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TitleEditionYear of PublicationContributorsCountry of PublicationPossible Copyright StatusAvailable Online?
The air menace and the answer1934James T. Shotwell, Elvira K. (Elvira Kush) FradkinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
American pistol shooting: a manual of instruction in modern pistol marksmanship1929William David FrazerUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
The American rifle: a treatise, a text book, and a book of practical instruction in the use of the rifle1918Townsend WhelenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Archery tackle: how to make and how to use it1936Adolph ShaneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The archery workshop1935L. E. (Louis Edward) StemmlerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Armory drill for Lewis machine-gun companies1918Charnley L. MurrayUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Arms fabricators, ancient and modern: a compilation of the names and dates of gunsmiths, bladesmiths, armourers, bowyers and cannoniers offered with such pertinent data upon their lives and activities as is discoverable together with three hundred sixty-eight identified poincons1934Robert Edward GardnerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Automatic pistol shooting: together with information on handling the duelling pistol and revolver1915Walter WinansUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Autour de la guerre chimique, comment éviter ce fléau1928Henri Le WitaFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Aviation fire control technician31957United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
The Bashford Dean collection of arms and armor in the Metropolitan museum of art1933Carl Otto Kretzschmar Von Kienbusch, Stephen V. (Stephen Vincent) GrancsayUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
The book of rifles[3d ed.]1963W. H. B. (Walter Harold Black) Smith, Joseph Edward SmithUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
The book of the rifle1901Thomas Francis FremantleUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Bows and arrows1927James Duff, G. P. Haynes, Edward CaveUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Bows and arrows for boys1930George C. DeckerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
British artillery experienceAmerican ed.1918I. O. Thayer, " "Dixhuit (pseudonym)United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Callinicus: a defence of chemical warfare1925J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson) HaldaneUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Chemical warfare1st ed.1921Amos A. (Amos Alfred) Fries, Clarence J., Clarence J. (Clarence Jay) WestUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Chemical warfare - its possibilities and probabilities1929Elvira K. (Elvira Kush) FradkinUnknownUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Chemical warfare1930Donald A. CameronUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Chemicals in war: a treatise on chemical warfare1937Augustin Mitchell Prentiss, George J. B. FisherUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Chemische plaudereien über gaskrieg, atomzertrümmerung, Vitamine und viele andere Gegenwartsprobleme1934Robert Karl WizingerUnknownUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Complete guide to handloading: a treatise on handloading for pleasure, economy, and utility1937Philip B. (Philip Burdette) SharpeUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The complete works of Count Rumford1875Graf von Benjamin RumfordUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Crew-served weapons and gunnery1954United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Défense passive organisée: personnel et matériel1936L. C. Heckly, Charles André GibrinUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Das Geschütz im Mittelalter: quellenkritische Untersuchungen1928Bernhard RathgenGermanyCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Das neue maschinengewehrschiessverfahren1912Friedrich August Oskar von MerkatzGermanyPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Der kriegschemische dienst in der Roten armee: auszug aus dem werke Kriegschemie1933ÍÀkov Moĭseevīch FishmanGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Description and management of the Ross rifle1918Howard P. PaddockUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die chemische Waffe im Weltkrieg und--jetzt1932Ulrich MüllerGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die chemische Waffe im Weltkrieg und--jetzt1933Ulrich MüllerGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die chemischenkampfstoffe und die industriegiftstoffe1933Walther UtermarkGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Drill regulations for the 75 mm1918Adolphe Dupont, Edward Bliss ReedUnknownPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Elementary naval ordnance and gunnery: including close-order infantry1918Hobart Cole. RamseyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Elements of ordnance: a textbook for use of cadets of the United States Military academy1938Thomas Jay Hayes, Earl McFarlandUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Encyclopedia of American hand armslst ed.1942George M. Chinn, Bayless E. (Bayless Evans) HardinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Field artillery data book1918Chester Benjamin McCormickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Field artillery data book[3d ed.]1912Chester B. McCormickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Field artillery firing data and notes1917Kenneth S. PerkinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Field book for machine gunners1917Edward Ball ColeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Field gunneryAmerican ed.1917Donald A. MacAlister, Capt. Daniel W. HandUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The fighting map and gun calibration, showing map and tables1917E. F. BatesonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Fire control technician 21956United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
