Inventions of the Great War

Inventions Of The Great War, by Alexander Russell Bond.

“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculties, and as a result, the world is richer in many ways. Lessons of thrift and economy have been taught us. Manufacturers have learned the value of standardization. The business man has gained an appreciation of scientific research. The whole story is too big to be contained within the covers of a single book, but I have selected the more important and interesting inventions and have endeavored to describe them in simple language for the benefit of the reader who is not technically trained.” Bond was the sometime editor of Scientific American magazine.
( Book Preface, David Wales)

Total running time: 06:40:19 Read by David Wales

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Chapters:

• Preface
  
• Chapter 1 The War In And Under The Ground
  
• Chapter 2 Hand-Grenades And Trench Mortars
  
• Chapter 3 Guns That Fire Themselves
  
• Chapter 4 Guns And Super-Guns
  
• Chapter 5 The Battle Of The Chemists
  
• Chapter 6 Tanks
  
• Chapter 7 The War In The Air
  
• Chapter 8 Ships That Sail The Skies
  
• Chapter 9 Getting The Range
  
• Chapter 10 Talking In The Sky
  
• Chapter 11 Warriors Of The Paint-Brush
  
• Chapter 12 Submarines
  
• Chapter 13 Getting The Best Of The U-Boat
  
• Chapter 14 "Devil's Eggs"
  
• Chapter 15 Surface Boats
  
• Chapter 16 Reclaiming The Victims Of Submarines
  
  
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