Hi Guys.

I don't know how many people would be interested in these, but recently, on a forum I frequent, a number of books dating from the early years of the last century have been posted.

They seem to be taken from the US Congress Library, and have been scanned by Microsoft, for public, none commercial use.

Some of the titles:

Germany's fighting machine her army, her navy, her air-ships, and why she arrayed them against the allied powers of Europe.
Ernest F. Henderson
The Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1914.
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/appawdm16

New American navy Vol.1
John D. Long
The Outlook Company. New York, 1903.
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/kg1ap8a8p

All about ships, With four colour plates and a large number of drawings and photographs
Taprel Dorling
Cassel & Co., Ltd. 1912.
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/klwgqh49o

The modern warship
Edward L. Attwood
Cambridge University Press. 1913
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/rmiya2x03

The Curtiss aviation book
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
N.Y., Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1912
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/1cfxlc3lp

Manual of military aviation
Hollis Leroy Muller
George Banta Publishing Co. 1917
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/lu7mcixqw

Seagoing and other concrete ships
Nicolay Knudtzon Fougner
London, H. Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton. 1922
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/8gnnx90r4

German Anti-aircraft Artillery (Special Series No. 10)
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/1zuahvo7j

FM 30-42 Identification of Foreign Armored Vehicles, German, Japanese, Russian, and Italian 1942
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1942
http://depositfiles.com/files/te02wt1qh

The Imperial Japanes NAVY
Fred T. Jane
london W. THACKER & CO. 1904
http://depositfiles.com/files/6ujp8mfvt

The British NAVY from within
Hodder and Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton. 1915
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/ca9ao2pg6

Notes on anti-aircraft guns
H.L.Scott (Major General, Chief of Staff)
War Department. 1917
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/r8t1go9j3

The American Battleship in Commission as Seen by an Enlisted Man
Thomas Beyer
Army & Navy Register. 1906
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/wu040b5dn

Foreign aircraft industry and aircraft in 1940 [in Russian]
1940
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/rz8y08q76

Taschenbuch der Kriegsflotten. 1904 [in German]
Bruno Weyer
München. J.F.Lehmann's Verlag.
http://depositfiles.com/files/89lwr71sh

Steam-Ships and Their Story. The story of their development to the present day
R. A. Fletcher
J.B.Lippincott Co. / Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1910
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/0h8rxf7mt

If there are no objections, and interest in these books, I'll post some links.

I find stuff like that fascinating! Would love to get copies, now they are in the public domain....

Yes, they are facinating.

I've got the Manual of military aviation, and one paragraph that stood out for me was:



"Today" of course is 1917!

LOL, and "old" types must have been what, 1914? 1915?

Airplanes seemed to advance in those days as quickly as computers do in our time....

I wonder what he would have made of Concorde, 50 years later.

There was an old Twilight Zone that did just that....

The Last Flight


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Just watched it, phantastic.

Please do post links, Colonel.

In regard to the 1917 quote:
I have read that the Wright Brothers built their own wind tunnel with small-scale models before their first flight. It measured drag and lift.
One finding was that the propeller is just another wing--going in a circle--and so needs attention to its streamline shape.

The Wrights preferred wing-warping for control of their "Flyer" after experimenting with twisting a long box. Others discovered that separate hinged panels for such things as 'ailerons' worked better.
The Wrights' experience as bicycle mechanics helped them enormously in working out the mechanical connections.
But they made their own engine!

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I believe it was German engineers who used wind tunnels to discover 'laminar flow'--the tendency of air to cling close to the aircraft surface. That's why you can't blow the dust completely off your car by driving fast. It's like "laminated" wood--there are layers of air, and the bottom one sticks.
Any disturbance or breaking of this smooth flow adds drag.
Rivets with round heads sticking up are an example of flow disturbance. The Bf-109 put the theory to use (I don't know that it was the first such aircraft to use laminar flow techniques, however).

There was much international visiting among engineers before the coming 2nd World War put a stop to that.
The P-51 Mustang is a production example of an American engineer who visited German aircraft factories pre-war, putting the new 'laminar' ideas to very good use.
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Kind of off-topic:
If you sharply cut off the rear part just right, the air continues to flow as though a 'tapered' tail is still there. This discovery was mostly used in cars rather than aircraft. Especially race cars.
You can see many "Kammbacks" around you on the highway today. Almost every car has some version.
German aerodynamics engineers Baron Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld and Wunibald Kamm of Germany discovered the effect. They produced this low-drag "Kamm"-tailed prototype in 1944.

The American-made "Gremlin" and the 1962 Ferrari 350 GTO are other examples of Kammbacks.

links added.

Tanks 1914-1918
Sir Albert G. Stern
Hoden & Stoughton. 1919
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/1i6tbqq8u

I am glad you liked it Knegel. It's one of my favorite episodes.

Thanks for the links Colonel.


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Barrage Ballon Site Installations (1943)
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943

http://depositfiles.com/files/m09tgbiyw

The New American navy Vol.2
John D. Long
The Outlook Company. New York. 1903
http://depositfiles.com/files/v2k8peuuw

Field Fortifications 1944
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1944
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/rdzizsktq

The Story of the Monitor
Cornelius S. Bushnell
National Memorial Association. New Haven. Conn. 1899
http://depositfiles.com/files/t9c2xeyeu

I always liked the Monitor.
Thanks for the link .


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Our iron-clad ships
Edward J. Reed
London : J. Murray. 1869
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/yhpuufu13

Japanese Ground and Air Forces
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/fo1edud6d

Wow, keep 'em coming Col.!!

Is there an index anywhere to all of these titles?

Hi dBeav.

I'm sorry, but I'm only linking these books from the original forum links. I'm updating my post, as new links become available.

I hope these historical books are of interest to people on SimHQ.

The Monitor and the navy under steam
Frank M. Bennett
Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company. 1900
http://depositfiles.com/files/owneg5dac

I 've been reading the one about the tanks, listed at the top of this page. Amazing how they developed the weapon. It was originally called a "Land Ship" and thus the committee developing it was called the "Land Ship Committee," but they wanted to keep it a secret, so they started calling it a "Water Carrier." With the military penchant for abreviating everything to initials, this became "W.C." Well, this wouldn't do, as I'm sure most of us know what a W.C. is, so they came up with "Tank Supply Committe" and the name "Tank" was born.

Fascinating stuff!!

Hi CJ.

It's funny, how funny, history is.

Would you like to climb into a WC, and go into battle?

Strikes me, the sort of thing Baldrik would come up with.

Zounds, a "Black Adder" reference.

Aeroplane Patents
Robert M. Nelson
D. van Nostrand Co. 1910
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/ongq22o3b

More great books Col.
Thanks.


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The story of the British navy from the earliest times to the present day
E. Keble Chatterton
Mills & Boon. Limited. London. 1911
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/dru8fhgcl

Germany's fighting machine
Ernest F. Henderson
Indianapolis : Robbs Merrill. 1914
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/66dzw4lpw

I forgot I could make this a Watched Topic.

Done Now.


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The Submarine Torpedo Boat - Its Characteristics & Modern Development
Allen Hoar
D. van Nostrand Co. 1916
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/n9xe7s1ks

German Coastal Defenses ( Special Series No. 15 )
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/powaop5w9

German Infantry Weapons ( Special Series No. 14 )
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/2kqmgfzbe