NAVAL ORDNANCE

Military Article Photocopies available from Military/Info

• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Armor," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter IV.; 11 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20536} [Includes: 176. Kinds of Armor, 177. Steel armor - History - Improvements - Latest steel plates - Harvey and Tresidder processes of surface hardening, 178. Effect of projectiles on armor - Early armor - Compound armor - Steel armor, 179. Backing - Fastening for old armor, 180. Improved fastenings for iron armor - For steel armor - Tests of armor plates, 181. Penetration of armor - Wrought iron - Steel]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Floating Batteries Sheathed with Wrought Iron,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 6 pages, 12 illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.22323} [The First Ironclads in modern times]
• Lissak, Ormond M.."Armor," Ordnance and Gunnery (1915), Chapter XI; 12 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20571} [Includes: History, Harvey and Krupp armor, Manufacture of armor, Armor bolts, Ballistic test of armor, Characteristic perforations, Armor protection of ships, Chilled cast iron armor, Gun shields, Field gun shields]
• Lissak, Ormond M.."Submarine Mines and Torpedoes. Submarine Torpedoes Boats," Ordnance and Gunnery (1915), Chapter XVII; 19 pages, 16 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20577} [Includes: Submarine mines and torpedoes, History, Confederate mines, Spanish mechanical mine, Electrical mines, Buoyant mines, Ground mines, The explosive, The charge, Defensive mine systems, Countermining, The removal of mines, Mobile and automatic torpedoes, The Sims-Edison torpedo, The Whitehead torpedo, The Bliss Leavitt torpedo, The Howell torpedo. Submarine torpedo boats, The Holland submarine torpedo boat, The Lake submarine torpedo boat]
• Tschappat, William H.. "Projectiles,"Ordnance and Gunnery, Chapter X, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1917); 44 pages, 35 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.20739} [Including: Classification. Modern Projectiles, Banding. Form of Projectiles. Projectiles for Seacoast Guns. Action of the Cap. Projectiles for Field Guns. The Bursting of Shrapnel. The High Explosive Shrapnel. Shell Tracers. Grenades. Volumes of Ogival Projectiles. Thickness of Walls. Sectional Density of Projectiles. Cast iron Projectiles. Requirements in Manufacture. Ballistic Test. Common Steel Shell for Mobile Artillery. Armor History. Manufacture of Armor. Classification of Armor. Ballistic Test for Armor. Armor Protection for Ships.]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Naval Tactics on the Open Sea with the Existing Types of Vessels and Weapons," by Capt.of the the Honorable Edmund R.Fremantle, C.B.,C.M.G.R.N.. Ordnance Notes.—No.280 (Washington, 29 March, 1883) From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution)(The Naval Prize Essay, 1880); 44 pages, 12 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No. 5280}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Attack of Armor-Clad Vessels by Artillery," Ordnance Notes.---No.184 (Washington, 31 March 1882) by Captain C.Orde Browne, Late Royal Artillery. From Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, February 1882; 28 pages, 6 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5184} [Includes: Introduction, Primary attack, Attack of decks, Secondary attack, Models of ships of war, Glatton (British), Inflexible (British), The Admiral Duperre, The Polyphemus, and Discussion] [Contains information on weapons penetration]
• 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. "A Proposed Armament for the Navy," Ordnance Notes.---No.209 (Washington, 15 August 1882) by Commodore E.Simpson, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5209} [A lecture on naval ordnance]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Type of (1) Armored Vessel, (1) Cruiser, Best Suited to the Present Needs of The United States (Prized essay 1881)," Ordnance Notes.---No.210 (Washington, 19 August 1882) by Lt.E.W.Very, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5210}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The U.S.Steamer Alarm," Ordnance Notes.---No.211 (Washington, 23 August 1882) by Lt.R.M.G.Brown, U.S.N.. From the Proceedings of the U.S.Naval Institute; 9 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.511} [Torpedo Boat]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Development of Armor as Applied to Ships," Ordnance Notes.---No.213 (Washington, 31 August 1882) by Lt.Jacob W.Miller, U.S.N. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 15 pages, plus 4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5213}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Employment of Torpedoes in Steam Launches against Men-of-War," Ordnance Notes.---No.215 (Washington, 12 September 1882) by Lt.Charles Charaud Arnault. Translated by Lt.T.B.M.Mason, U.S.N. From the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute; 12 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.5215} [The use of fixed torpedoes and early Whitehead self propelled torpedoes][Includes a number of historical examples]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Handling of Heavy Ordnance," Ordnance Notes.---No.270 (Washington, 17 March 1883) by George Fawcus. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institute; 6 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5270} [Naval ordnance, how rapidly equipment ships other than warships with heavy ordnance]
