100 Military Inventions that Changed the World. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip Russell.
• Authors: Russell, Philip
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Dinner in a Tin (Canned Food); Sharpe's Choice at Any Rate (The Bolt Action Rifle); Marathon Man on the Moon (Cushion-Soled Running Shoes); Kitty Litter Worth a Bomb (Dynamite); Not Just a Scottish Sword (The Claymore); Drinking Clean Water (Water Purification Tablets); Playing with Fire (Incendiary Bombs); One Hundred Million and Still Going Strong (Kalashnikov AK-47); The Surgical Miracle (Plastic Surgery); You're in Trouble When the Nagging Stops ... (Satellite Navigation); DIY for Outer Space (Cordless Power Tools). Special Forces Flash-Bang (The Stun Grenade)A Nuclear Solution (The Atomic Bomb); Reaching Beyond (The Ballistic Missile); Bringing Out the Big Guns (The Battleship); Your Temperature in the Stars (The Ear Thermometer); Clearing the Fog of War (The Cannon); Slice of Apple, Anyone? (The Crossbow); Pomegranates and Other Fruit (The Hand Grenade); Popeye's Favourite SUV (The Jeep); The Coming of the Jet Age (The Jet Engine); Celebrating with a Two-Fingered Salute (The Longbow); The Shock of the Century (Satellites); We All Live In a ... (The Submarine); Battleships for the Battlefield (The Tank). Talking on the Go (The Walkie Talkie)Putting the Frighteners on Goliath (The Trebuchet); The Gun That Won The West (The Winchester '73); Goodbye Mr Goodbar (The Microwave Oven); Harry Potter Syndrome (Scratch-Resistant Lenses); A Good Night's Sleep (Memory Foam); The Story of Flight Goes Vertical (The Helicopter); A Cloud with a Silver Lining (Mustard Gas); In Praise of Stinging Nettles and Replacement Windows (Titanium); How to Stop an Elephant Charging (Caltrop); Making the World Go Round (Wheel Spokes); Fix Bayonets! (Bayonet); Sailors in the Air (Aircraft Carrier). The Sarin Menace (Sarin)Welcome to RPG Avenue ... (Rocket-Propelled Grenade); The Miracle Fibre (Kevlar); Seeing in the Dark (Night Vision); Icon of a Generation (M16 Rifle); The Top Secret Flying Carpet Fiasco (The Hovercraft); The Power of Apollo in Your Lap (The PC); Let's Go Fly a Kite ... (Kites); How to Swim Like a Fish (Aqua Lung); Dreams and Nightmares (Airships); The Tin Fish (Torpedo); Fountains of Flame (Flame Thrower); Life-Saving Fungus (Penicillin); The Gunslinger's Best Friend (Revolver); Mind Your Step (Land Mine); The Charms of Brown Bess (Flintlock). Bad News for Bullet Counters (Automatic Pistol)Skills That Are Out of This World (The Sword); A Present from Poland (Mine Detector); The GI's Cadillac (M1 Garand Rifle); Army Fashion Classic (The Desert Boot); Don't Shoot the Propeller! (Sychronization Gears); The Iron Man Suit (Powered Exoskeleton); When to Leave the Car Keys at Home (The Armoured Car); Flying in Comfort Above the Clouds (Pressurized Aircraft Cabins); A Bad Day for the General (Baker Rifle); Carry On Smiling (Invisible Braces); A Cupful of Military Technology (Freeze Drying); 'Bombs Gone!' (Bomb Sight); The Cool Macready Look (Ray-Ban Aviators).
• Publisher Details: London : Constable
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 623; Military engineering; Inventions; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Inventions; Military engineering; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472106704; 1472106709
• ISSNs: 6520-0605
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