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Scientific American. A Weekly Journal of Practical Information... Manufacture of Krag-Jorgensen Rifles at the Springfield Armory / Manufacture...at the Springfield Arsenal. by GUNS - MANUFACTURE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA / SUTRO BATHSCALIFORNIA) - 1899.

by GUNS - MANUFACTURE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA / SUTRO BATHSCALIFORNIA)

Scientific American. A Weekly Journal of Practical Information... Manufacture of Krag-Jorgensen Rifles at the Springfield Armory / Manufacture...at the Springfield Arsenal. by GUNS - MANUFACTURE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA / SUTRO BATHSCALIFORNIA) -  1899.

Scientific American. A Weekly Journal of Practical Information... Manufacture of Krag-Jorgensen Rifles at the Springfield Armory / Manufacture...at the Springfield Arsenal.

by GUNS - MANUFACTURE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA / SUTRO BATHSCALIFORNIA)

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New York.: Munn & Co., Inc.. Vol. LXXX. No.s 17 & 20.. 1899.. TWO ISSUES of the magazine, April 29, 1899 and May 20, 1899, black and white illustrations and ads, 16 pages each, 16 x 11 1/4 inches, disbound from volume. April edition has two creases at lower right corner, still overall very good condition. April 29 issue has four illustrations on the front page (Rolling the Barrrels, Straightening the Barrels etc.) with a 1 1/4 page article inside with further illustrations. May 20 issue has illustrations on the front cover and with the 1 1/2 page article inside. These two articles cover the "Water Shops of the Springfield Armory where the gun barrels are rolled, bored, turned, rifled, and tested, ready for asembling in the finished weapon...[and] the Hill shops, where the complicated parts which go to make up the breech mechanism...are machined and finished and where the wooden stocks are made and the whole gun is assembled..." The April issue also includes an article and two photo-illustrations of the Sutro Baths of San Francisco with detailed information on their structure. .
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  • Edition Vol. LXXX. No.s 17 & 20.
  • Publisher Munn & Co., Inc.
  • Place of Publication New York.
  • Date Published 1899.
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