Powder and Propellants: Energetic Materials at Indian Head, Maryland, 1890-1990

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Book describing the history of the U.S. Navy facility at Indian Head, Maryland, which researches, develops, tests, and evaluates chemical compounds used in gun and rocket propellants as well as cockpit ejection seats. "It is the story of how an institution adapted to changes in military technology, the individuals who shaped it, and the heritage they built" (front cover flap).

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xvi, 293 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Carlisle, Rodney P. 2002.

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Book describing the history of the U.S. Navy facility at Indian Head, Maryland, which researches, develops, tests, and evaluates chemical compounds used in gun and rocket propellants as well as cockpit ejection seats. "It is the story of how an institution adapted to changes in military technology, the individuals who shaped it, and the heritage they built" (front cover flap).

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xvi, 293 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Contents: Origins of the Naval Ordnance Station -- Early powder manufacturing and ordnance testing -- Ordnance technology in the World War I era -- Indian Head in ordnance research, 1921-1941 -- Indian Head: the Navy and the community, 1890-1940 -- World War II -- Postwar patterns -- Years of transition, 1955-1963 -- From naval propellant plant to naval ordnance station -- The post-Vietnam years -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Tours of duty, inspectors of ordnance in charge and commanding officers, Indian Head -- Biographical information, officers in charge and commanding officers, Indian Head -- Oral history interviews conductied for this work -- Milestones in technology and management -- Chiefs of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance and its successors, 1881-1990.

"First edition published in 1990. Second edition published in 2002 by University of North Texas Press."

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Carlisle, Rodney P. Powder and Propellants: Energetic Materials at Indian Head, Maryland, 1890-1990, book, 2002; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2308411/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.

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