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Not since gunpowder was first employed in warfare has so revolutionary a contribution to the science of slaughtering men been made as by the perfection of aircraft and submarines. The former have had their first employment in this world-wide war of the nations. The latter, though in the experimental stage as far back as the American Revolution, have in this bitter contest been for the first time brought to so practical a stage of development as to exert a really appreciable influence on the outcome of the struggle | Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot 1 Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention Development and Present-Day Uses of War s Newest Weapons Author Willis J. Abbot Release Date September 20 2009 EBook 30047 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES Produced by Chris Curnow Joseph Cooper Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s note Obvious printer s errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author s spelling has been maintained. are used to inclose superscript. Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot 2 Illustration Fighting by Sea and Sky. Painting by John E. Whiting. AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES The Story of the Invention Development and Present-Day Uses of War s Newest Weapons By WILLIS J. ABBOT Author of The Story of Our Army The Story of Our Navy The Nations at War With Eight Color Plates and 100 Other Illustrations G. P. Putnam s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1918 Copyright 1918 By WILLIS J. ABBOT The Knickerbocker Press New York PREFACE Not since gunpowder was first employed in warfare has so revolutionary a contribution to the science of slaughtering men been made as by the perfection of aircraft and submarines. The former have had their first employment in this world-wide war of the nations. The latter though in the experimental stage as far back as the American Revolution have in this bitter contest been for the first time brought to so practical

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