The Gas And Flame Men

Author : Jim Leeke
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781640126121

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The Gas and Flame Men by Jim Leeke Pdf

When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, the U.S. Army created an entirely new branch: the Chemical Warfare Service. The army turned to trained chemists and engineers to lead the charge—and called on an array of others, including baseball players, to fill out the ranks. The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Branch Rickey, Ty Cobb, George Sisler, and Eppa “Jeptha” Rixey—are now enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York. The son of a sixth Hall of Famer, player and manager Ned Hanlon, was a young officer killed in action in France with the First Gas Regiment. Prominent chemical soldiers also included veteran Major League catcher and future manager George “Gabby” Street and Boston Braves president and former Harvard football coach Percy D. Haughton. The Gas and Flame Men explores how these famous baseball men, along with an eclectic mix of polo players, collegiate baseball and football stars, professors, architects, and prominent social figures all came together in the Chemical Warfare Service. Jim Leeke examines their service and its long-term effects on their physical and mental health—and on Major League Baseball and the world of sports. The Gas and Flame Men also addresses historical inaccuracies and misperceptions surrounding Christy Mathewson’s early death from tuberculosis in 1925, long attributed to wartime gas exposure.

Author : Jim Leeke
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781640126114

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The Gas and Flame Men by Jim Leeke Pdf

Author : Samuel James Manson Auld
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339529663

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Gas and flame in modern warfare by Samuel James Manson Auld Pdf

"Gas and flame in modern warfare" by Samuel James Manson Auld. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Lee Clyde Ilsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Safety lamps
ISBN : UOM:39015077562174

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Misuse of Flame Safety Lamps and Dangers of Mixed Lights by Lee Clyde Ilsley Pdf

Author : Samuel James Manson Auld
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 123043397X

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Gas and Flame in Modern Warfare by Samuel James Manson Auld Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV The attack of December, 1915--The Allies' good training tells--The casualties analysed--The new element of surprise--Evidences of the use of phosgene--The incident of the bulb--Improved alarms--The Strombos sirens--Accidents to the horns--The Tear Gas Shell--Its chemical analysis--Combated by antigas goggles--Tommies scoff at Tear Gas.--The Germans make it formidable. The expected German gas attack was actually made on December 19, 1915, at about 5:15 A. M., just before "Stand to" in the morning, the venue being the north of the Ypres salient, from the canal bank at Boesinghe down to Wieltje, a distance of three miles. It was preceded by the appearance of parachute lights of an unusual kind and by a number of red rocket flares. Almost immediately afterward gas was smelt in the front trenches. In some cases a hissing sound made by the gas's leaving the cylinders was heard and was taken as a warning by the soldiers in the trenches. In other cases the noise seems to have been deadened by rifle fire. Taking it altogether, however, there was very little warning, as the wind was favourable and the gas traveled surprisingly quickly. There was absolutely no confusion, and the men put on their helmets at once and lined the parapets within a minute. Where the trenches were close together the men had some difficulty in getting on their helmets in time. This was particularly the case in listening posts where we had patrols out quite close to the German wire. In the support and reserve trenches the arrangements for spreading the warning were not so good as those in the front line, and a number of men were caught by the gas before they had their helmets on. Indeed in a number of cases, especially in batteries, the gas was smelt before the...

Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU00105627

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Miners' Circular by United States. Bureau of Mines Pdf

Author : Hervey Allen
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803259476

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Toward the Flame by Hervey Allen Pdf

Considered by many to be the finest American combat memoir of the First World War, Hervey Allen?s Toward the Flame vividly chronicles the experiences of the Twenty-eighth Division in the summer of 1918. Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front. The story begins with Lieutenant Allen and his men marching inland from the French coast and ends with their participation in the disastrous battle for the village of Fismette. Allen was a talented observer, and the men with whom he served emerge as well-rounded characters against the horrific backdrop of the war. ø As a historical document, Toward the Flame is significant for its highly detailed account of the controversial military action at Fismette. At the same time, it easily stands as a work of literature. Clear-eyed and unsentimental, Allen employs the novelist?s powers of description to create a harrowing portrait of coalition war at its worst.

Author : Johnathan Bracken
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526710314

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The Verdun Regiment by Johnathan Bracken Pdf

This book on French soldiers during WWI is “a first-class narrative with an abundance of personal testimony from the officers and men of the regiment” (The Great War Magazine, Editor’s Choice). Although the French fielded the largest number of Allied troops on the Western Front in the First World War, the story of their soldiers is little known to English readers. The immense size of the French armies, the number of battles they fought, and the enormous losses they incurred, make it difficult for us to comprehend their experience. But we can gain a genuine insight by focusing on one of the defining battles of that war, at Verdun in 1916, and by looking at it through the eyes of a small group of soldiers who served there. That is what Johnathan Bracken does in this meticulously researched, detailed and vivid account. The French 151st Infantry Regiment spent fifty days under fire at Verdun in 1916 and another thirty-five in 1917 and lost 3,200 soldiers killed or wounded. Yet their ordeal was no different from that of hundreds of other infantry units that fought and endured in this meat-grinder of a battle. Their diaries and memoirs tell their story in the most compelling way, and through their words the larger human story of the French soldier during the war comes to life. “The book recounts the horror of intense artillery bombardments and men mown down in great waves. None of this is particularly pretty and the accounts do much to scatter notions of war as a glorious, thrilling experience. It was vicious and brutal utterly cruel.”—War History Online

