CARCASSES were first used by the bishop of Munster, at the siege of Groll, in 1672, where the duke of Luxemburg commanded. CARCASSES. Their dimensions and weight, 1796. --------------+------------------------------------+---------- | Weight. | +-----------+------------+-----------+---------- | | Of | |Time each Kinds. | Empty. |composition.| Complete. |will burn. --------------+-----------+------------+-----------+---------- _Round_ for |lb. oz. dr.| lb. oz. dr.|lb. oz. dr.| Min. | | | | Mortars 13|194 10 11| 18 14 --|213 8 16| 11 and 10| 89 13 11| 7 8 11| 97 6 11| 8¹⁄₂ How’rs. 8| 44 9 5| 4 4 11| 48 14 --| 5- 42| 27 3 --| 2 7 11| 29 10 11| 5 | | | | 32| 20 13 5| 1 14 5| 22 11 11| 4- Guns. 24| 14 12 --| 1 9 11| 16 5 11| 4 18| 11 13 11| 1 1 5| 12 15 --| 4 | | | | 68| -- -- --| -- -- --| | 42| 26 -- --| 2 7 --| 28 7 --| 4- Carronades. 32| 21 10 --| 1 13 --| 23 7 --| 4 24| 14 5 --| 2 5 --| 16 10 --| 3- 18| 10 4 --| 1 2 --| 11 6 --| 3 | | | | _Oblong_ for | | | | | | | | Mortars 10| 36 7 5| 35 10 --| 72 1 5| 12 and 8| 16 5 5| 18 2 --| 34 7 5| 10 How’rs. 5¹⁄₂| 1 12 2| 6 15 --| 8 11 3| 6 4-| 1 0 6| 3 11 7| 4 11 13| 4 +-------------+-----------+------------+-----------+---------- _Note._--It being found at the siege of Quebec, that the quantity of powder requisite for throwing the carcasses into the town, always destroyed them, the method of filling the interval between the powder and carcass with turf was adopted; and found to preserve the carcass, and to produce every desired effect. CARIPI, a kind of cavalry in the Turkish army, which to the number of 1000 are not slaves, nor bred up in the seraglio, like the rest, but are generally Moors, or renegado Christians, who have obtained the rank of horse-guards to the Grand Seignior. CARMINE, a bright scarlet color, which is used in plans of fortification, and serves to describe those lines that have mason work.