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Inventions of the great war

Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876- · 1919 · New York, The Century co. · 94 pictures

A. Russell Bond's 1919 popular survey of First World War technology, published by the Century Co. in New York for general American readers curious about military engineering. Halftone press photographs from agencies like Underwood & Underwood show mines, dirigibles, deck guns firing, and railway artillery, with heavy blacks and blown-out highlights that suit high-contrast, grainy monochrome treatments.

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