Author : John Joseph Vincent Forbes,H. B. Humphrey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Coal mine accidents
ISBN : UOM:39015095086123

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Explosions in Pennsylvania Coal Mines, 1870-1932 by John Joseph Vincent Forbes,H. B. Humphrey Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Gas manufacture and works
ISBN : UOM:39015084615544

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The American Gas Light Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Working class
ISBN : UIUC:30112113388844

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The Working Man's Friend, and Family Instructor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : PRNC:32101045709191

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Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert M. Hazen,Margaret Hindle Hazen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400862993

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Keepers of the Flame by Robert M. Hazen,Margaret Hindle Hazen Pdf

"For, Lo! We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire!" wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the cultural context of fire in "combustible America," Margaret Hazen and Robert Hazen gather more than a hundred illustrations, most never before published, together with anecdotes and information from hundreds of original sources, including newspapers, diaries, company records, popular fiction, art, and music. What results is an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic history that ranges from stories of the tragic "great fires" of the century to fire imagery in folktales and popular literature. Dealing more with technology than with fire in nature, the book provides a vast amount of information on fire manipulation and prevention in urban life. Hazen and Hazen discuss the people who worked with fire--or against it. Founders, gaffers, blacksmiths, boilers at saltworks, and housewives knew how to "read" a fire and employ it for their purposes. A few dedicated investigators inquired about the scientific nature of heat and flame. And firefighters gradually progressed from "bucket brigades" to "using fire to fight fire" with the newly invented steam engine. The colorful stories of these Americans--the risks they took and the rewards they received--will fascinate not only social historians but also a broad audience of general readers. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Ed Delker
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781977213662

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NAVY MEN PRESIDENTS: Book 2 - Eternal Flame Trilogy - Mastema by Ed Delker Pdf

NAVY MEN PRESIDENTS, NOVELS BY ED DELKER, Eternal Flame Trilogy. Red Teagan, the Ninety year-old former Secretary of the Navy during the Kennedy Administration, sends a letter to the Chief of Naval Operations stating a Navy Man was responsible for President Kennedy’s death! Two Navy Intelligence officers are dispatched to Red Teagan’s home and learn Secretary Teagan was Jack Kennedy’s closest and truest best friend no one ever heard about. Red takes the Navy officers on an enthralling twenty-two year journey from when he first met the future president till the fateful day a rouge operation, Eternal Flame, claims President Kennedy’s life. The trilogy is a buddy story between true best friends filled with mystery, action, adventure, love, and plenty of humor. WWII provides many men and women opportunities and destinies never thought possible. Tremendous social changes for both men and women from 1942 to 1964 provide the backdrop for these strong male and female characters. After reading the trilogy, one test reader said they constantly dreamt about what the characters will do next. A fourth installment of the Navy Men Presidents, REDEMPTION, covering the Johnson presidency is in the works. With six Navy Men Presidents in the last half of the Twentieth Century, there are many more buddy stories to tell. BOOK 1- Eternal Flame Trilogy, Love*Laughter*Courage. Red Teagan starts his cautionary tale describing himself and Jack Kennedy as typical young men of their generation seeking love, surviving on laughter and finding courage to cope with the horrors of war. A chance meeting on a remote South Pacific island during WWII by Red and Jack with three other junior Navy officers, Johnson, Nixon and Ford opens all of their eyes to great possibilities, a future that would not be possible if not for the war. A native mystic decrees Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford are men destined to become President but their collective destiny flows through Jack’s destiny. The native mystic anoints Red as Jack’s Spirit Keeper responsible for protecting Jack and keeping him true to his destiny as the first Navy Man president. BOOK 2 - Eternal Flame Trilogy, Mastema. The future Navy Men Presidents return home and resume their peacetime lives and careers. Red works behind the scene on Jack's campaign for Congress. Nixon, Johnson and Ford also rapidly advance their political careers. However, evil followed Red and Jack home from the war in the Pacific and threatens Jack's life. Red and other veterans from the war battle a serial killer called Mastema. When Mastema plays psychological games with the Navy Men, the battle becomes personal spawning a manhunt by law enforcement and intelligence services across the globe. BOOK 3 - Eternal Flame Trilogy, Operation Eternal Flame Destiny Achieved. Red helps preserve Jack's presidency by effectively working in the background. He is viewed as a Kennedy wartime crony by the establishment and not taken seriously. Regardless, Jack appoints Red Undersecretary of the Navy. When the CIA identifies a rogue operation within the U.S. Government with the mission to assassinate Jack, Red once again marshals the Navy Men and wartime comrades. Forces within the Government undercut Red's efforts and Red enlists the help of his two young aides and "off the books assets" to head off the former Marine sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald. The remaining Navy Men Presidents rally to preserve Jack's legacy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : MINN:31951000865780G

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