Notes on Artillery

by W. A. E. St. Clair

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Illustrated. Various pagings, 35 plates chiefly color . 4to. Quarter-bound in black morocco over paper boards, some wear. Item #318106 Compiled by W. A. E. St. Clair in 1872, this fascinating student manuscript provides a glimpse into 19th-century British artillery manufacture with detailed descriptions of the entire process of making gunpowder. The book includes handwriting and mathematical figures bound in with the printed portions. Glosses in

• Binding: Leather

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