+-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | Nature. | Length in | Weight. | +-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | |Calib’rs.|Ft. In.|Ct. qrs. lbs.| | 42 Pounders | 16.244 | 9 6 | 66 — — | | 32 ” | 18.721 |10 0 | 55 2 — | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | |Heavy | 19.574 | 9 6 | 53 0 9 | | |Medium | 16.483 | 8 0 | 41 3 2 | | 24 |Light | 10.302 | 5 0 | 16 3 13 | | | ” new | 13.000 | 6 3 | 24 0 — | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | 18 |Light ” | 13.000 | 5 9 | 18 0 — | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | |Heavy | 24.659 | 9 0 | 31 2 8 | | |Gen. Desagulier’s | 19.468 | 7 6 | 22 1 21 | | 12 |Medium, old | 16.872 | 6 6 | 21 3 — | | |Medium, new‡ | 16.872 | 6 6 | 18 — — | | |Light | 12.978 | 5 0 | 8 3 4 | | | ” new‡ | 13.000 | 5 0 | 12 — — | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | |Heavy | 26.112 | 8 0 | 19 1 6 | | |Gen. Desag. Med.‡ | 22.876 | 7 0 | 12 — 24 | | 6 |Med. new | 18.500 | 6 0 | 8 3 27 | | | ” reduced | 17.000 | 5 6 | 8 0 22 | | |General Belford’s‡| 16.342 | 5 0 | 5 2 21 | | |Light, common | 14.706 | 4 6 | 5 — 18 | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | |Heavy | 28.836 | 7 0 | 11 3 19 | | |Gen. Desagulier’s‡| 24.717 | 6 0 | 6 — — | | 3 |Light, common‡ | 14.418 | 3 6 | 2 2 27 | | |Light infantry | 12.358 | 3 0 | 1 3 16 | | |General Pattison’s| 12.358 | 3 0 | 1 2 19 | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | 1 | Pr. Amuzette | 29.7 | 5 0 | 2 2 12 | | | Do. | 35.6 | 6 0 | 3 0 11 | | | Do. | 41.5 | 7 0 | 3 1 12 | +----+------------------+-----------------+-------------+ NOTE. The guns marked (‡) are the only ones now used on general service. _Length and Weight of French Brass Guns, in their own Weights and Measures._
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