THE ENCYCLOPEDIA COVERS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: (1) MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES, EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS, PROPELLANTS, AND PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITIONS; (2) EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS OTHER THAN MILITARY OR INDUSTRIAL; (3) ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES FOR THE MORE COMMON COMPOSITIONS; (4) COMPOUNDS WHICH MAY EXPLODE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF PLOSOPHORIC GROUPS; (5) AMMUNITION ITEMS; (6) CALIBERS OF WEAPONS AND PROJECTILES; (7) BRIEF DEFINITIONS OF ORDNANCE TERMS; AND (8) NAMES OF SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD. LISTS ARE PROVIDED WHICH SUPPLEMENT THOSE GIVEN IN VOLUMES 1 THROUGH 6 OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; THESE CONTAIN ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOOKS AND PERIODICALS REFERENCED, AND TITLES OF BOOKS ON EXPLOSIVES, PROPELLANTS, PYROTECHNICS, AND ORDNANCE ITEMS. ALTERNATIVE NAMES OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ARE CROSS-REFERENCED, AND IF A COMPOUND OR TEST IS DESCRIBED IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE, ITS FOREIGN NAME IS GIVEN. TOPICS COVERED IN THIS VOLUME INCLUDE; HISTORY OF EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITIONS, AND WEAPONS; HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; INITIATION OF EXPLOSION BY IMPACT; INCENDIARY WARFARE; ITALIAN EXPLOSIVES; JAPANESE EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITION, AND WEAPONS; AND LOADING AND FABRICATION OF EXPLOSIVES. LISTS OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PROVIDED. FOR VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6, RESPECTIVELY, SEE NCJ 02852, 00601, 00600, AND 45094-45097. (VDA)