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AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES

by Willis J. Abbot

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st. 1918

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.

Stock no. 1828620

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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

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