Project Gutenberg 2010-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 93 Corbin, Thomas W. 18017015 The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed Simon Gardner, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Romance of War Inventions" by Thomas W. Corbin is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the technological advancements and inventions utilized in warfare, detailing military equipment such as warships, guns, tanks, and bombs, along with their invention and use. Corbin aims to illustrate the intersection between peaceful arts and wartime innovation, making it a potentially fascinating read for those interested in military history and technological development during times of conflict. At the start of the narrative, Corbin introduces the significant shift in warfare from singular trades like the armoury to the collective industrial effort that modern armies require. He discusses how commonplace materials, such as common salt, can be transformed into critical components for explosives, linking peaceful industries to military needs. The opening emphasizes the depth of connection between various substances and their transformed roles in warfare, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of how inventions evolve and impact battlefields. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34459/34459-h/images/i_cover_tn.jpg en Military art and science Naval art and science Inventions T Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science - General 625402 625304 2024-09-14T12:11:07.639873 2023-09-15T07:07:55.307513 text/html text/html 625797 2021-10-26T15:24:23 text/html 2738365 2024-09-14T12:11:18.117761 application/epub+zip 2737338 2024-09-14T12:11:09.093880 application/epub+zip 273355 2024-09-14T12:11:08.301870 application/epub+zip 2914728 2024-09-14T12:11:24.262233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2860593 2024-09-14T12:11:16.568857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411560 2022-09-15T15:52:06.473689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535568 535512 2024-09-14T12:11:06.096947 2023-09-15T07:07:53.779475 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 535494 2021-10-26T15:22:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18479 2024-09-14T12:11:24.418228 application/rdf+xml 28842 2024-09-14T12:11:08.455842 image/jpeg 3612 2024-09-14T12:11:08.383849 image/jpeg 190824 2021-10-26T15:24:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 2675694 2021-10-26T15:25:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 2676557 2024-09-14T12:11:07.771832 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog