Handbook for Light Artillery

Name: Handbook for Light Artillery
Author: Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Artillery, Field and mountain

1.  Cranium.
    2.  Lower jaw.
    3.  Cervical vertebræ.
    4,  4. Dorsal vertebræ.
    5,  5. Lumbar vertebræ.
    6,  6. Sacrum.
    7,  7. Coccygeal vertebræ.
    8.  Sternum.
    9,  9. True ribs.
    10,  10. Cartilages of true ribs.
    11,  11. False ribs.
    12,  12. Cartilages of false ribs.
    13.  Scapula.
    14.  Humerus.
    15.  Radius.
    16.  Elbow.
    17.  Os pisiforme.
    18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Carpal bones.
    24.  Large metacarpal bone.
    25.  Outer small metacarpal bone.
    26.  Inner small metacarpal bone.
    27,  28. Sesamoid bones.
    29.  Os suffraginis.
    30.  Os coronæ.
    31.  Os pedis.
    32.  Wing of the pedal bone.
    33,  34, 35, 36. Os innominatum.
    37.  Femur.
    38.  Tibia.
    39.  Os calcis.
    40.  Astragalus.
    41,  42, 43, 44. Tarsal bones.
    45.  Large metatarsal bone.
    46.  Outer small metatarsal bone.
    47.  Inner small metatarsal bone.
  ]

  [Illustration: FIG. 73.


                                _Head._

    1.  Muzzle.
    2.  Nostril.
    3.  Forehead.
    4.  Jaw.
    5.  Poll.


                                _Neck._

    6,  6. Crest.
    7.  Throttle or windpipe.


                            _Forequarter._

    8, 8. Shoulder-blade.
    9.  Point of shoulder.
    10.  Bosom or breast.
    11, 11. True arm.
    12.  Elbow.
    13.  Fore arm (arm).
    14.  Knee.
    15.  Cannon-bone.
    16.  Back sinew.
    17.  Fetlock or pastern joint.
    18.  Coronet.
    19.  Hoof or foot.
    20.  Heel.


                        _Body or Middle Piece._

    21.  Withers.
    22.  Back.
    23, 23. Ribs (forming together the barrel or chest).
    24, 24. The circumference of the chest at this point, called the girth.
    25.  The loins.
    26.  The croup.
    27.  The hip.
    28.  The flank.
    29.  The sheath.
    30.  The root of the dock or tail.


                            _Hindquarter._

    31.  The hip-joint, round, or whirlbone.
    32.  The stifle-joint.
    33, 33. Lower thigh or gaskin.
    34.  The quarters.
    35.  The hock.
    36.  The point of the hock.
    37.  The curb-place.
    38.  The cannon-bone.
    39.  The back sinew.
    40.  Pastern or fetlock joint.
    41.  Coronet.
    42.  Hoof or foot.
    43.  Heel.
    44.  Spavin-place.
  ]


                            POWER OF TEAMS.

If a horse has to work at speed (as in the case of horse-artillery) he
can, as a rule, under service conditions, draw about 600 pounds, or
carry on his back about 260 pounds, although in some services he is
required to do more.

In light field-artillery, where great speed is not expected, this may
be increased to about 700 pounds; for heavy field-artillery a further
increase may be made.

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Handbook for Light ArtilleryDyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

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Handbook for Light Artillery

Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Artillery, Field and mountain

1.  Cranium.
    2.  Lower jaw.
    3.  Cervical vertebræ.
    4,  4. Dorsal vertebræ.
    5,  5. Lumbar vertebræ.
    6,  6. Sacrum.
    7,  7. Coccygeal vertebræ.
    8.  Sternum.
    9,  9. True ribs.
    10,  10. Cartilages of true ribs.
    11,  11. False ribs.
    12,  12. Cartilages of false ribs.
    13.  Scapula.
    14.  Humerus.
    15.  Radius.
    16.  Elbow.
    17.  Os pisiforme.
    18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Carpal bones.
    24.  Large metacarpal bone.
    25.  Outer small metacarpal bone.
    26.  Inner small metacarpal bone.
    27,  28. Sesamoid bones.
    29.  Os suffraginis.
    30.  Os coronæ.
    31.  Os pedis.
    32.  Wing of the pedal bone.
    33,  34, 35, 36. Os innominatum.
    37.  Femur.
    38.  Tibia.
    39.  Os calcis.
    40.  Astragalus.
    41,  42, 43, 44. Tarsal bones.
    45.  Large metatarsal bone.
    46.  Outer small metatarsal bone.
    47.  Inner small metatarsal bone.
  ]

  [Illustration: FIG. 73.


                                _Head._

    1.  Muzzle.
    2.  Nostril.
    3.  Forehead.
    4.  Jaw.
    5.  Poll.


                                _Neck._

    6,  6. Crest.
    7.  Throttle or windpipe.


                            _Forequarter._

    8, 8. Shoulder-blade.
    9.  Point of shoulder.
    10.  Bosom or breast.
    11, 11. True arm.
    12.  Elbow.
    13.  Fore arm (arm).
    14.  Knee.
    15.  Cannon-bone.
    16.  Back sinew.
    17.  Fetlock or pastern joint.
    18.  Coronet.
    19.  Hoof or foot.
    20.  Heel.


                        _Body or Middle Piece._

    21.  Withers.
    22.  Back.
    23, 23. Ribs (forming together the barrel or chest).
    24, 24. The circumference of the chest at this point, called the girth.
    25.  The loins.
    26.  The croup.
    27.  The hip.
    28.  The flank.
    29.  The sheath.
    30.  The root of the dock or tail.


                            _Hindquarter._

    31.  The hip-joint, round, or whirlbone.
    32.  The stifle-joint.
    33, 33. Lower thigh or gaskin.
    34.  The quarters.
    35.  The hock.
    36.  The point of the hock.
    37.  The curb-place.
    38.  The cannon-bone.
    39.  The back sinew.
    40.  Pastern or fetlock joint.
    41.  Coronet.
    42.  Hoof or foot.
    43.  Heel.
    44.  Spavin-place.
  ]


                            POWER OF TEAMS.

If a horse has to work at speed (as in the case of horse-artillery) he
can, as a rule, under service conditions, draw about 600 pounds, or
carry on his back about 260 pounds, although in some services he is
required to do more.

In light field-artillery, where great speed is not expected, this may
be increased to about 700 pounds; for heavy field-artillery a further
increase may be made.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Handbook for Light Artillery

Handbook for Light Artillery

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