The mechanical fuze and the advance of artillery in the Civil War / Edward B. McCaul, Jr.

"The rifled artillery used during the Civil War created the need for a new and more reliable type of artillery fuze to light powder charges. This history explains how mechanically ignited fuzes were developed to improve accuracy, distance, and power of weaponry, as well as the technical and manufact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCaul, Edward B., Jr., 1951-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Artillery operations.
Fuzes (Ordnance) > United States > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Artillery > History > 19th century.
Military art and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Physical Description:x, 217 pages : illustrations
Format: Book
Contents:
  • United States military gunpowder
  • Pre-war fuzes
  • Smooth-bore versus rifled artillery
  • The manufacturing war
  • Artillery during the Civil War
  • The new fuzes
  • Hotchkiss, Parrott, and Schenkl
  • Post war developments
  • Appendix A. United States fuze related patents, 1855-1872
  • Appendix B. British fuze related patents, 1855-1876
  • Appendix C. Short biographies
  • Appendix D. Pre-war armories, arsenals, navy yards, foundries, and small arms manufacturers.