Gooding s j introduction (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Facsimile of the 1730 edition. Oblong quarto. Illustrated. Owner's decorative bookplate on front pastedown, spine a bit cocked, near fine without dustwrapper as issued.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition Reprinted. Hardback. Excellent reference. 13pp, of introduction, explanation and bibliography, c.18 plates. Slight darkening to endpaper, else vgc, brown landscape boards, gilt.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. 31 pages. Extensive contemporary bibliography. Black and white illustrations which illustrate flint bayonet and grenade military exercises circa 1730. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this very informative early military reference.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Museum Restoration Service, Bloomfield, ON, Canada. 1995. Vi, 134 pages. Illustrated. #109 of 650 copies. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Part-history, part-technical study is the finest existing study of percussion cannon locks. John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the U. S. Navy's standard armament. EB; 134 pages.…