Paris Universal Exposition Article List (1867)

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Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867. Under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of the Senate of the United States. Edited by William P.Blake. Volume V. Report on the Munitions of War. by Charles B.Norton and W.J.Valentine.

• Volume V. Report on the Munitions of War. by Charles B.Norton and W.J.Valentine. Washington: Government Printing Office (1868). [Paris Universal Exposition, 1867. Reports of the United States Commissioners]; 213 pages, 68 illus. Price 22.00 {Item No.5330}
• Chapter I. Cartridges; 8 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5331} [Includes: Use of Metallic Cartridges, American cartridge, Boxer cartridge, Chassepot cartridge, Needle-gun cartridge, Daw’s cartridge]
• Chapter II. Breech-Loading Small-Arms; 35 pages, 12 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5332} [Includes: Needle-gun, Spencer rifle, Ball and Lamson’s rifle, Snider rifle, Vienna competitions, Remington rifle, Peabody rifle, Rifle competition in England, Albini and Bradelin gun, Burton gun, Berdan gun, Henry rifle, Hammond rifle, Martinti rifle, Sharp’s rifle, Successful competitors, Table of prominent rifles, Chassepot rifle, French breech-loaders, Electric gun, Jone’s rifle, Summary]
• Chapter III. Field Ordnance; 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]
• Chapter IV. Heavy Ordnance; 35 pages, 12 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.5334} [Includes: Art and Science of Destruction, Imperial arsenal at Ruelle, Selection of materials, Treatment of ores, French naval guns, French 40-ton smooth bore, Reinforce rings, Breech-plug, Ericsson gun, Canadian ores, Rodman gun and 8-inch Warrior target, French rifling, British 600-pounder, Fraser guns, Shunt gun, Woolwich guns and Palliser shot accuracy, Kearsarge and Alabama, Armstrong 12-ton gun, Whitworth guns, Rifling, Lining cast-iron guns, Krupp’s steel guns, Krupp’s 1,000 pounder, Berger’s guns, Swedish guns, Summary]
• Chapter V. Projectiles; 13 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5335} [Includes: Pallisar projectiles, Oblique firing, Palliser and Whitworth 7-inch shot, Accuracy, Shrapell and segment shell, Parachute light-ball, Whitworth case shot, Gun cotton, Explosive rifle bullets]
• Chapter VI. Army Accoutrements; 8 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5336} [Includes: British section, Iron-band gabion, Tents, Soldier’s cloak-tent, New kit-bag, Army telegraphy and signals]
• Chapter VII. Sanitary Equipments; 7 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5337} [Includes: Geneva convention, Count Breda’s panniers, British field medicine chest, Wheeled litters, Ambulances]
• Chapter VIII. Fortifications; 12 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5338} [Includes: French Section, British Section, Martello tower, Experimental granite casemate, Chalmers shield, Iron verus granite, Effects of shot on granite, Protection for stone works, Thorneycroft bars, Russian thick plate, 13-1/2 inch shield]
• Chapter IX. Iron-Clad Ships; 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]
• Appendix.; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5340} [Includes: The Roberts gun, The Broughton gun, Gatling battery]