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60. *American Machinist. High-explosive shells; a reprint of important articles present in the American Machinist from June to October, 1915. New York: American Machinist, 1915.

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70 p.

A timely collection of well written and carefully illustrated material describing the high-explosive shell, its action, and methods of manufacture, with particular reference to the British 4.5 type, with notes on inspection, and information covering German methods of manufacture.

61. Shrapnel and other war material: a reprint of important articles presented in the American Machinist from January to June, 1915. New York, American Machinist [1915].

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92 p. "The material contained in this book is not only of interest to the engineer and machinist, but, in the present defenseless state of the country, it is of value to have gathered together an array of information showing how its resources can be utilized for purposes of defense. The various articles explain how machinery which was never intended for the production of war material has been adapted to the making of munitions. It shows how, when a country is under necessity of rapidly changing its mode of manufacture, it can adapt machines for purposes which hitherto were regarded as far beyond their range and capacity. affords an example of what the American people can do when necessity requires. The book is one which may be filed away for use in the unhappy event that the United States becomes involved in war, and metal working plants can immediately be converted into arsenals."- Iron Age, Nov. 18, 1915.

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62. *Campagna, Enzo. La nave subacquea; sottomarini e sommergibili. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1915. (Manuali Hoepli.)

Tells the essential facts concerning submarine boats: - theory, history, propulsion, periscopes, signalling, safety devices, armament, various types, and military value. Has excellent half-tone engravings, diagrams, and plans.

63. *Fletcher, John Spedding. Modern steam seamanship for second mates, mates, and masters, by Captain John S. Fletcher... London: H. Jenkins, Ltd. [1915.] 125 p. 12°.

A British book of questions and answers covering concisely the practical handling of the ship and equipment.

64. *Henderson, David. The art of reconnaissance. don: J. Murray, 1915.

197 p. diagr., maps. [3. ed.]

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"The acquisition of information about the enemy has always been considered one of the most important elements of success in war. A commander without information is like a man blindfolded; he knows neither where to strike nor from what quarter to expect attack; he is unable to make a plan for himself, or to guard against the plan of his enemy. It is therefore the aim of every general to gain information about his adversary, and to deny to his adversary information about himself."— p. 1.

This little book tells in a very interesting way about principles and methods, protection and security, contact and independent reconnaissance, scouting, patrolling and transmission of information, with a chapter on aerial reconnais

sance.

65. Hime, Henry William Lovett. The origin of artillery. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1915. 231 p. 8°.

A revision of Gunpowder and Ammunition published in 1904. A very readable discussion of the claims of the Greeks, Arabs, Hindus, Chinese, and of Roger Bacon to the invention of gunpowder, with an account of the origin of fire-arrows, hand grenades, rockets, darts, shrapnel, explosive shells, and other forms of ammunition. Has a new section relating to the first use of cannon (believed by the author to have been the invention of a German monk in 1313).

65a. Huidekoper, Frederic Louis, paredness of the United States. Company, 1915. 735 p., 14 maps.

1874. The military unpreNew York, The Macmillan 8°.

"Mr. Huidekoper has just completed a most admirable work dealing with our military history and policy from the beginning of our national history up to the present day. It follows the general lines of that able presentation of these subjects by General Emory Upton in his work-The Military policy of the United States. Mr. Huidekoper has endeavored to present these subjects in a rather more condensed form with reference to certain portions of our history, and has greatly amplified them in others through the addition of much new and valuable material. That portion covering the period from the end of the Civil War to the present time is especially valuable, as it embodies a compilation of data not heretofore presented. The references are well arranged, and are in great detail, and the whole work is characterised by good arrangement. This work of Mr. Huidekoper's is one which should be read, and carefully read, by all Americans who are interested in the military history and policy of their country, and who desire to replace our past haphazard policy by one which will be adequate to secure a reasonable degree of preparedness without in any way building up a condition of militarism. Mr. Huidekoper presents with such effectiveness the folly of our past policy and its great and unnecessary expense in life and treasure, that one who reads with an average degree of intelligence cannot escape the conviction that a continuance of the policy of unpreparedness, blindly trusting to chance, which has characterised and dominated our military policy in the past, and a continuance of the methods employed in raising and maintaining armies, can have but one end-national disaster... Our people must remember that there is nothing in the experience of the past or in the conditions of to-day which in any way justifies the assumption that wars are past. While we should strive for world peace and endeavor to settle our international difficulties by arbitration, we cannot, unless we are unworthy of the trust handed down to us, fail to make adequate preparation to defend our heritage. We must not forget that there is many a peace which is worse than war. We have never waged war single-handed with a first class nation prepared for war. Our people know nothing of what such a struggle means; they have no conception of the effect of the application of well organized and thoroughly prepared military force. A careful perusal of Mr. Huidekoper's work will aid them in reaching sound conclusion as to our needs in the way of military preparedness, and give them many valuable suggestions as to methods to be adopted to meet them."- From the introduction by Gen. Leonard Wood.

