AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES
Written by Willis J. Abbot
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons
in 1918
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIRCRAFT
- AIRSHIPS
- SUBMARINES
- ARTILLERY
AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES
Written by Willis J. Abbot.
Stock no. 1828620
1st.
1918.
Hardback.
Good condition.
The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Green pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates plus 100 b/w other illustrations and plates. xiv and 388 pages including index plus publisher ads to rear. Spine worn at top & tail with fraying, a few holes to front edge, faded. Boards a little marked. Lower rear corner of board worn. Text block browned. Joints pulled. A little pencil annotation to contents. A few marks to contents. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Sold with all faults, a good reading copy.
Front cover
Contents
- PREFACE
- Chapter
- I. - INTRODUCTORY
- II. - THE EARLIEST FLYING MEN
- III. - THE SERVICES OF SANTOS-DUMONT
- IV. - THE COUNT VON ZEPPELIN
- V. - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPLANE
- VI. - THE TRAINING OF THE AVIATOR
- VII. - SOME METHODS OF THE WAR IN THE AIR
- VIII. - INCIDENTS OF THE WAR IN THE AIR
- IX. - THE UNITED STATES AT WAR
- X.- SOME FEATURES OF AERIAL WARFARE
- XI. - BEGINNNINGS OF SUBMARINE INVENTION
- XII. - THE COMING OF STEAM AND ELECTRICITY
- XIII. - JOHN P HOLLAND AND SIMON LAKE
- XIV. - THE MODERN SUBMARINE
- XV. - ABOARD A SUBMARINE
- XVIL - SUBMARINE WARFARE
- XVII. - THE FUTURE OF THE SUBMARINE
- INDEX