elliptical tanks (horizontal)(table), U.S.standard sieve data (table); Horizontal and vertical curves (illustrated formulas), Earth fill volumes (illustrated formulas); Repair of mine craters (table)(with shovels, etc.), Man days and materials per mile required for maintenance of two lane surfaces road - average conditions, exclusive of supervision (table)]
• War Department."Roads and Airfields, Road Expedients," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7, Section I, Paragraph 51; 2 page  Price .50 {Item No.1557-21} [Includes: Road expedients: Man hours for road expedients (table)(one lane plank and corduroy roads); Materials required for one lane plank road; Materials required for one lane corduroy road (table); Materials required for plank tread road]
• War Department."Roads and Airfields, Airdromes," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 7, Section II; 15 pages, 8 illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.1557-22} [Includes: Dimensions grades, and clearances for advanced landing fields, field airdromes, and base airdromes: Criteria for landing strips, runways and approach zones (illustrated): Criteria for longitudinal grade along center line of landing strip, Criteria for cross slope; Recommended dimensions and clearances for airdromes (table), Criteria for taxiways (illustrated), Recommended widths and clearances for taxiways (table), Dimensions of aircraft for design of facilities (table) (P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-63, A-20, A-24, A-25, A-26, A-28, A-29, A-31, A-35, A-36, B-17 to B29, C-45 to C60); Hard standings, Thickness design of runways, taxiyways, hard standings, and aprons: Wheel loads for thicknesses design of runways, taxiways, hard standings and aprons, Procedure (design)(illustrated), Allover fields, Field Requirements for artillery liaison planes (L-type): Aircraft characteristics, Minimum requirements for landing strips, Steel landing mats: Characteristics and comparison of steel landing mats (table), Transportation of steel landing mats on army trucks and trailers (table), Transportation of steel landing mats on military theater of operations railway cars (table)]
• War Department."Materials, Strength of materials formulas," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 11, Section I; 7 pages, 4 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-30} [Includes: Beams: Effects of applied loads: Simple beam - single concentrated load at any position, Simple beam - uniformly distributed load of fixed length, Simple beam - two unequal concentrated loads moving at a fixed distance apart, Simple beam - series of unequal concentrated loads moving at fixed distances apart; Resistance to applied loads: Movement: General, Wood beams, Rolled steel beams, Built up steel girders; Shear: General, Resisting shear: Wood beams, Steel beams and girders; Columns and posts: General, Wood]
• War Department."Materials, Wood," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 11, Section II; 5 pages  Price .50 {Item No.1557-31} [Includes: Design data for beams, stringers, and posts for bridges: Structural timber (table), Foreign woods (table); Common commerial sizes of lumber (table); Contents of lumber in board feet (table)]
• War Department."Materials, Steel," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 11, Section III; 3 pages  Price .50 {Item No.1557-32} [Includes: Working stresses for design of steel military bridges; Properties of selected American standard I-beams (table); Properties of selected wide flange beams (table)]
• War Department."Materials, Concrete and masonry," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 11, Section IV; 17 pages  Price 2.00 {Item No.1557-33} [Includes: Concrete materials: Cement, Fine aggregate, Gradation of fine aggregate for concrete, Coarse aggregate, Gradation of coarse aggregate for concrete; Strength of concrete: Relation between water cement ratio and 28 day compressive breaking strength for concrete made under average military conditions (table), Compressive breaking strength concrete at various ages in percent of 28 day compressive breaking strength (table); Relation between compressive strength, tensile strength, and bending strength (modulus of rupture (table); Measurement of aggregates: Mix proportions, Volume measurement of aggregates, Separate and combined aggregate volumes, Weight measurements, Relation between weight and volume, Average dry compacted unit weights of concrete aggregate (table); Proportioning procedure: Recommended water cement ratios for various types concrete construction work (table), Recommended values of slump and maximum size of coarse aggregates (table); Proportions, batch quantities, and unit quantities for concrete mixes (3 page table); Field adjustment of proportions (2 tables), Batching, Mixing, Forms: Material, Design, Yoke spacings for various sizes and heights of columns (table); Average weights of materials used in concrete construction (table); Allowable working stresses: Reinforced concrete (3 pages of formulas), Masonry (table)]
• War Department."Materials, Soils and foundations," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 11, Section V; 7 pages  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-34} [Includes: Soil classification (WWII standards)(large chart), Engineering characteristics of soils, Plastic limit test, Data on average soils (table), Allowable foundation bearing pressures (table), Bearing values of piles (table)]

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