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
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No.| Article. |Weight. | Total.
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| |Lbs. Oz.|Lbs. Oz.
1|Forge and battery-wagon complete, | |
| with brakes and neck-yoke, but | |
| without stores | |2081 0
1|Set blacksmith's and farrier's tools | |
| complete | 39 8|
1|Coal-bag | 4 8|
1|Forge complete | 61 8|
1|Tool-chest, wheelwright's, complete | 55 |
1|Set tools, wheelwright's, complete | 47 8|
1|Tool-chest, saddler's, complete | 50 |
1|Set tools, saddler's, complete | 29 8|
2|Jackscrews | 50 |
1|Vise | 32 |
1|Hammer-sledge | 10 8|
1|Anvil | 100 |
1|Battery-wagon lunette-prop | 5 |
1|Grindstone, flanges, shaft, and | |
| crank, complete | 50 8|
1|Grindstone-frame complete | 18 |
1|Can for coal-oil | 7 8|
1|Can for sperm-oil | 1 |
1|Grease-can and spatula | 5 8|
2|Lanterns with Cranston attachment | 5 8|
4|Water-buckets (2 canvas, 2 gal. iron)| 6 8|
2|Paulins | 54 12|
1|Prolonge (section of picket-rope) | 15 8|
| +--------+ 649 12
| | +--------
| Total weight | |2730 12
| | |
| Weight per horse without stores | | 455 2
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THE ARTILLERY-WAGON.
[Illustration: FIG. 66.
Weight complete, 1868 pounds.]
This wagon, on the canvas cover of which is painted its name and the
designation of the battery, is made of white oak, and is for carrying
the knapsacks, ammunition for small-arms, spare small-arms, and spare
intrenching tools of the battery. It has the same track as the other
artillery-carriages, and the axles are self-oiling, one filling lasting
a month.
The capacity of the interior is for 120 knapsacks, weighing about 3000
pounds.
The rear wheels are 57¾ inches in diameter; the fore wheels are
smaller, in order to turn under the body of the reach.
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