The bombardier, and pocket gunnerAdye, Ralph Willett
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The bombardier, and pocket gunner
Adye, Ralph Willett
Artillery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Artillery drill and tactics
|Corporal | — 2 6¼| — 1 7¾ |— 1 4¾|— 1 2¼| — 2 2¼| — 2 2¼|
|Bombardier | — | — | — | — |— 2 2¼| — 1 10¼|
|1st. Gunner | — | — | — | — | — | — 1 7|
|2d. Gunner | — | — | — | — | — 1 5¼| — 1 3¼|
|Private | — 1 11¼| — 1 3 | — 1 1| — 1 — | — | — |
|Farrier and Smith| — | — | — | — | — 3 4¾| — |
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Collar Maker | | | | | | |
|Wheeler | — | — | — | — | — 2 4¾| — |
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Trumpeter | | | | | | |
|Drummer |— 2 6| — 1 7| — 1 2¼| — 1 1¼| — 2 1¾| — 1 3¼|
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
_PARK OF ARTILLERY_—should always be placed, if possible, within a
short distance of water-carriage, and have the most ready communication
with every part of the line of the army. Its form must depend on its
situation. Ten feet are usually allowed in front for one carriage and
its interval, and near 50 feet from the hind wheels of the front row to
the fore wheels of the second; this interval should allow sufficient
room for putting the horses to the carriages, and for a free passage
along the line. In parks not on immediate service, it is customary to
arrange the guns with their muzzles to the front; but where the guns
are likely to be wanted at a short notice, appearances must not be
studied, and the gun carriages must be parked with their shafts to
the front, ready to receive horses to them. A quarter-guard is placed
in front of the park, and the noncommissioned officers and gunners’
tents on the flanks, at about 20 paces distance and 40 paces to the
rear the subaltern officers; at 10 more to the rear the captains, and
10 more the commanding officer. The mess tent is 15 in the rear of
the officers. At a convenient distance in the rear of the whole, are
the horses, picketed in one or more lines, with the drivers on their
flanks. The horses are sometimes picketed in lines perpendicular to the
front, and on the flanks of the carriages, between the men and the
carriages. See the word _Camp_, and _Artillery in the Field_.
_PENDULUM_—Pendulums for military purposes are best made with a musquet
ball, and a piece of silk, or other small line. Their length must be
measured from the centre of the ball to the end of the loop on which
they are to swing. In a cylinder, or other uniform prism or rod, the
centre of oscillation, (from whence they must be measured,) is at the
distance of ⅓ from the bottom, or ⅔ below the centre of motion.
Pendulum’s length in latitude of London, to swing
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