Main entry:

Dredge, James.

Title & Author:

The works of Messrs. Schneider and Co. / by James Dredge.

Publication:

London : Printed at the Bedford Press, 1900.

Description:

xviii, 360 pages, 177 [i.e. 188] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 38 cm

Notes:
"Partly reproduced from "Engineering."
Includes index.
I. Introduction. -- II. The social economy of Creusot. -- III. General classification of Messrs. Schneider and Co.'s works. -- IV. Coal mines. -- V. Iron mines. -- VI. The Perreuil brick works. -- VII. The blast-furnace department. -- VIII. The steel works. -- IX. The Bessemer plant. -- X. The Siemens-Martin plant. -- XI. 150-ton electric travelling crane. XII. The steel foundry. -- XIII. Tyre shops. -- XIV. The armour-plate department. -- XV. Armour-plates. -- XVI. The rolling-mill department. -- XVII. The new plate mill. -- XVIII. The construction department. -- XIX. Examples of work executed in the construction shops. -- XX. The electric construction department. -- XXI. Ship and bridge-building department Chalon-Sur-Saône. -- XXII. The ordnance and fortification department. -- XXIII. The gun factory at Creusot. -- XXIV. The gun factory at Havre. -- XXV. The proving grounds. -- XXVI. General data concerning the Schneider-Canet artillery. -- XXVII. Earlier types of naval guns. -- XXVIII. Quick-firing guns. -- XXIX. Breech-mechanism for quick-firing guns. -- XXX. Breech-blocks for large-calibre guns. -- XXXI. Concentric-threaded breech-blocks. -- XXXII. Naval mountings for quick-firing guns. -- XXXIII. Schneider-Canet quick-firing guns and mountings (modern types). -- XXXIV. Mortars and howitzers for naval service. -- XXXV. Torpedo-launching tubes. -- XXXVI. Schneider-Canet naval turrets. -- XXXVII. Coast-defence guns. -- XXXVIII. Mortars for coast-defence. -- XXXIX. Quick-firing coast-defence guns. -- XL. Disappearing guns and carriages. -- XLI. Field artillery. -- XLII. Principal types of mountings for Schneider-Canet quick-firing field guns. -- XLIII. Schneider-Canet guns, on carriages with compressible trail. -- XLIV. Field gun carriages, with telescopic recoil cylinders. -- XLV. Schneider-Canet system of mountain artillery. -- XLVI. Quick-firing mountain guns. -- XLVII. Landing or boat guns. -- XLVIII. Siege and garrison guns. -- XLIX. Land turrets. -- L. Ammunition. -- LI. The Schneider pavilion at the Paris exhibition. -- LII. Cette works. -- LIII. Champagne works. -- LIV. Chronological table.

Summary:

A descripive work on the steel factories, mines and other holdings of the Messrs. Schneider and Co. firm which spealizied in munitions manufacture.

Subject:

Messrs. Schneider and Co. History.
Ordnance Manufacture.
Engineering 1890-1900.
Le Creusot (France) History.
France Le Creusot

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 17604
Call No.: IDM; ID:87-B5398
Status: Available