Powder and Propellants
Subtitle: Energetic Materials at Indian Head, Maryland, 1890-2001
Edition: 2 Sub edition
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781574411492
Subjects: American history; Ordnance, weapons technology; Weapons & equipment; Research; Military Installations; Ordnance; United States Naval Ordnance S; History - Military / War; Ordnance and ordnance stores; Military; USA; Military Science; United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.); Indian Head; United States; Military - General; United States; History; Maryland; Navy
First sentence: ROBERT BROOKE DASHIELL, ensign, U.S. Navy, worked late into the night, perfecting his design sketches for an improved breech for rapid-firing 5-inch naval ordnance.