A forgotten heritage: the story of a people and the early American rifle ... including brief biographies of some of the famous frontier characters who used this gun1941Harry P. DavisUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
French-English dictionary of machine gun terms1918Harry James Malony, Frank Short, H. MortonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
"Gas!"1934Charles Howard FoulkesUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Gas and flame in modern warfare1918Major S. J. M. Auld, W. GL Thayer, Samuel James Manson AuldUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Gas warfare1920Edward S. (Edward Samuel) FarrowUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
A glossary of the construction, decoration and use of arms and armor in all countries and in all times, together with some closely related subjects1934George Cameron StoneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Gunner's examiner3d ed.,1908United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Gunners' instruction: 1913/1914[10th ed.]1913United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Gunners' instruction: 1916-1917 (mine companies)[13th ed.]1916United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Gunners' instruction and manual (mine companies): 1915-1916[7th ed.]1915United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Gunners' instruction and manual (mine companies)[5th ed.]1913A. GrowollUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Gunners' instruction, antiaircraft artillery, gun battery1928United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Gunners' instruction: (Gun companies)[15th ed.]1921United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Gunners' instruction: mobile artillery1929United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Gunnery: an elementary treatise, including a graphical exposition of field artillery fire1912Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper) WiseUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Gunnery, fire control and position finding for antiaircraft artillery1930United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Haandbog i bueskydning1928Mogens LindDenmarkCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Historical arms and armor: twenty plates1935Stephen V. (Stephen Vincent) GrancsayUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
A history of weaponry[1st ed.]1963Courtlandt CanbyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
How to shoot (including Care and preservation of the rifle)1917Colonel William Libbey, James A. (James Alfred) MossUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
How to shoot the United States rifle and how to care for it1914George T. (George Thomas) BowmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Hunting with the bow & arrow1925Saxton T. (Saxton Temple) PopeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Instructions for gunners' examination in the field artillery1917John S. Hammond, Dawson OlmsteadUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Introduction to military history1929Robert Greenhalgh AlbionUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Introductory artillery mathematics and antiaircraft mathematics1943Sophia Hazel LevyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The Kentucky rifle: a study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work1925Kendrick Scofield, John Grace Wolfe DillinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
L'énigme du Rhin; la stratégie chimique en temps de paix et en temps de guerre;1922Victor Lefebure, Marcel ThiersFrancePublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La guerre des gaz: Franz Carl Endres ; traduit de l'allemand par Raymond Henry1928Franz Carl EndresUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Les asphyxies du temps de paix1932Charles CotFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The machine gun1917André MorizeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Machine gun practice and tactics for officers: N. C. O. 's and men1917K. B. McKellarUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Machine gun trainingAmerican ed.1917E. John SolanoUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Machine guns1917Harry James Malony, Julian S. Hatcher, Glenn P. WilhelmUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
A miscellany of arms and armor1927G. A. Douglass, S. V. Grancsay, D. FranklinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown status
The modern gunsmith: a guide for the amateur and professional gunsmith in the design and construction of firearms, with practical suggestions for all who like guns1934James Virgil Ho Ave, James Virgil HoweUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The modern pistol and how to shoot it1919Walter WinansUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The modern rifle1917John Alexander Donovan, Jesse Randolph BevisUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Moderne heere, moderne waffen1935Wulf BleyGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
MusketryAmerican ed.1917S. A. Dion, E. John. SolanoUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Naval ordnance: a text-book prepared for the use of the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy1921United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Naval ordnance: a text-book prepared for the use of the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy1925James Boyd. RutterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Naval ordnance: a text-book prepared for the use of the midshipmen of the United States naval academy1915Thomas Lee Johnson, Roland Irvin CurtinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Naval ordnance: a textbook prepared for the use of the midshipmen of the United States Naval academy1933Clyde Russell RobinsonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
