Category: History - Warfare
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2. Part 2A man must appear somewhat vain, who declares that he has been obliged to reject much useful information, for fear of increasing too much the size of his work: and yet manages t...
3. Part 3The waggons, however, attached to the different parks of artillery in England, which have not been altered from the old establishment, are loaded with only the following number,...
4. Part 4Spare carriages for 24 Prs. seven. 2 Devil carriages. 6 Sling carts. 6 Block carriages. 3 Forge carts. 3 Store waggons, with iron and coals. 3 Triangle gins, complete. 6 Laborat...
5. Part 5If to the above proportion of materials, &c. for a battery of two guns, there be added for each additional gun, 30 fascines of 9 feet, and 10 of 18 feet, with 12 workmen, the qu...
6. Part 6When bridges are made to facilitate the communication between different parts of the approaches at a siege, they should, if possible, be placed above the town; or the besieged w...
7. Part 7+----------------+-----------------------++------------------------+ | | Carriage. || Limber. | | Wood +-----------------------++------------------------+ | Axletrees. | Di. of...
8. Part 8IX. The following simple micrometer may be so usefully applied to military purposes, that I shall extract it verbatim from the Philosophical Transactions for 1791, where it is d...
9. Part 9This is done exactly as in the article _Retreating with a Horse_, except that _two_ drag ropes are brought by 12 and 13, who hook the chain ends to the horses traces, while 9 an...
10. Part 10The different slopes for the works must depend upon the nature of the soil, and the materials of which the work is composed. The interior slope of the parapet, though it be fasc...
11. Part 116. The time of flight at 45° is equal the square root of the range in feet, divided by 4, or more nearly = √(quotient)² of the range in feet, divided by 16.1, or the space passe...
12. Part 12+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nature of Guns 32, 24, and 18 Pounders. | +----------+----------+------------------------------------+----...
13. Part 13If the height or distance exceed the limits in the table; then, first, if the distance be given, divide it by 2, 3 or 4, till the quotient comes within the distances in the tabl...
14. Part 14+-------------+--------------++-------------+--------------+ | Line of | Charge for || Line of | Charge for | | Least | the Mine. || Least | the Mine. | | Resistance. | || Resis...
15. Part 15+--------+----+------------------------------++----------------+ | Rates. |No. | Nᵒ. of Guns of each Nature. || Carronades. | | |of +---+---+----+---+---+---+-----++---+---+----...
16. Part 16(A) = Beer, Gallons, or half Pints of Spirits, or Pints of Wine. (B) = Pint of Oatmeal. (C) = lbs. of Butter. (D) = lbs. of Butter. +----------+------+---+----------+------+----...
17. Part 1722. _Positions._—Every military position ought to possess decided advantages of situation, and ought to be commanded in no part of its front, flank, or rear. All commanding grou...
18. Part 18_Hot Shot._—The powder for firing with hot shot must be in strong flannel cartridges, without any holes, lest some grains should remain in the bore, in putting the cartridge hom...
19. Part 19Charge. Eprovette. Velocity. --------------------------------------------------- 16 Pr. 5 lbs. 125 1415 ” ” 8 ” 1510 --------------------------------------------------- 12 Pr. 4...