Ordanace Memoranda Naval Percussion Locks and Primers, Particularly those of the United States

Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1853. Boards. Good. [8], [9]-125 pages plus three leaves of plates extra to the pagination (two are colored). 8vo. 8 x 5 inches. 1/4 leather over printed paper boards. original pink paper on boards now faded mostly to brown. Wear and staining to the extremities, base of spine perished. Paper sticker "180" affixed at top of front board. INSCRIBED by the author "Mr. Sidney Brooks with the compliments of the Author" on the front flyleaf" Light foxing throughout. A sound copy. Boards. Contains the following sections: "Introductory notice," "Various kinds of Locks proposed," "Percussion Primers fo England and France,", "U.S. Percussion Lock and Primer," "General Remarks," "Mounting the Percussion Hammer," "Use of Steel lNipples and Caps for Cannon," "Friction-Primers," and "Appendix".

"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. In the Civil War, Dahlgren was made commander of the Washington Navy Yard, where he established the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the rank of rear admiral. He helped William Tecumseh Sherman secure Savannah, Georgia. " (Wikipedia)

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