Robertson, David, Notebooks on machine guns, rifles, telescopes and binoculars, 1916-1917
- Title(s):
- Notebooks on machine guns, rifles, telescopes and binoculars.
- Published/Created:
- Enfield Lock, Middlesex, 1916-1917.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm, or smaller
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsUF620.M4 R63 1917Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11682226
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Four manuscript notebooks kept by David Robertson, amourer in the British Army, at Enfield Lock, Middlesex, 1916-1917. Enfield Lock was the home of the Royal Small Arms Factory and quarters of the Army Ordnance Corps. Volume 1 (116 pages) contains Robertson's notes for a course of instruction in Maxim, Vickers, Lewes, and Hotchkiss guns. Volume 2 (175 pages) contains Robertson's notes for a course of instruction in all aspects of rifle and bayonet assembly and use. Volumes 3-4 contain Robertson's notes for a course of instruction in range finders, telescopes and binoculars, with small diagrams (some in color).
- Subject Terms:
- Binoculars -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Great Britain. Army -- Equipment.Machine guns -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Rifles -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Robertson, David.Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield, London, England)Telescopes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Military manuals.
Exercise books.
Diagrams.
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