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Home > Victorian Military Life > Weapons & Technologies
- What Is a Torpedo? by Lt. Francis Palmer
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)
- The Story of the Arbalist, by Maurice Thompson
(St. Nicholas, 1882B)
- More commonly known as the cross-bow.
- Swords, by John Lewees
(St. Nicholas, 1882B)
- Includes some wonderful illustrations of all types of swords.
- American Machine Cannon and Dynamite Guns, by William R. Hamilton
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- Ancient and Modern Artillery, by Lt. W.R. Hamilton
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- How Rockets Are Made, by Lt. W.R. Hamilton (St. Nicholas, 1889)
- Modern Harbor Defenses, by Lt. W.R. Hamilton
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- The Making of a Great Steel Gun, by G.F. Muller
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- The Poetry of the Searchlight
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- Searchlights in peace and war.
- The Evolution of a Battleship, by Albert Franklin Matthews
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- The steam battleship "Indiana." "When the Indiana sails down the Delaware in commission, she will be the ninety-second man-of-war built for the United States navy on the Delaware."
- The Future of War, by Fitzhugh Lee
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- "Military operations as affected by the new weapons."
- New Weapons of the United States Army, by Victor Louis Mason
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- A Walk Through Woolwich Arsenal, by J. Munro
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- The Rontgen Rays in Warfare, by Herbert C. Fyfe
(The Strand, 1899A)
- Using X-rays in military surgery.
- Where "Long Tom" Was Made, by M. Dinorben Griffith and D. Bril
(The Strand, 1900A)
- A visit to Messrs. Schneider and Company's Metallurgical Works at Creuset, manufacturers of artillery.
- The Most Destructive Projectile Ever Invented
(Strand, 1901A)
- The "Gathmann arm," a projectile capable of being fired to a distance of five miles, carrying a payload of gun cotton sufficient to blow up a battleship.
- Military Novelties, by James Scott (Strand, 1901B)
- A host of inventions for the "modern" military, from helmets that turn rainwater into drinking water, to spinning fans meant to deflect bullets.
- His Majesty's Submarines, by Herbert C. Fyfe
(Good Words, 1902)
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