================================================================== |32-pdr. |24-pdr.|12-pdr. | Remarks. +--------+-------+--------+---------- |lbs. oz.|lbs oz.|lbs. oz.| {to fill the shell, | 1 5 | 1 0 | 0 8 |Rifle or Powder {to burst do. | 0 11 | 0 8 | 0 5 |musket required {to blow out | | | |powder is { the fuse plug, | 0 2 | 0 2 | 0 1 |used in {for service charge,| 1 0 | 0 12| 0 7 |pref’nce | | | |to cannon. -----------------------------+--------+-------+--------+---------- CHARGES FOR SPHERICAL CASE SHOT. ==================================================================== CHARGE. |8-in.| 42 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 6 ---------------------------+-----+----+------+------+-----+----+---- No. of musket balls, |486 | 306|225 |175 |120 |78 |38 Bursting charge of | | | | | | | powder, oz. | 15 | 9| 8 | 6 | 5 | 4.5| 2.5 Weight of shot loaded, lbs.| 59.5| 39| 30.13| 22.75| 16.3|11 | 5.5 ---------------------------+-----+----+------+------+-----+----+---- CHARGES FOR SHELLS FOR COLUMBIADS AND HEAVY GUNS. ==================================================================== Charge of | Columbiads. | FOR GUNS. Powder. +------+------+------+------+------+-------+------ |10-in.| 8-in.| 42 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 12 ------------------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+------ |lbs oz|lbs oz|lbs oz|lbs oz|lbs oz|lbs oz |lbs oz To fill the shell,| 3 4 | 1 12 | 1 8 | 1 5 |1 0 |0 11 | 0 8 To burst “ | 1 6 | 1 0 | 0 12 | 0 1 |0 8 |0 7 | 0 5 To blow out the | 0 10 | 0 8 | 0 6 | 0 2 |0 2½ |0 1½| 0 1 fuze-plug, | | | | | | | For ordinary | 3 0 | 1 8 | 1 4 | 1 0 |0 12 |0 10 | 0 7 service, | | | | | | | ------------------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+------ [Sidenote: 109]] PART X. LABORATORY STORES. 1. What is a _fuze_? The contrivance by which fire is communicated to the charge in a shell. It consists, essentially, of a highly inflammable composition inclosed in a wood, metal, or paper-case. 2. What fuzes are used in the U. S. service? Wooden, paper, the Bormann and the United States sea-coast fuzes. 3. Describe the _wooden fuze_.