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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the Duane, William

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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the

Name: A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the
Author: Duane, William

Duane, William

English language -- Terms and phrases; Military art and science -- Dictionaries

---------------------------------+-------------+-------------------
                                   |   Dia. of   |      Len. of
                                   |   the arm.  |       arm.
  ---------------------------------+------+------+-----+------+------
                                   |      |      |     |      | Total
                                   |      |      | Box,|      |length
                                   |At the|      |  or |      |  to
                                   |shoul-|At the| nave|Washer|linch-
             Iron Axletrees.       | der. |point.|part.| part.| pin.
  ---------------------------------+------+------+-----+------+------
                                   |  in. |  in. | in. |  in. | inch
  6 Pr. Light                     }|      |      |     |      |
  3 Pr. Heavy                     }|      |      |     |      |
  5¹⁄₂ in. Howitz.                }|      |      |     |      |
  Ammu. caisson                   }| 2³⁄₄ | 1³⁄₄ |  13 |  ⁵⁄₈ | 13⁵⁄₈
  Ball cartridge do. whether horse}|      |      |     |      |
  artillery or the park, whether  }|      |      |     |      |
  limber or carriage              }|      |      |     |      |
  Light 12 Pounder and limber      | 3¹⁄₄ | 2¹⁄₄ |  16 |  ³⁄₄ | 16³⁄₄
  Medium 12 Pr.                    | 3¹⁄₂ | 2¹⁄₂ |  16 |  ³⁄₄ | 16³⁄₄
  Limber to do.                    | 2³⁄₄ | 2    |  13 |  ⁵⁄₈ | 13⁵⁄₈
  ---------------------------------+------+------+-----+------+------

  -----------------------+--------------------++--------------------
                         |      Carriage.     ||       Limber.
                         +-------------+------++-------------+------
                         | Di. of Arm. |      || Di. of Arm. |
                         +------+------+      ++------+------+
                         |  At  |      |Length||  At  |      |Length
           Wood          |Shoul-|  At  |  of  ||Shoul-|  At  |  of
        Axletrees.       | der. |Point.| Nave.|| der. |Point.| Nave.
  -----------------------+------+------+------++------+------+------
                         |  In. |  In. |  In. ||  In. |  In. |  In.
  24 Prs. Heavy          | 7    | 4.9  | 18   || 6    | 3.3  | 16
  12 Prs. Med            | 6    | 4    | 16   || 6    | 4    | 12
  6 Prs Des’rs.          | 5¹⁄₂ | 3¹⁄₂ | 13¹⁄₂|| 5¹⁄₂ | 3¹⁄₂ | 13¹⁄₂
  6 Prs. Light           | 5    | 3    | 13   || 5    | 3    | 13
  3 Prs. Des’rs.         | 2-   | 1¹⁄₄ |      || 2-   | 1¹⁄₄ |
  3 Prs. Light           |      |      |      ||      |      |
  How’r. 8 In.           | 6-   |      | 17   || 5-   |      | 15
  How’r. 5¹⁄₂ in.        | 5-   |      | 13   || 4¹⁄₄ |      | 11-
  How’r. 4²⁄₅ in.        | 4-   |      | 12   || 4    |      | 10
                         |    ----fore----    ||    ----hind----
  Ammunition waggon, with|      |      |      ||      |      |
  folding sides          | 5    | 2.9  | 14   || 5    | 2.9  | 13

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