Sea-Coast| 10. | 98-lb. | 45 |4250 | Time 36 sec’s. Mortar | | Shell | | | ----------------+-------+---------+---------+-----+---------------- 10-in. Siege | 1. | 90-lb. | 45 | 300 | Time 6.5 sec’s. Mortar. | 1.5 | Shell | “ | 700 | “ 12. “ | 2. | “ | “ |1000 | “ 14. “ | 2.5 | “ | “ |1300 | “ 16. “ | 3. | “ | “ |1600 | “ 18. “ | 3.5 | “ | “ |1800 | “ 19. “ | 4. | “ | “ |2100 | “ 21. “ ----------------+-------+---------+---------+-----+---------------- | lbs oz| 45-lb. | | | 8-in. Siege | 0 8 | Shell | 45 | 209 |Time 6.75 sec’s. Mortar. | 0 12 | “ | “ | 376 | “ 9. “ | 1 0 | “ | “ | 650 | “ 11.5 “ | 1 4 | “ | “ | 943 | “ 14. “ | 1 8 | “ | “ |1318 | “ 16.5 “ | 1 12 | “ | “ |1522 | “ 18.5 “ | 2 0 | “ | “ |1837 | “ 20.5 “ ----------------+-------+---------+---------+-----+---------------- | oz | 17-lb. | | | 24-Pounder | 0.5 | Shell | 45 | 25 | Coehorn | 1. | “ | “ | 68 | Mortar. | 1.5 | “ | “ | 104 | | 1.75 | “ | “ | 143 | | 2. | “ | “ | 165 | | 2.75 | “ | “ | 260 | | 4. | “ | “ | 422 | | 6. | “ | “ | 900 | | 8. | “ | “ |1200 | ----------------+-------+---------+---------+-----+---------------- | lbs | Stones | | | Stone Mortar. | 1.5 | 120 lbs.| 60 |{150 | | | | |{ to | | | | |{250 | | 1 |{15 6-pdr| 33 |50 to| Fuze 15 sec’s. | |{ shells | | 150 | ----------------+-------+---------+---------+-----+---------------- =NOTE.=—Fire-balls, according to their size, are fired from mortars of corresponding calibres. With a charge of ONE TWENTY-FIFTH its weight, the ball is thrown 600 to 700 yards. [Sidenote: 73]] PART V. RICOCHET. 1. What is understood by _ricochet firing_?