---------+-------+-----------+------+------------------------------- | | | | Chamber. | | |Length+------+-------------+--------- Nature. |Length.| Weight. | of | | Diameter. | Powder | | | Bore.|Length+------+------+contained | | | | |at top|bottom| in ---------+-------+-----------+------|------+------+------+--------- Inch. |Ft Inch|cwt qrs lbs|Inches|Inches|Inches|Inches|lbs oz diam. | | | | | | | 10 |3 11½ | 25 3 14 | 29.9 | 12.6 | 5.776| 4.12 | 7 0 8 |3 1 | 12 3 12 | 24.7 | 8.61| 4.6 | 3.40 | 3 8 5½ Heavy| | 10 0 0 | | | | | 3 0 5½ Light|2 2¾ | 4 0 2 | 18.47| 6.02| 3.2 | 2.45 | 1 0 4⅖ |1 10 | 3 0 13 | 15.21| 4.52| 2.73 | 2.24 | 0 8 ---------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+--------- _French Howitzers, in their own Weights and Measures._ Ft. In. lbs. lbs. oz. 8 Inches | | 1110 | 1 12 charge. 6 Inches diameter. | 2 3 length. | 670 weight.| 1 12 full. _Table containing the Natures of Howitzers used by different Powers in Europe._ +----------+------------+--------+ | Nations. | Natures. | Shells.| +----------+------------+--------+ | | | Wt. | | | | (lbs.) | | | 25 Pr.[9] | 62 | | Prussian | 10 — | 27 | | | 7 — | 14 | +----------+------------+--------+ | Danish | 18 — | 36 | | | 10 — | 20 | +----------+------------+--------+ | Saxon | 16 — | 32 | | | 8 — | 16 | +----------+------------+--------+ | Hanover | 30 — | 61 | | | 16 — | 33 | +----------+------------+--------+ | | 4⅖ Inch | 8 | | | or 4 Pr. | | | +------------+--------+ | English | 5½ Inch | 16 | | | or 8 Pr. | | | +------------+--------+ | | 8 Inch | 46 | | | or 23 Pr. | | +----------+------------+--------+ | | 6 Inch | 23 | | | or 12 Pr. | | | French +------------+--------+ | | 8 Inch | 43 | | | or 22 Pr. | | +----------+------------+--------+ [9] See the word _Shell_ for the principle on which the Germans class them in pounders. _Ranges with a light 5½ inch Howitzer. 1798._