Project Gutenberg 2010-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 175 Corbin, Thomas W. 18017015 The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed Simon Gardner, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Romance of War Inventions" by Thomas W. Corbin is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the technological advancements and inventions utilized in warfare, detailing military equipment such as warships, guns, tanks, and bombs, along with their invention and use. Corbin aims to illustrate the intersection between peaceful arts and wartime innovation, making it a potentially fascinating read for those interested in military history and technological development during times of conflict. At the start of the narrative, Corbin introduces the significant shift in warfare from singular trades like the armoury to the collective industrial effort that modern armies require. He discusses how commonplace materials, such as common salt, can be transformed into critical components for explosives, linking peaceful industries to military needs. The opening emphasizes the depth of connection between various substances and their transformed roles in warfare, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of how inventions evolve and impact battlefields. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34459/34459-h/images/i_cover_tn.jpg Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Military art and science Naval art and science Inventions T Text Category: History - Warfare Category: Engineering & Technology 625549 2025-08-14T06:43:33.238617 text/html 625797 2021-10-26T15:24:23 text/html 2738275 2025-08-14T06:43:42.510582 application/epub+zip 2737050 2025-08-14T06:43:34.628606 application/epub+zip 273252 2025-08-14T06:43:33.855605 application/epub+zip 2914768 2025-08-14T06:43:48.077538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2860591 2025-08-14T06:43:41.383602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411560 2022-09-15T15:52:06.473689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535568 2025-08-14T06:43:32.085641 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 535494 2021-10-26T15:22:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18410 2025-08-14T06:43:48.238545 application/rdf+xml 28842 2025-08-14T06:43:33.974585 image/jpeg 3612 2025-08-14T06:43:33.913804 image/jpeg 190824 2021-10-26T15:24:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 2675694 2021-10-26T15:25:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 2676422 2025-08-14T06:43:33.355583 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog