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Class Book for the School of Musketry, Hythe Prepared for the Use of Officers

Wilford, Ernest Christian· 2 chapters· 63,824 words

The ingredients are now weighed out very accurately, in the proportion of 75 nitre, 15 charcoal, and 10 sulphur, in 42lb. charges, viz., nitre, 31lbs. 8oz., charcoal, 6lbs. 4oz. 13drs., sulphur, 4lbs. 3oz. 3drs., and thoroughly mixed in a machine, which consists of a cylindric...

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1. mill. The three ingredients having been pulverized, are now fit for the

The ingredients are now weighed out very accurately, in the proportion of 75 nitre, 15 charcoal, and 10 sulphur, in 42lb. charges, viz., nitre, 31lbs. 8oz., charcoal, 6lbs. 4oz....

2. Part II., Vol. II., of the “Aide Memoire to the military

sciences:”--“Erroneous ideas prevail as to the precise wants of the service with regard to the musket, and its proper qualities and utility in the field, as well as much exagger...