Text-Book of Anti-Aircraft Gunnery, COMPLETE in 2 volumes

Hill, A.V. [Archibald Vivian]

Published by HMSO, London, 1925

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Scarce (only 3 copies in WorldCat, none in COPAC, this is the first copy of the complete set listed online in 20 years). The complete theory of anti-aircraft gunnery worked out during World War I (the Great War) by Hill's Brigands, an illustrious team of physicists, mathematicians, and scientists, including Douglas Hartree, Karl Pearson, and Horace Darwin, who developed the new, three-dimensional gunnery to the sophistication level of established artillery (William Thomas, _Rational Action_, 2015). "Artillery schools" stamps to title pages and number stamped on front cover of volume 1 and spine of volume 2.Volume 1: 867 pages, original red cloth binding with gilt titles. Corners bumped, rear lower corner especially. Front hinge carefully reinforced with archival tape. All plates present including 14 large fold-outs.Volume 2: 271 pages. 5 fold-outs. Good+ condition, wear to joints, foxing to endpapers. All fold-outs excellent. 104200.

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Title: Text-Book of Anti-Aircraft Gunnery, COMPLETE in 2 volumes
Publisher: HMSO, London
Publication Date: 1925
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Good+

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