66. *International military digest; a monthly review of the current literature of military science. v. 1-date (June, 1915 date). New York and West Point, 1915 – date. 8°.

"Stated simply, the scope and purpose of the Digest will be: to digest in brief abstract from all the contents of all the journals of military science, both American and foreign, which are of any professional importance. These abstracts are to be not critical, but concise, readable, impartial and informative summaries varying in length from 100 to 500 words, according to the length and importance of the article abstracted. Citations will be given in each

case directing the inquirer to the source of the abstract where full text of the article may be found. The Digest will aim in no sense to supplant any existing military periodical, but to supplement and render more valuable all of them; positively, by directing the inquirer at once to specific articles desired (often especially when in a foreign language, liable to be inaccessible to many searchers); negatively, by enabling him, by its outline of their scope, to ignore ab initio articles quite out of the range of his investigation.”— From the prospectus.

67. *Laubeuf, Alfred Maxime. Sous-marins et submersibles, leur développement, leur rôle dans la guerre, leur rôle dans l'avenir, les sous-marins allemands. Paris: Delagrave [1915]. 100 p. diagr., pl. 4°. (Collection de "La science au XX. siècle.")

Author has designed a large number of submersibles for the French and other navies. In scope the book is both historical and modern and is well supplied with plans and half-tone illustrations. Has chapters on accidents, the importance of the submarine to small navies, the possibilities of increased tonnage, and an appendix of 24 pages devoted to German craft. Provided with a good bibliography.

68. *Mendl, Wladimir. Die Rettungsboote und ihr Zubehör, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der grossen Übersee-Passagierdampfer. Von... Wladimir Mendl. Borna-Leipzig: R. Noske, 1914. illus. 8°.

182 p.

"The work is the result of a prize competition in the shipbuilding department of the Royal Technical High School at Charlottenburg. It critically discusses the various laws and regulations for the safety of ships, describes the construction of the different kinds of life boats and lowering mechanisms, closing with a consideration of the use and worth of life boats in general. It must be regarded as a very serviceable contribution in that it brings together from widely separated sources a great deal of published material in a very convenient form."- From a review in Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, June 5, 1915, p. 473.

69. *Newitt, E. J. D. The citizen rifleman. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs. London: G. Newnes, Ltd. [1915.] sq. 24°.

94 p., 4 pl. illus. [new ed.]

A timely little guide telling how to form and manage a rifle club, to award prizes, and to handicap. Has up-to-date information on ranges, targets, rifles and ammunition, and marksmanship.

70. *O'Donnell, H. [Lectures on the training of the soldier.] London: Gale and Polden [1914?]. 12°.

A series of twelve papers by the colonel of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Tells in simple language about the sending of messages, the use of ground and advancing under fire, fire and formations, quarters and sanitation on the march, deportment, protection from surprise, protection when at rest, the duties of officers in attack, ammunition supply, fire direction and control, the principles of defence, reconnoitring and scouting, fighting in close country, and entrenching in the present war.

71. Ommundsen, H., and E. H. ROBINSON. Rifles and ammunition and rifle shooting, by H. Ommundsen...and Ernest

H. Robinson.

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New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1915.

335 P.

A timely and voluminous work, superbly illustrated, dealing with the history of the military rifle and its ammunition, with descriptions of the various modern types. Has much to say about the correct practice of shooting. Reviewed in Arms & Explosives, London, Aug. 1915, p. 101.

72. *Otto, Friedrich. zahlreichen Abbildungen. illus. 8°.

Das Unterseeboot im Kampfe.
Leipzig: C. F. Amelang, 1915.

Mit 157 p.

An account of the workings and construction of a submarine told chiefly in conversations between a commandant and his visitor. Has considerable to say concerning the history and future of this kind of craft, with a chapter on its use in the present war. Well illustrated.

