The machine gun.
Prepared for the Bureau of Ordnance, Dept. of the Navy.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Washington, U.S. G.P.O., 1951-1987.
- Summary
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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.
- Note
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Vol. 5 has special title: Development of full automatic machine gun systems, high rate of fire power driven cannon ...
Consists of 17 pts.; v. 1, pt. 6 not published.
- Physical Description
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5 volumes
illustrations, portraits
27 cm
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