Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
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Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
Military education
The manipulations in pyrotechny will be made by the whole division,
divided into three brigades. Each brigade will be assembled in one of
the halls at the School of Pyrotechny, and will execute the different
manipulations indicated in the following programme, under the direction
of the Professor, and with the assistance of the master artificers of
the School of Pyrotechny. Five attendances of three hours will be
employed at these manipulations.
PROGRAMME OF THE PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS ON MUNITIONS AND FIREWORKS.
1st Attendance. Munitions for small-arms.
{Construction of bullets.
Infantry cartridges, { “ of pouches and caps.
{ “ of cartridges.
Cartridges with oblong bullets.
2d Attendance. Ammunition for field guns.
Construction and filling of pouches, packing in wood, &c.
3d Attendance. Ammunition for siege artillery, &c.
Construction and filling of cartridges, &c.
Charging hollow projectiles.
4th Attendance. Fireworks for war purposes.
Construction of matches, quick matches, tubes, fusees
for shells and grenades.
Construction of signal rockets.
5th Attendance. Carriage of field ammunition.
Loading and unloading field ammunition chests for cannons,
howitzers, and infantry wagons.
Construction of ornamental lances and Roman candles.
RECAPITULATION FOR THE ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS.
[KEY]
NL No. of Lectures.
+A With Application, 1h. 5m.
-A Without Application, 3h. 0m.
T Total Credits
I No. of Interrogations
------------------------------------+----+---------------+----
Lectures.-- | | Credits for |
| | Lectures. |
| +-----+----+ |
Parts of the Course. | NL | +A | -A | T | I
------------------------------------+----+-----+----+----+----
1st Part, Geology, | 12 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 2
2d “ on Working in Iron, | 6 | | 18 | 20}| 1 *
3d “ Applications of | | | | |
working in Iron, | 3 | 15 | 6 | 10}| †
4th “ Manufacture of Small Arms, | 4 | | 12 | 10 | 1
5th “ Manufacture of Cannon, | 5 | | 15 | 15 | 1
6th “ Manufacture of Powder, | 5 | | 15 | 15}| 1
7th “ Pyrotechny, | 2 | 3 | | 5}|
| -- +-----+----+----+----
| 37 |19.50| 72 | 95 | 6
------------------------------------+----+-----+----+----+----
[* The first series of interrogations relates to mineralogy.]
[† The second to geognosy.]
[Transcriber’s Note:
The printed Observations column (shown here as footnotes) is
ambiguous; the best guess is that both items refer to Geology.]
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