The Resourceful Gunner: Inventor Major Conrad Dinwiddy in the First World War

by Peter Hodgkinson

Conrad Hugh Dinwiddy - husband, father, sportsman, politician, surveyor, inventor and gunner - was a civilian turned artilleryman. He was one of those individuals who turned a keen brain to the technological developments necessary in winning the First World War. He invented an aerial range-finder, an aiming post scheme for night-firing, and put forward schemes for the firing of artillery from barges and the use of monorail in artillery supply. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1720541833
• ISBN13: 9781720541837
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"