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Title
Treatise on gunnery
Published
ca. 1757
Description
1 v. ([5]. 122, [93] p., incl. [2] folded plates) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Call Number
MSS L1993.1.55 [Bound]
System Control No.
(OCoLC)27695334
Note
Spine title.
Probably compiled for use at the school of instruction for the military branch of ordnance, established at Woolwich in 1741 (see p. 7)
Pages [123-210] blank ; p. [211-212] and [215-216] Table for pileing shott or shelles.
Military manual primarily in tabular form compiled by 2 anonymous authors. Includes material on powder for proof of guns, weights of guns and shot, on fuses, artillery practice, etc. On p. 74, the hand changes ; included are: Experiment made at Gibraltar, Valliere's tables for ye charges of mines, General Borgard's table of powder for iron and for brass guns. On p. 79 begins a verbatim extract "Construction of batteries," from Muller's The attac [sic] and defence of fortified places.
Probably compiled for use at the school of instruction for the military branch of ordnance, established at Woolwich in 1741 (see p. 7)
Pages [123-210] blank ; p. [211-212] and [215-216] Table for pileing shott or shelles.
Military manual primarily in tabular form compiled by 2 anonymous authors. Includes material on powder for proof of guns, weights of guns and shot, on fuses, artillery practice, etc. On p. 74, the hand changes ; included are: Experiment made at Gibraltar, Valliere's tables for ye charges of mines, General Borgard's table of powder for iron and for brass guns. On p. 79 begins a verbatim extract "Construction of batteries," from Muller's The attac [sic] and defence of fortified places.
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