
Chemical warfare
by Clarence J. West Amos A. Fries
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1921]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (666)
- CHEMICAL WARFARE
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF POISON GASES [1]
- CHAPTER II MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF GAS WARFARE
- First Gas Attack
- Phosgene Introduced
- Allies Adopt Gas
- Lachrymators
- Disadvantage of Wave Attacks
- Gas Shell
- Projector Attacks
- Stokes’ Mortar
- Superpalite
- Chloropicrin
- Sneezing Gas
- Mustard Gas
- Lewisite
- Camouflage Gases
- Gases Used
- Markings for American Shell
- CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE
- Administration Division
- Research Division
- Gas Defense Division
- Edgewood Arsenal
- Development Division
- Proving Division
- Training Division
- Medical Division
- Liaison Officers
- CHAPTER IV THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE IN FRANCE
- Administrative Duties
- Training
- Chemical Warfare Troops
- Supply
- Technical
- Intelligence
- Medical
- CHAPTER V CHLORINE
- Manufacture in the United States
- Properties
- CHAPTER VI PHOSGENE
- Manufacture
- Properties
- Protection
- Shell Filling
- Tactical Use
- Action on Man
- CHAPTER VII LACHRYMATORS
- Halogenated Ketones
- German Manufacture of Bromoacetone and Bromomethylethyl ketone[17]
- Halogenated Esters
- Aromatic Halides
- Bromobenzyl Cyanide
- CHAPTER VIII CHLOROPICRIN
- Manufacture
- Properties
- Protection
- Tactical Uses
- CHAPTER IX DICHLOROETHYLSULFIDE “MUSTARD GAS”
- Historical
- Preparation and Manufacture
- Ethylene
- Sulfur Chloride
- German Method of Manufacture[19]
- American Method of Manufacture
- Properties
- Chemical Properties
- Detection
- Physiological Action
- Toxicity
- Vesicant Action
- Variation in Susceptibility of the Skin
- Tactical Use of Mustard Gas
- CHAPTER X ARSENIC DERIVATIVES
- Methyldichloroarsine
- Diphenylchloroarsine
- German Methods for Manufacturing Arsenicals[23]
- Diphenylchloroarsine
- Diphenylcyanoarsine
- Ethyldichloroarsine
- “Lewisite”
- CHAPTER XI CARBON MONOXIDE
- CHAPTER XII DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAS MASK
- English Masks
- French Masks
- German Mask
- American Mask
- Canisters
- Manufacture
- Tissot Mask
- 1919 Model American Mask
- Canister
- Special Canisters
- Physiological Features of the Mask
- CHAPTER XIII ABSORBENTS[27]
- Charcoal
- Raw Materials[29]
- A Theory of Charcoal Action
- Preparation of Active Charcoal
- Substitutes for Nut Charcoal
- German Charcoal
- Comparison of Charcoal
- Soda-Lime
- Composition of Regular Army Soda-Lime
- Function of Different Components
- CHAPTER XIV TESTING ABSORBENTS AND GAS MASKS
- Testing of Absorbents[31]
- Canisters
- Man Tests
- Pressure Drop and Leak Detecting Apparatus
- Methods of Conducting Tests
- Field Tests
- CHAPTER XV OTHER DEFENSIVE MEASURES
- Protective Clothing
- Protective Gloves
- Protective Ointments
- Protection of Animals
- CHAPTER XVI SCREENING SMOKES
- Properties of Smoke Cloud
- Raw Materials for Smoke Clouds
- Size of Smoke Particles
- Measurement
- Concentration of Smoke
- Measurement
- Apparatus for Smoke Production
- Smoke Box
- Smoke Candle
- Smoke Grenade
- Stokes’ Smoke Shell
- Livens Smoke Drum
- Smoke Funnel
- Smoke Knapsack
- Shell
- Screening Tanks
- Purpose of Smoke Screen
- The Tactical Value of Smoke
- CHAPTER XVII TOXIC SMOKES
- Penetration
- Physiological Action
- Quantitative Relationships
- Toxic Materials
- Toxic Smoke Apparatus
- Toxic Smoke Candle
- CHAPTER XVIII SMOKE FILTERS
- Paper Filters
- Felt Filters
- The 1919 Canister
- A Theory of Smoke Filters
- Testing Smoke Filters
- CHAPTER XIX SIGNAL SMOKES
- Production of Colored Smokes
- The Tactical Use of Signal Smokes
- CHAPTER XX INCENDIARY MATERIALS
- Incendiary Devices
- Bombs
- Incendiary Darts
- Incendiary Shell
- Incendiary Bullets
- Incendiary Hand Grenade
- Trench Mortar Equipment
- German Blue Pencil
- Flaming Gun
- CHAPTER XXI THE PHARMACOLOGY OF WAR GASES
- Toxicity
- Lachrymators
- Odors
- Skin Irritants
- CHAPTER XXII CHEMICAL WARFARE IN RELATION TO STRATEGY AND TACTICS[43]
- CHAPTER XXIII THE OFFENSIVE USE OF GAS
- What Chemical Warfare Includes
- The Term “Gas”
- Technical Nature
- Effectiveness of Gas
- Humanity of Gas
- Fundamentals of Chemical Warfare
- Efficiency of Irritant Gases
- Material of Chemical Warfare Used by C. W. S. Troops
- The Spread of Gas
- Requirements of Successful Gas
- Artillery Use of Gas
- Guns Firing Persistent and Non-Persistent Gases
- Use of Gas by the Aviation Service
- Infantry and Gas Warfare
- Smoke and Incendiary Materials
- Flame Thrower
- Inflammable Materials
- Smoke Used by Everyone
- Smoky Appearance of Gas Cloud
- Protection by Smoke Clouds
- Shell Markings
- CHAPTER XXIV DEFENSE AGAINST GAS
- Earliest Protective Appliances
- Design of New Masks
- Protection Against Smoke
- Choice of Masks for U. S. Troops
- Sizes of Faces For Masks
- Objections to German Type Mask
- Struggle Between Mask and Gas
- Design of New American Mask
- Exhaustion and Malingering
- Protection in War is Relative Only
- Training
- Holding the Breath
- Psychology in Training
- German Problems in Gas Training
- Gas at Night
- Detection of Gases
- Deceptive Gases
- Mustard Gas Burns
- Protecting Troops by Moving Them From Infected Areas
- Mixing Poisonous Gases
- Destruction of Mustard Gas
- Carrying Mustard Gas on Clothing
- Mustard Gas in Cold Weather
- Degassing Units
- Protecting Food from Mustard Gas
- Alarm Signals
- Issuing New Masks
- Tonnage and Number of Masks Required
- Summing Up
- CHAPTER XXV PEACE TIME USES OF GAS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE FUTURE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE
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