PROJECTILES DE CAMPAGNE DE SIEGE ET DE PLACE, FUSEES

[1897 FATHER OF BALLISTICS J. M. INGALLS CIVIL WAR US ARMY SIGNATURE] PROJECTILES DE CAMPAGNE DE SIEGE ET DE PLACE, FUSEES par E. Vallier, Chef d'escadron d'Artillerie, Correspondant de l'Institut, published by Gauthier-Vallers et Fils, Paris, undated (but 1897, WorldCat/OCLC record), text in French, quarter-leather marbled board cover (loss of spine), 4-3/4" x 7-1/2", 178 pages, illustrations, charts, diagrams, mathematical formulas (ballistics), Providence Athenaeum discard with library and discard notations and stampings, James M. Ingalls, Capt. 1st Arty (artillery) ownership signature in ink on front blank endpage facing inside front cover with plate with type print "Presented to the Providence Athenaeum by Col. James M. Ingalls, U.S.A (U. S. Army), Ingalls has been called the "Father of Ballistics" (see below), association/presentation copy from book's author Frédéric Marie Emmanuel Vallier (E. Vallier) in French in pen at top right of half title page, "To Capt. James Ingalls, Compliments of the author, Vallier" (small lossses at top of some letters of "Ingalls" and "author" from slight cutting of top edges of pages for rebinding at one time); signatures authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee, one-of-a-kind association copy with signatures of two influential, historically significant individuals in the field of artillery and ballistics ///NOTES: JAMES MONROE INGALLS, 1837-1927, American soldier and an authority on ballistics…served in the Civil War…His tabulations on ballistics was the authoritative source for over 100 years…In 1904, he was made colonel retired…died on May 1, 1927, in Providence, Rhode Island, and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut…Author A. J. Bastarache has called Colonel Ingalls the "Father of Ballistics" for his pioneering research that contributed to America's military successes through the 20th century. (wikipedia); E. VALLIER/FREDERIC MARIE EMMANUEL VALLIER, 1849-1921, French military officer who had a long and varied career in French military and diplomacy, including 1895, Special officer at the disposal of the Ministry of the Navy; 1896. Special mission in Russia and at the Ministry of War; 1901, Special mission in France and Russia; 1901. Director of Artillery at Versailles; 1901, Deputy secretary of the commission for the examination of inventions concerning the armies of land and sea.; 1914-1916. Called back to activity by the general mobilization [for WWI]…His main work deals with questions of external ballistics, and more particularly the movement of projectiles in a resistant medium; the study of the laws of air resistance; experimental methods for establishing a shooting table. (online biographical note); CONDITION: very good or better, spine missing, otherwise very good-plus with light normal wear, hinges firm, text block tight, light normal age-toning to pages, note "See page 96" on blank front endpage above Ingalls signature (though nothing noted on this page), library markings as noted above.