Some Weapons of War as Improved by Recent American Inventors

Washington DC: by the Author, 1883. First Edition. 12mo; original embossed cloth; 93pp; illus. Mild external wear and soil; Very Good. Summary of recent improvements to torpedoes, small arms, revolvers, armored vessels, etc; numerous schematic drawings accompany the text. Frontispiece illustration titled "The Lay Torpedo and the Blockader." Bartlett was Principal Examiner at the U.S. Patent Office.