West Point Military Academy Military Pyrotechny, for the use of the Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.01 Author/Creator: West Point Military Academy Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1839 Pagination: 40 p. , 24 p. of plates ; 33 x 25 cm. Order a Copy
Information on all the ingredients and processes used in creating military explosives. Plates depict steps in manufacturing bombs, rockets, grape shot, and other explosive projectiles. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.02-.07.
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