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The Beginnings of the Use of Iron and Steel in Heavy Armour

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Most of the time, improvements to armour, as in other areas of science and technology, are gradual. From time to time, however, substantial changes take place. What I have attempted to do in this chapter is (i) to identify these “step changes”, (ii) to give an impression of what was going on politically and militarily at the time that influenced technology and design, and (iii) to introduce the people involved.

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I would like to thank Ian Cullis, Joe Backofen, and Bradley Dodd for their encouragement during the writing of this chapter. I also wish to record my thanks for the existence of and access to the Cambridge University Library, the British Library, and the library of the Royal United Services Institute. “Forgotten Books” and Google Books were invaluable in making out of print publications easily available. Wikipedia was also useful in directing me to relevant articles and books.

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Appendix A: List of Nineteenth-Century Military, Engineering, and Scientific Journals Containing Information Relevant to This Review

Appendix A: List of Nineteenth-Century Military, Engineering, and Scientific Journals Containing Information Relevant to This Review

Note that due to constraints of time and difficulty of access, the author was not able to consult the non-English literature in the original languages. However, many articles of interest were translated at the time and republished in both British and American journals. The journals are listed here for the benefit of future researchers.

  • American Journal of Science (still published)

  • Arms and Explosives (UK journal, published 1893–1920)

  • Army Quarterly (UK journal; now Army Quarterly Defence Journal)

  • Artilleriskii Journal (in Russian)

  • Artilleristische Monatshefte

  • Baumaterialenkunde (started 1896)

  • Bulletin Belge Sciences Militaires

  • Bulletin Renseignements Artillerie

  • Bulletin Des Sciences Militaires

  • Bulletin de la Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale

  • Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences

  • Dingler’s Polytechnische Journal

  • Engineering

  • Giornale di’Artiglieria e Genio

  • Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers

  • Journal of the Franklin Institute (started 1826 and still published)

  • Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts (Nicholson’s Journal; pulished 1797–1814, when it was merged with The Philosophical Magazine)

  • Journal des Sciences Militaires

  • Journal Royal United Services Institute (started 1857)

  • Journal of the United Services Institute of India

  • Journal of the United States Artillery (published 1892–1922)

  • Kriegstechnische Zeitschrift

  • Kynoch Journal

  • Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

  • Mémorial de l’Artillerie Française

  • Mémorial de l’Artillerie Marine

  • Memorial de Artilleria

  • Mémorial des Poudres Et Salpêtres

  • Militär-Wochenblatt

  • Minutes and Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers (started 1837)

  • Minutes and Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institute

  • Mitteilungen über Gegenstände des Artillerie- und Geniewesens

  • Nuovo Cimento (started 1855)

  • Philosophical Magazine (started 1798)

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (started 1665)

  • Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

  • Proceedings of United States Naval Institute

  • Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers (started 1837)

  • Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

  • Rivista di Artiglieria e Genio

  • Revista Cientifico-Militar

  • Revue Armée Belge

  • Revue Artillerie

  • Revue du Génie Militaire

  • Revue Maritime

  • Revue Militaire des Armées Etrangères

  • Revue Militaire Française

  • Revue Militaire Suisse

  • Scientific American (still published)

  • Stahl und Eisen (started 1881)

  • The Engineer

  • The Military Engineer

  • The Military Review

  • The Royal Engineers Journal (started 1870)

  • Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (started 1880)

  • Transactions of the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland

  • Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects

  • Transactions of the North East Coast Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders

  • Zeitschrift des vereines deutscher Ingenieure

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Walley, S.M. (2018). The Beginnings of the Use of Iron and Steel in Heavy Armour. In: Kaufman, B., Briant, C. (eds) Metallurgical Design and Industry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93755-7_2

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