A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor: Embracing Descriptions, Discussions, and Professional Opinions Concerning the Material, Fabrication, Requirements, Capabilities, and Endurance of European and American Guns for Naval, Sea-coast, and Iron-clad Warfare, and Their Rifling, Projectiles and Breech-loading. Also, Results of Experiments Against Armor, from Official Records. With an Appendix, Referring to Gun-cotton, Hooped Guns, Etc., EtcD. Van Mostrand, 1865 - 900 páginas |
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A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor: Embracing Descriptions, Discussions, and ... Alexander Lyman Holley Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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