Farrow Edward S. Farrow's Military Encyclopedia. Volume I

New York: Published by The Author, 1885. — 2 p. With Maps and about three thousand wood engravings.Although about 30,000 subjects have been compiled from the various publications and records of the War Department, Foreign War Offices, and Military Works of reference, more than 5000 original articles have been prepared by specialists in America and abroad. While the Tactics, Ordnance, Gun Machinery, Implements, and Equipments of all ages and of all military powers have been fully described and illustrated under appropriate headings, a complete system of cross-references enables the military student to quickly locate several hundred articles pertaining to the general subject under investigation. Thus, under the article Magazine Gun will be found the following references: Boch, Buffington, Bullard, Burficss, Burton, Chafee-liee,ee, Clemmons, Colt, Dean, Elliott, Franklin, Hunt, Lee, Letcis-liiee, Miller, Reminx/ton, Russell, Spencer-Lee, Sprinejfidd-Jones, Tiesing, Trabue, Whitney, and Winchester Magazine Guns. Under each of these articles are references to articles describing and illustrating all other arms of the respective classes. The Compiler has made special effort to set forth in detail the numerous decisions, rendered by
the War Department and Tactical Department at West Point, on the tactical points raised and submitted from time to time by- the Officers of the Army and National Guard. The descriptions and illustrations of more than 500 varieties of Gun Machinery, Steam Hammers, Cranes, etc., constitute a novel feature of the work to be appreciated by those wishing to investigate the subjects of construction, testing, etc.