قراءة كتاب The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed
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The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | How Peaceful Arts help in War | 17 |
| II. | Gunpowder and its Modern Equivalents | 27 |
| III. | Radium in War | 39 |
| IV. | A Good Servant, though a Bad Master | 49 |
| V. | Mines, Submarine and Subterranean | 61 |
| VI. | Military Bridges | 75 |
| VII. | What Guns are made of | 92 |
| VIII. | More about Guns | 108 |
| IX. | The Guns they use in the Navy | 120 |
| X. | Shells and how they are made | 135 |
| XI. | What Shells are made of | 146 |
| XII. | Measuring the Velocity of a Shell | 159 |
| XIII. | Some Adjuncts in the Engine Room | 164 |
| XIV. | Engines of War | 169 |
| XV. | Destroyers | 184 |
| XVI. | Battleships | 191 |
| XVII. | How a Warship is Built | 202 |
| XVIII. | The Torpedo | 215 |
| XIX. | What a Submarine is like | 223 |
| XX. | The Story of Wireless Telegraphy | 240 |
| XXI. | Wireless Telegraphy in War | 252 |
| XXII. | Military Telegraphy |