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AMCP 706-189, Military Pyrotechnics AMC PAMPHLET AMCP 706-189 ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK MILITARY PYROTECHNICS SERIES PART FIVE - BIBLIOGRAPHY HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND OCTOBER 1966 HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND WASHINGTON, D.C. 20315 AMC PAMPHLET 28 October 1966 No. 706-189 ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK MILITARY PYROTECHNICS SERIES PART FIVE--BIBLIOGRAPHY This pamphlet is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. (AMCRD-R) FOR THE COMMANDER; SELWYN D. SMITH, JR. Major General, USA Chief of Staff OFFICIAL: DISTRIBUTION: Special AMCP 706-189 PREFACE The Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command is a coordinated series of handbooks containing basic information and funda­ mental data useful in the design and development of Army materiel and systems. The handbooks are authoritative reference books of practical information and quantitative1 facts helpful in the design and development of Army maleriel so that it will meet the tactical and the technical needs of the Armed Forces. This handbook, Military Pyrott duties, /'art Fire, Bibliography, is a support­ ing handbook for all of the handbooks in the Pyrotechnics Series. It contains a rich source of references, in addition to those specifically listed in the other handbooks of this Series. Material for this handbook was compiled by the Denver Research Institute of the University of Denver while in the process of preparing the manuscript for Military Pyrotechnics, Part One, Tluory and Application. Noteworthy in the collection of this source material was the diligent pursuance of Airs. Alta Morrison of the Denver Research Institute. This material was collected for the Engineering Handbook Office1 of Duke University, prime contractor to tin1 U. S. Army Research Offiee-Durham. Elements of the U. S. Army Materiel Command having need for handbooks may submit requisitions or official requests directly to Publications and Re­ production Agency, Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201. Contractors should submit such requisitions or requests to their con­ tracting officers. Comments and suggestions on this handbook are1 welcome and should be addressed to Army Research Offiee-Durham, Pox CM, Duke Station, Durham, North Carolina 27706. 1 AMCP 706-189 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 OPEN LITERATURE ............................................................................................ 2 REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................ 12 Aberdeen Proving Grenmel........................................ 12 Aerojet General Corporation.................................... 12 Air Force Missile Development Center.................. Id Air Force School of Applied Tactics...................... 13 Air Proving Ground Command.............................. 13 Air Technical Service Command............................ 14 Air University .......................................................... 15 Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory.............................. 15 American Cyanamid Company................................ 15 Arkansas, University o f............................................ 15 Army Ballistic Research Laboratories.................... 16 Army Materiel Command........................................ 16 Army Materials Research Agency.......................... 17 Army Test and Evaluation Command.................... 17 A R (), Inc...................................................................... 18 Atlantic Research Corporation................................ 18 Atlas Powder Company............................................ 18 Atomic Energy Commission...................................... 18 Balke Research Associate's........................................ 18 Barnes and Reineeke, Inc......................................... 18 Battelle Memorial Institute'...................................... 18 Boston University........................................................ 18 Bureau of Mine's.......................................................... 18 Bureau of Naval Weapons........................................ 1‘) California Institute1 of Technology.......................... 27 California, University o f.......................................... 27 Gallery Chemical Company...................................... 27 Canada ........................................................................ 27 Catalyst Research Corporation................................ 27 Chemical Laboratory Company.............................. Coast G u ard ................................................................ 2b Columbia Research and Development Corporation 28 Cook Research Laboratories...................................... 28 Department of Air Force-.......................................... 28 Department of Arm y................................................ 28 AMCP 706-189 Page Department of Defense.............................................. 29 Department of State.................................................. 29 Denver Research Institute........................................ 29 Eagle-Pieher Research Laboratories...................... 30 Eastman Kodak Company........................................ 30 Edgewood Arsenal...................................................... 30 Experiment, Inc......................................................... 34 Explosives Research Laboratory.............................. 34 Factory Mutual Research Corporation.................. 34 Ferro Drier and Chemical Company...................... 34 Foote Mineral Company............................................ 34 F rance.......................................................................... 34 Frankford Arsenal .................................................... 34 General Electric Company........................................ 39 Globe Industries, Inc................................................. 39 Great Britain ............................................................ 39 Harry Diamond Laboratories.................................. 48 Harvard University .................................................. 50 Hercules Powder Company...................................... 50 Illinois, University o f................................................ 51 Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute 51 Jet Propulsion Laboratory........................................ 51 Johns Hopkins University........................................ 51 Lake City Arsenal...................................................... 51 Lehigh University Institute of Research.............. 51 Arthur D. Little, Inc................................................ 51 Malaker Laboratories .............................................. 52 Glenn L. Martin Company........................................ 52 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.................. 52 Metal and Thermit Corporation.............................. 52 Michigan, University o f............................................ 52 Midwest Research Institute...................................... 52 Miller Research Laboratories.................................... 52 Miscellaneous Documents.......................................... 52 Monsanto Chemical Company.................................. 52 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. 52 National Bureau of Standards.................................. 53 National Northern Corporation.............................. 53 Naval Medical Research Laboratory........................ 53 Naval Research Laboratories.................................... 54 Naval School of Aviation Medicine........................ 54 The Netherlands........................................................ 54 New York University................................................ 54 Northrop Aircraft Company, Inc........................... 54 Office of Scientific Research and Development. .. 54 Ohio State University................................................ 55 Olin Industries, Inc................................................... 55 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.................. 55 Pennsylvania State College...................................... 55 Phillips Petroleum Company.................................... 55 111 AMCP 706-189 Page Pieatinny Arsenal.......................................................................................... 55 Redel, Inc....................................................................................................... 78 Redstone Arsenal ......................................................................................... 78 Remington Arms Company, Inc................................................................. 78 Resin Research Laboratories, Inc............................................................... 78 Rohm and Ilaas Company........................................................................... 78 Sharpies Corporation Research Laboratories............................................ 78 Shell Development Company........................................................................ 78 Southwest Research Institute...................................................................... 78 Stanford Research Institute........................................................................ 78 Stanford University ...................................................................................... 7S Sylvania Electric Products, Inc................................................................
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