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Technology during the Revolutionary War / Lauren Kukla.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kukla, Lauren, author.
- Series:
- Military technologies.
- Military technologies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--United States--History--18th century.
- Technology.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Technology.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book examines the technology used by military forces during the Revolutionary War. The text introduces readers to flintlock and smooth bore muskets, rifles, cannons, mortars, howitzers, frigates, brigs, sloops, schooners, invisible ink, and the roles they played in military campaigns.
- Contents:
- 1. America at war
- 2. Muskets and rifles
- 3. Artillery
- 4. Secrets and spies
- 5. The war at sea
- 6. Digging in
- 7. The end of the war.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781624023705
- 1624023703
- OCLC:
- 981388703
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