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CANNONS:  AN INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY by  Dean S Thomas - Used Book - Paperback - from Capricorn Books and Biblio.com
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CANNONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY

by Thomas, Dean S

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Book desription: Thomas, Arendtsville, Pa., 1987, third printing.. 72 pp, 11" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0939631032 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, drawings/diagrams. Contents: Introduction; Organization and Drill; Parts of the Cannon; Manufacture of Cannon; Carriages; Typ. es of Projectiles; Manufacture of Projectiles; Friction Primers and Time Fuses; 6-Pounder Field Gun; 12-Pounder Field Gun; Field Howitzers; 12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer; Parrott Field Rifles; 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle; 14-Pounder James Rifle; 12-Pound. e r Whitworth Rifle; 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle; 4.5-Inch Siege Rifle; 24-Pounder Coehorn Mortar; 32-Pounder Seacoast Gun; Parrott Heavy Rifles, Seacoast; Columbiads; Miscellaneous; Artillery Implements; Summary of Federal Purchases; Bibliography; Ta. bl e of Fire, 20-Pounder Parrott Rifle. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, minor bump at bottom of spine, small ghost sticker mark on front cover. Very Good.

  • Bookseller: Capricorn Books CA (CA)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 20927
  • Binding: Paperback
  • ISBN 10: 0939631032
  • ISBN 13: 9780939631032
  • Publisher: Thomas, Arendtsville, Pa., 1987, third printing.
  • Keywords: Cannons, American, Artillery, Drill, Carriages, Projectiles, Field guns, Primers, Time fuses, Howitzers, Parrott, Rifles, Ordnance, James, Whitworth, Siege, Coehorn Mortars, Seacoast, Heavy, Columbiads, Implements, Manufacturing, Federal, Shells, Gr
  • Subjects: HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877);

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