Mining, Metallurgy and Geology

73. Guidebook of the western United States.

Washington:

Gov. Prtg. Off., 1915. 4 v. 8°. (United States Geological Survey. Bulletin. no. 611-614.)

Part A. The Northern Pacific route, with a side trip to the Yellowstone Park. By Marius R. Campbell and others. Bulletin 611.

Part B. The Overland route, with a side trip to Yellowstone Park. By Willis T. Lee (and others). Bulletin 612.

Part C. The Santa Fe route, with a side trip to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. By N. H. Darton and others. Bulletin 613.

Part D. The Shasta route and Coast line. Bulletin 614.

"To 'know America first' is a patriotic obligation, but to meet this obligation the railroad traveler needs to have his eyes directed towards the more important or essential things within his field of vision and then to have much that he sees explained by what is unseen in the swift passage of the train... These books are educational in purpose, but the method adopted is to entertain the traveler by making more interesting what he sees from the car window. The plan of the series is to present authoritative information that may enable the reader to realize adequately the scenes and material resources of the region he is traversing, to comprehend correctly the basis of its development, and above all to appreciate keenly the real value of the country he looks out upon, not as so many square miles of territory represented on the map in a railroad folder by meaningless spaces, but rather as land-real estate, if you please-varying widely in present appearance because differing largely in its history, and characterized by even greater variation in values because possessing diversified natural resources... Items of interest in civic development or references to significant epochs in the record of discovery and settlement may be interspersed with explanations of mountain and valley or statements of geologic history. In a broad way the story of the West is a unit, and every chapter should be told in order to meet fully the needs of the tourist who aims to understand all that he sees. To such traveler-reader this series of guidebooks is addressed."- From the preface.

74. *Ibbotson, Fred., and L. AITCHISON. The analysis of nonferrous alloys, by Fred. Ibbotson...and Leslie Aitchison...

With diagrams. 230 p. illus.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.

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Aims to combine accuracy, speed and convenience, as well as "to make possible the estimation of one element without the tedious separation from every other element which so often occurs in the older text-books." Treats each metal in a separate chapter and gives directions for the analyses of the common commercial alloys, such as bronze, brass, white metal, German silver, etc.

Reviewed in Metal Industry, New York, Oct., 1915, p. 426; in Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, London, Sept. 15, 1915, p. 927.

75. Johnstone, Sydney J. The rare earth industry, including the manufacture of incandescent mantles, pyrophoric alloys, and electrical glow lamps. Together with a chapter on the industry of radioactive substances, by Alexander S. Russell... London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1915. xii, 136 p. illus. (Manuals of chemical technology. no. 2.)

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"The importance at the present time of the rare earths and radioactive substances can hardly be over-estimated. Out of their technical utilisation most important industries have recently arisen, the whole subject of gas and electrical lighting has been revolutionised, the match industry has been attacked, while certain branches of surgery and medicine have entirely changed their course within a few years. With the advent of the rarer elements into technology, moreover, has dated the discovery of a whole series of very remarkable steels, which have again reacted on the engineering industries, and on the progress of invention in a way which at present it is difficult to adequately estimate."From the preface.

This is a practical, well illustrated treatise dealing less with the pure chemistry of rare earths than with their industrial applications. There are numerous bibliographical and patent references.

Reviewed in Engineering and Mining Journal, Nov. 20, 1915; in Mining Magazine, Sept., 1915; in Electrical Engineering, Sept. 30, 1915; in Engineer, Nov. 12, 1915, p. 461.

76. *The Mineral industry, its statistics, technology and trade during 1914... Edited by G. A. Roush... v. 23. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. [1915.]

998 p.

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Twenty-third year of this well-known compilation of facts and figures concerning the principal metals and minerals. Covers nearly one thousand pages, is international in scope, and is provided with excellent bibliographies. Has new special chapters on refractory materials, the flotation of ores, and the smoke problem in the mineral industries. Also has data of the world's principal mines.

Reviewed in Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco, Oct. 9, 1915, p. 573. 77. *Walsh, Joseph J. Mining and mine ventilation; a practical handbook on the physics and chemistry of mining and mine ventilation for vocational schools, and for those qualifying for mine foreman and mine inspector certificates. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1915. illus. 8°.

180 p.

Author, who is a mine inspector at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, "aims to provide new material and to dwell more fully on the fundamental theories and laws of ventilation, and to furnish, if possible, to the student a more suggestive method of study in a more graphic form." Has many practical problems with

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