Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in AmericaManucy, Albert C.
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Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
Manucy, Albert C.
Artillery -- History; United States. Army -- Ordnance and ordnance stores
*Range*--The horizontal distance from a gun to its target or to the
point where the projectile first strikes the ground. _Effective range_
is the distance at which effective results may be expected, and is
usually not the same as _maximum range_, which means the extreme limit
of range.
*Rotating band*--a band of soft metal, such as copper, which encircles
the projectile near its base. By engaging the lands of the spiral
rifling in the bore, the band causes rotation of the projectile.
Rotating bands for muzzle-loading cannon were expansion rings, and the
powder blast expanded the ring into the rifling grooves.
*Train*--to aim a gun.
*Trajectory*--curved path taken by a projectile in its flight through
the air.
*Transom*--horizontal beam between the cheeks of a gun carriage.
*Traverse carriage*--as used here, a stationary gun mount, consisting
of a gun carriage on a wheeled platform which can be moved about a
pivot for aiming the gun to right or left.
*Windage*--as used here, the difference between the diameter of the
shot and the diameter of the bore.
[Illustration: Figure 51--THE PARTS OF A CANNON.]
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following is a listing of the more important sources dealing with
the development of artillery which have been consulted in the
production of this booklet. None of the German or Italian sources have
been included, since practically no German or Italian guns were used
in this country.
*SPANISH ORDNANCE.* Luis Collado, "Platica Manual de la Artilleria"
ms., Milan 1592, and Diego Ufano, _Artillerie_, n. p., 1621, have
detailed information on sixteenth century guns, and Tomas de Morla,
_Laminas pertenecientes al Tratado de Artilleria_, Madrid, 1803,
illustrates eighteenth century material. Thor Borresen, "Spanish Guns
and Carriages, 1686-1800" ms., Yorktown, 1938, summarizes eighteenth
century changes in Spanish and French artillery. Information on
colonial use of cannon can be found in mss. of the Archivo General de
Indias as follows: Inventories of Castillo de San Marcos armament in
1683 (58-2-2,32/2), 1706 (58-1-27,89/2), 1740 (58-1-32), 1763
(86-7-11,19), Zuniga's report on the 1702 siege of St. Augustine
(58-2-8,B3), and Arredondo's "Plan de la Ciudad de Sn. Agustin de la
Florida" (87-1-1/2, ms. map); and other works, including [Andres
Gonzales de Barcia,] _Ensayo Cronologico para la Historia General de
la Florida_, Madrid, 1723; J. T. Connor, editor, _Colonial Records of
Spanish Florida_, Deland, 1930, Vol. II., Manuel de Montiano, _Letters
of Montiano_ (Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, v. VII,
pt. I), Savannah 1909; Albert Manucy, "Ordnance used at Castillo de
San Marcos, 1672-1834," St. Augustine, 1939.
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