HANDBOOK OF THE MAXIM GUN (.303 inch): ITS MECHANISM AND DRILL WITH QUESTIONS and ANSWERS. NEW AND REVISED EDITION ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

(1892) 1915 new edition. Square 16mo paperback (91 x 119mm). Ppx,100. Two fold-out charts showing Maxim-gun components, Gale and Polden book-lists to red end-papers. Black titles to red card covers, spine titled in black, Gale and Polden book-list to rear.

A concise manual to the use of the Maxim Gun for those about to be sent on a training course. Includes drill and instructions for variations on normal management of the gun such as Drill with Limbered Waggons, and, Drill with Pack Transport. "This little work, having been compiled with considerable care, wil, it is hoped, prove a useful pocket companion to many who are called upon to use the Maxim Gun. it is written in the popular form of Questions and Answers, thus enabling the student to learn the gun thoroughly with at least half the study. Plates showing the component parts of the gun have been added and will be found of the utmost assistance in learning their names and descriptions, thus simplifying a most important part of the knowledge required, in fact it can well be termed, 'The Maxim Gun Made Easy'."