Trial by fire
Subtitle: science, technology, and the Civil War
By: by Charles D. Ross.
Publisher: White Mane Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Science.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology.
Description: "In this book, a physicist looks at the details of some of the unusual and creative uses of science and technology during the Civil War as the leaders on both sides turned to science and technology to help them win the war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-211) and index.