New methods of machine-gun fire1916Capt. Friedrich, Friedrich August Oskar von MerkatzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Ordnance and gunnery: a text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States military academy, West Point1st ed.1907Ormond M. (Ormond Mitchell) LissakUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Pepperbox firearms1952Lewis WinantUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The pistol and revolver1908Abraham Lincoln Artman HimmelwrightUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Pistol and revolver shooting: by A.L.A. Himmelwright1928Abraham Lincoln Artman HimmelwrightUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Poison in the air1937Cedar Paul, Heinz Liepman, Eden PaulUnited StatesPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Questions and answers on rifle and equipment for privates1915John S. Upham, Frank Crandall BollesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Remington handguns[2d ed.]1951Charles Lee Karr, Caroll Robbins KarrUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war. An account of the critical struggle for power and for the decisive war initiative. The campaign fostered by the great Rhine factories, and the pressing problems which they represent. A matter of pre-eminent public interest concerning the sincerity of disarmament, the future of warfare, and the stability of peace.1921Victor LefebureUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The riddle of the Rhine, chemical strategy in peace and war ...1923Victor LefebureUnited StatesPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Rifle shooting instruction for boys: the boy problem, ranges, equipment, care and cleaning, instruction, competition1929United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Rifles and rifle shooting1912Charles AskinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Rifles and riflemen at the Battle of Kings Mountain1947Alfred F. Hopkins, Rogers W. Young, Carl Parcher RussellUnited StatesPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Rifles and shotguns: the art of rifle and shotgun shooting for big game and feathered game, with special chapters on military rifle shooting1930Warren H. (Warren Hastings) Miller, Warren H.United KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
Rifles and shotguns: the art of rifle and shotgun shooting for big game and feathered game, with special chapters on military rifle shooting1917Warren H. (Warren Hastings) MillerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Simeon North, first official pistol maker of the United States: a memoir1913S. N. D. (Simon Newton Dexter) North, Ralph H. NorthUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Small arms instructors manual: an intensive course, including official "C special course" ; U.S. rifle, model 1917 ; U.S. rifle, model 1903 (Springfield) ; U.S. rifle, model 1898 (Kraag) ; automatic pistol, model 1911 revolvers, cal's. .45 and .38 ; official firing courses ; designation of targets ; fire direction and control ; use of cover1918Reginald H. Sayre, Stowe Phelps, Gerard P. HerrickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Small game & varmint rifles1947Henry M. StebbinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The Spencer system of shooting the bow1933F. Taylor, Stanley F. SpencerUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The sporting rifle: the shooting of big and little game1908Walter WinansUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Sporting rifles and rifle shooting1920John. Caswell, H. M. PopeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Statement of Major General William Crozier, chief of ordnance, U.S.A. before the Senate Committee on military affairs, December 31, 1917.1917United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view available
Table of salvo kill probabilities for square targets1954United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The teaching of archery1936 Dave, Cia Wallace Craft, Dave CraftUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Text-book of ordnance and gunnery1st ed.1917William Harvey Tschappat, Lt.United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Textbook of ordnance and gunnery1929Lieutenant Colonel Earl McFarland, Earl McFarlandUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Treaties and resolutions of the Conference on the Limitation of Armament: as ratified by the United States Senate, facts and tables1922United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Turkish archery and the composite bow1934Paul Ernest KlopstegUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
United States martial pistols and revolvers1956Arcadi GluckmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
United States rifles and machine guns: a detailed account of the methods used in manufacturing the Springfield, 1903 model service rifle; also descriptions of the modified Enfield rifle and three types of machine guns1st ed.1917Ethan Viall, Fred H. (Fred Herbert) ColvinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
United States single shot martial pistols1913Charles Winthrop SawyerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The use of rifles for game and target1922Charles Singer LandisUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
War and the chase. A handbook to the collection of weapons of savage, barbaric, and civilised peoples.1929H. S. (Herbert Spencer) HarrisonUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
War gases: their identification and decontamination1942Morris Boris JacobsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Weapons: a pictorial history[1st ed.]1954Edwin TunisUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available