• Reports of the United States Commissioners. "Iron-Clad Ships," Volume V. Report on the Munitions of War, Chapter IX. Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 ; 46 pages, 12 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.5339} [Includes: The European iron-clad, “La Gloire” armor, “Warrior” and “Minotaur” armor, Chalmers armor, “Bellerophon” armor, Small plate target, Box battery ironclades, French Ironcades, “Numancia”, Gouin’s proposed armor, Torpedoes and subaqueous projectiles, “Bellerophron” 6-inch plate, 15-inch plate, French marine engines, British naval display, Amazon and Osprey, “Warrior” class, Sailing qualities, “Achilles” sailing qualities, Strength of “Warrior” armor, “Minotaur” class, “Bellerophon” sailing qualities, Box battery angles of training, “Monarch” and “Captain”, “Hercules”, Rolling diagram, Admiral Yelverton’s report, “Lord Warden” class vulnerability, Confederate rams, Brazil gunboat, Mitchell’s monitors, Halstad’s turretships]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Boat,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20281} [Includes: Details for a Ship's launch, Carronade fitments for a ships launch, four oared gig, and Dingy]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Equipment, Naval,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 17 pages, many tables Price 2.00 {Item No.20338} [The distribution of ordnance and related equipment on British ships] [References article: 'Artillery']
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The attacking fleet,"War Series No.III., Part I. Section III. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 6 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20223} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Including: Descriptions and drawings of the ironclad warships: Alexandra, Inflexible, Sultan, Superb, Temeraire, Invincible, Monarch, Penelope, Gun-vessels]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The bombardment,"War Series No.III., Part I. Section IV. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 16 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20224} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Including: Order of battle, The action, Report of senior officer of the offshore squadron, Other details, including lessons learned concerning the weapons used.]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The effect on the ships,"War Series No.III., Part I. Section V. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 6 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20225} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Including: Details of hits on the Ironclades: Alexandria, Inflexible, Invincible, Penelope, Sultan, Superb]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."General Conclusions,"War Series No.III., Part I. Section VII. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20227} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [The lessons learned from the bombardment]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Progress in Naval Artillery From 1855 to 1880," by Cavelier De Cuverville, Capitaine de vaisseau. Ordnance Notes.—No.203 (Washington, 19 June 1882) Translated from the Revue Maritime et Coloniale, August, 1881. by Lt.C.W.Whipple, Ordnance Department; 20 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5203}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Spezzia Armor-Plate Experiments," Ordnance Notes.—No.253 (Washington, 22 February 1883) From “The Engineer”, London, November and December 1882); 10 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5253}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Chilled Projectiles Against Armor Plates. Trail of 8-inch Muzzle-Loading Converted Rifle, No.7, Breech Insertion, with Chilled Projectiles against Armor Plates," by The Ordnance Board, U.S.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.257 (Washington, 2 March 1883) ; 7 pages, 11 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5257}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Researches on the Penetration of Projectiles," by Major General Froloff, Chief Engineer of the Caucasian Army. Ordnance Notes.—No.295 (Washington, April 30, 1883) From the Journal des Sciences Militaries. Translated by Lt. Wh.M.Medcalfe, Ordnance Department; 19 pages, 5 tables Price 2.00 {Item No.5295}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Armor," by General S.V.Benet, Chief of Ordnance, U.S.A.. Ordnance Notes.—No.308 (Washington, 22 June, 1883) ; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5308}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Report on Naval Experiments against Armor Plating . Carried out on the Isle of Amager under the direction of the Ordnance select committee March, 1883," Ordnance Notes.—No.310 (Washington, 2 July, 1883).; 17 pages, plus 4 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.5310}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Ballistic Apparatus Employed by the French Marine Artillery," by H.Sebert, Chief d’Escadron d’Artillerie de la Marin," Ordnance Notes.—No.313 (Washington, 16 July, 1883)(Translated from the “Extraits de Memorial de l’Aritillerie de la Maine.”); 77 pages, 19 Plates of illustrations Price 8.00 {Item No.5313}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Armor-Plate Experiments," Ordnance Notes.—No.314 (Washington, 20 July 1883) Being a continuation of Ordnance Notes 253; 2 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 1.00 {Item No.5314}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Further Development of the Thorny-Croft Torpedo Vessels," by John Donaldson, Esq. M.Inst.C.E. (Messrs. Thornycroft & Co). Ordnance Notes.—No.255 (Washington, February 26 1883) , From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 21 pages, 3 plates Price 3.00 {Item No.5255}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Torpedo Boats," by Mr.John Donaldson. Ordnance Notes.—No.256 (Washington, 1 March 1883) From a paper read before the Mechanical Science Section of the British Association at Southampton; 8 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5256}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Antiaircraft Defenses of Japanese Warships," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.8 (24 September 1942); 4 page, including 3 page Table  Price .50  {Item No.12607}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Antiaircraft Defenses of German Warships," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.9 (8 October 1942); 2 pages, table  Price .50  {Item No.12628}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Italian Circling Torpedo ," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.11, No.1 (15 November 1942); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.12669}

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