Inventions of the Great War
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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 [1919]. 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...
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- INVENTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INVENTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR
- CHAPTER I The War in and Under the Ground
- UNDERGROUND VILLAGES
- HIDING RAILROADS IN DITCHES
- PERISCOPES AND "SNIPERSCOPES"
- STEEL BRIER PATCHES
- MINES AND COUNTER-MINES
- CHAPTER II Hand-Grenades and Trench Mortars
- HAND-ARTILLERY
- LONG-DISTANCE GRENADE-THROWING
- STRIKING A LIGHT
- MINIATURE ARTILLERY
- GIANT PEA-SHOOTERS
- THE STOKES MORTAR
- CHAPTER III Guns that Fire Themselves
- A DOCTOR'S TEN-BARRELED GUN
- A GUN AS A GAS-ENGINE
- GETTING RID OF HEAT
- EFFECT OF OVERHEATING
- USING THE BULLET TO FAN THE GUN
- THE BROWNING MACHINE-GUN
- THE MACHINE-GUN IN SERVICE
- MACHINE-GUN FORTS
- CHAPTER IV Guns and Super-Guns
- SHOOTING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE EARTH
- BEYOND THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
- WAYS OF INCREASING THE RANGE
- A GUN WITH A RANGE OF A HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES
- THE THREE-SECOND LIFE OF A GUN
- ELASTIC GUNS
- HOW BIG GUNS ARE MADE
- GUNS THAT PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK
- THE FAMOUS FORTY-TWO-CENTIMETER GUN
- FIELD-GUNS
- GUNS THAT FIRE GUNS
- CHAPTER V The Battle of the Chemists
- POURING GAS LIKE WATER
- WAITING FOR THE WIND
- WHEN THE WIND PLAYED A TRICK ON THE GERMANS
- FREEING THE BRITISH TRENCHES OF RATS
- GAS THAT MADE ONE WEEP
- THE SNEEZING-SHELL
- GAS-MASKS
- GLASS THAT WILL NOT SHATTER
- BATTLING WITH LIQUID FIRE
- THE "FIRE BROOM"
- CHAPTER VI Tanks
- CHAPTER VII The War in the Air
- EYES IN THE SKY
- AIR SCOUTS AND THEIR DANGERS
- THE SELF-HEALING GASOLENE-TANK
- GIANTS OF THE SKY
- HOW FAST IS A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES PER HOUR?
- SHOOTING THROUGH THE PROPELLER
- FIGHTING AMONG THE CLOUDS
- THE FLYING TANK
- AMERICA'S HELP
- A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO THE NATION
- FLYING BOATS
- THE AUTOMATIC SEAPLANE
- AIRPLANES AFTER THE WAR
- CHAPTER VIII Ships that Sail the Skies
- THE WEIGHT OF HYDROGEN
- ZEPPELIN'S FAILURES AND SUCCESSES
- RIGID, SEMI-RIGID, AND FLEXIBLE BALLOONS
- KEEPING ENGINES CLEAR OF THE INFLAMMABLE HYDROGEN
- THE ZEPPELIN'S TINY ANTAGONISTS
- SUSPENDING AN OBSERVER BELOW THE ZEPPELIN
- A BALLOON GAS THAT WILL NOT BURN
- AMERICAN CHEMISTS TO THE RESCUE
- CHAPTER IX Getting the Range
- SPREADING THE EYES FAR APART
- GETTING THE OBSERVER OFF THE GROUND
- MAKING MAPS WITH A CAMERA
- CORRECTING THE AIM
- MINIATURE BATTLE-FIELDS
- SPOTTING BY SOUND
- CHAPTER X Talking in the Sky
- THE AUDION
- TALKING FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO
- SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF RADIOTELEGRAPHY
- TALKING WITHOUT WIRES
- RADIOTELEPHONES FOR AIRPLANES
- TELEGRAPHING TWELVE HUNDRED WORDS PER MINUTE
- DETECTING RADIO SPIES
- THE WIRELESS COMPASS
- PILOTING SHIPS INTO PORT
- CHAPTER XI Warriors of the Paint-Brush
- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
- MATCHING THE SKY
- GETTING THE RANGE FOR THE TORPEDO
- MAKING STRAIGHT LINES LOOK CROOKED
- A JOKE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER
- SEEING BEYOND THE HORIZON
- THE BRITISH MYSTERY SHIPS
- CAMOUFLAGE ON LAND
- A PAPER HORSE
- FOOLING THE WATCHERS IN THE SKY
- HIDING BIG GUNS
- ROADS THAT LED NOWHERE
- SHADOWLESS BUILDINGS
- THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE
- A CALL FOR THE PHYSICIST
- MAKING SHIPS VISIBLE
- CHAPTER XII Submarines
- CONSTRUCTION OF THE U-BOATS
- PUTTING HOLES IN A TANK TO KEEP IT FULL
- ENGINES THAT BURN HEAVY OIL
- FAT MEN NOT WANTED
- THE BLINDNESS OF THE SUBMARINE
- THE TORPEDO
- GUNS ON SUBMARINES
- A STEAM-DRIVEN SUBMARINE
- A SUBMARINE THAT MOUNTS A TWELVE-INCH GUN
- CHAPTER XIII Getting the Best of the U-Boat
- SUBMARINE-CHASERS
- A HINT FROM NATURE
- A GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK
- DEATH-DEALING "ASH CANS"
- EYES IN THE SEA
- TRAILING U-BOATS BY SOUND
- CHAPTER XIV "Devil's Eggs"
- THE MINE THAT DOES ITS OWN SOUNDING
- PICKING INFERNAL MACHINES OUT OF THE SEA
- FLOATING MINES
- EGG-LAYING SUBMARINES
- PARAVANES
- PENNING IN THE U-BOATS
- A WALL OF MINES
- MINE RAILROADS ON SHIPS
- CHAPTER XV Surface Boats
- MOTOR TORPEDO-BOATS
- THE SEA TANK
- THE AWKWARD "EAGLES"
- SEAPLANE TOWING-BARGES
- THE "HUSH SHIPS"
- MOTHER-BOATS FOR AIRPLANES
- TORPEDO-PROOF MONSTERS
- AN ELECTRICALLY STEERED MOTOR-BOAT
- CHAPTER XVI Reclaiming the Victims of the Submarine
- IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
- A SUBMARINE GRAVEYARD
- DIFFERENT WAYS OF SALVING A WRECK
- RAISING A SHIP ON AIR
- SALVING THE U. S. SUBMARINE F-4
- A HUMAN SODA-WATER BOTTLE
- A SUBMARINE REST-CHAMBER
- CUTTING METAL UNDER WATER WITH A TORCH
- EXPLORING THE SEA BOTTOM IN A DIVER'S SLED
- ARMORED DIVING-SUITS
- THE SALVOR'S SUBMARINE
- FIGHTING THE WAVES WITH AIR
- INDEX
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