Fullam and Hart's Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery was the standard instruction text at the U.S. Naval Academy at the turn of the twentieth century. Volume 1 (Chapters I–XIX) covers gun construction, gun mounts, and interior and exterior ballistics; Volume 2 (Chapters XX–XXXIV) covers automatic and machine guns, small arms, explosives and gunpowder, projectiles and fuses, ammunition stowage, armor protection and penetration, the proving ground, submarine mines, field fortifications, and practical naval gunnery. Numerous full-page plates are interleaved throughout both volumes.
These files are made available through the kind generosity of Ralph B. Tacoma from Wyoming, a member of the Coast Defense Study Group, to whom I say thank you very much.
Using the viewer: Toggle between Volume 1 and Volume 2 with the colored buttons at the bottom-right, and use the Full Table of Contents button to jump to any chapter. Use the double caret (») at the top right of the viewer to adjust scrolling.
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