Handbook for Light Artillery

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

Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Artillery, Field and mountain

THE SADDLER'S CHEST CONTAINS:

    1 round knife.
    1 shoe-knife.
    1 draw-gauge.
    6 assorted stitching-awls, handled.
    1 rivet-set, 2 holes.
    1 revolving punch (4 tubes, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7).
    1 claw-tool.
    1 6-in. compass.
    1 creaser, wood.
    1 cutting-nippers.
    1 riveting-hammer.
    1 edge-tool, No. 2.
    1 rule, 2-foot, wood.
    1 oil-stone.
    1 pliers, large.
    1 driving-punch, No. 5.
    1 stitching-horse, complete.
    2 small canvas bags for small stores.

    Weight of chest empty           50 lbs.
    Weight of contents, as above    29  "   8 oz.
                                    -------------
    Total                           79  "   8 "


                       THE FORGE-CHEST CONTAINS:

    1 portable "Empire" forge complete, modified for army use.
    1 hand-hammer, handled.
    1 riveting-hammer.
    1 smith's tongs (11 in.).
    1 tongs for ¼-in. iron.
    1 tongs for ½-in. iron.
    1 chisel for hot iron, handled.
    1 chisel for cold iron, handled.
    1 fore-punch and creaser, handled.
    1 hand cold-chisel.
    1 12-in. flat bastard-file.
    1 round hand-punch.
    1 hardy.
    1 12-in. screw-wrench.
    1 2-foot rule, wood.
    1 square, steel.
    1 oiler.
    1 6-in. iron file-handle.
    1 small wrench for portable forge.
    1 fire-rake.
    1 fire-shovel.
    2 small canvas bags for nails and small stores.
    2 smith's leather aprons.
    1 sole-leather shoeing-box and the following farrier's tools, viz.:
      1 shoeing-hammer.
      1 pritchel.
      1 16-in. shoeing-rasp.
      2 shoeing-knives.
      1 toe-knife.
      1 shoeing-pincers.
      1 clinching-iron.
      1 nail-punch.

    Weight of chest empty         150½ lbs.
    Weight of contents, as above.
    Forge complete                 61½  "
    Tools, etc.                    39½  "
                                  --------
    Total                         251   "


                      STOWING OF IMPLEMENTS, ETC.

=In Limber-chest.=--Middle compartment contains portable forge,
forge-implements, and part of the tools and shoe-box.

Right-hand compartment contains horseshoes.

Left-hand compartment contains remaining tools and small stores, such
as horseshoe-nails, small bolts, nuts, etc., to carry which two small
canvas bags are provided. Limber-chest is locked, and key carried by
blacksmith.

_The Coal_ is carried in the large canvas bag, capacity 3 bushels, on
the foot-boards, lashed to the chest-handles by stout cords permanently
attached to the bag, one of them being the cord by which the mouth of
the bag is drawn together and secured. When empty, the bag is carried
inside the chest.

Further description regarding the stowing of the body part is
unnecessary.


           FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON, WEIGHTS AND EQUIPMENTS.

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

History

Handbook for Light Artillery

Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Artillery, Field and mountain

THE SADDLER'S CHEST CONTAINS:

    1 round knife.
    1 shoe-knife.
    1 draw-gauge.
    6 assorted stitching-awls, handled.
    1 rivet-set, 2 holes.
    1 revolving punch (4 tubes, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7).
    1 claw-tool.
    1 6-in. compass.
    1 creaser, wood.
    1 cutting-nippers.
    1 riveting-hammer.
    1 edge-tool, No. 2.
    1 rule, 2-foot, wood.
    1 oil-stone.
    1 pliers, large.
    1 driving-punch, No. 5.
    1 stitching-horse, complete.
    2 small canvas bags for small stores.

    Weight of chest empty           50 lbs.
    Weight of contents, as above    29  "   8 oz.
                                    -------------
    Total                           79  "   8 "


                       THE FORGE-CHEST CONTAINS:

    1 portable "Empire" forge complete, modified for army use.
    1 hand-hammer, handled.
    1 riveting-hammer.
    1 smith's tongs (11 in.).
    1 tongs for ¼-in. iron.
    1 tongs for ½-in. iron.
    1 chisel for hot iron, handled.
    1 chisel for cold iron, handled.
    1 fore-punch and creaser, handled.
    1 hand cold-chisel.
    1 12-in. flat bastard-file.
    1 round hand-punch.
    1 hardy.
    1 12-in. screw-wrench.
    1 2-foot rule, wood.
    1 square, steel.
    1 oiler.
    1 6-in. iron file-handle.
    1 small wrench for portable forge.
    1 fire-rake.
    1 fire-shovel.
    2 small canvas bags for nails and small stores.
    2 smith's leather aprons.
    1 sole-leather shoeing-box and the following farrier's tools, viz.:
      1 shoeing-hammer.
      1 pritchel.
      1 16-in. shoeing-rasp.
      2 shoeing-knives.
      1 toe-knife.
      1 shoeing-pincers.
      1 clinching-iron.
      1 nail-punch.

    Weight of chest empty         150½ lbs.
    Weight of contents, as above.
    Forge complete                 61½  "
    Tools, etc.                    39½  "
                                  --------
    Total                         251   "


                      STOWING OF IMPLEMENTS, ETC.

=In Limber-chest.=--Middle compartment contains portable forge,
forge-implements, and part of the tools and shoe-box.

Right-hand compartment contains horseshoes.

Left-hand compartment contains remaining tools and small stores, such
as horseshoe-nails, small bolts, nuts, etc., to carry which two small
canvas bags are provided. Limber-chest is locked, and key carried by
blacksmith.

_The Coal_ is carried in the large canvas bag, capacity 3 bushels, on
the foot-boards, lashed to the chest-handles by stout cords permanently
attached to the bag, one of them being the cord by which the mouth of
the bag is drawn together and secured. When empty, the bag is carried
inside the chest.

Further description regarding the stowing of the body part is
unnecessary.


           FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON, WEIGHTS AND EQUIPMENTS.

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

Handbook for Light Artillery

Handbook for Light Artillery

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