INDEX.

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PREFACE, i

AMMUNITION—For Small Arms—How carried, 7

—For Artillery, see Artillery.

AMMUZETTE—Its Length, Weight, &c. 8

APRONS of Lead—Weight and Dimensions of, 8

ARMS, Small—Their Weight and Dimensions,

Balls for their Proof, Service, &c.

ARTILLERY—1st. For the Field.

—Divided into Battalion Guns, Park and Horse Artillery, 10

—Ammunition and Stores for one Field Piece of each Nature, 11

—Manner of carrying the Ammunition and Stores, 15

—Load for a common Artillery Ammunition Waggon, 16

—Load for a Horse Artillery Ammunition Waggon, 17

—Proportion of Artillery, Ammunition, and Carriages

for four French Armies, 18

—Proportion of Ammunition carried with French Artillery,

and with that of other Powers, 20

—Movements and Positions of Battalion Guns, 21

—Movements and Positions of Artillery of the Park, 24

—Line of March for Three Brigades of Field Artillery, 28

—2d. Artillery and Ammunition for a Siege—

Considerations in estimating them, 29

—Proportion demanded for the Siege of Lisle, 31

—Arrangement and Position at a Siege, 33

—3d. Artillery and Ammunition for the Defence

of a Fortified Place—Manner of estimating them, 37

—Arrangement of the Artillery, 39

—Expenditure of Ammunition, 42

AXLETREES—Dimensions of, in Wood or Iron, 44

BALLS—of Lead—Manner of Packing them, 45

—Manner of finding their Diameters and Weights

BARRELS for Gunpowder; their Dimensions and Content

—Budge do. 46

BASKETS, Ballast—Dimensions of 46

BATTERIES—Dimensions of, for Guns, Mortars, and Howitzers 46

—For Ricochet firing, 48

—For the Defence of a Coast, 49

—Manner of estimating the Quantity of Materials for, 50

—Tools required for the Construction of 52

—Estimate of the Quantity of Earth which may be removed

in a given time, 53

BEDS—Dimensions and Weight of, for Mortars and Guns, 54

BOXES, for Ammunition—Dimensions and Weight of, when

filled and empty; and the Number of Rounds contained by 55

BOMB KETCH—Instruction for the Management of a, in Action, 56

—Proportion of Stores for, 58

BREACH—Manner of forming one; and Time required

to make it practicable, 60

BRIDGE—Manner of laying one, of Pontoons; Weight it will

bear; and Precautions required in passing over it, 62

CAMPS—Manner of laying out the front of,

for Infantry and Cavalry, 65

—Distribution of the Depth of, 66

—In a confined Situation, 69

CARCASSES—Composition for, 70

—Valencienne’s Composition, for making Shells

answer the Purpose of

—Dimensions and Weight of, 71

—Manner of preventing their being destroyed by the Explosion

CARRONADES—Dimensions and Weight of, 72

—Ranges with Shot and Shells from

CARRIAGES—Weight of, for Field Service, 73

—Dimensions of Axletrees for, 75

—Diameters of Wheels for, 76

—Dimensions and Weight of standing 77

CARTRIDGES—Weight and Dimensions of,

for Guns, Mortars, and Howitzers 78

—For Small Arms 79

—For Musquets by different Nations 79

CHAMBERS—Experiments upon the best Form of, for Mortars 80

CHARGES—For different Natures of Guns and Carronades 81

—Lessened when Cylinder Powder is used 81

—of French Guns 82

CHEVAUX DE FRIZE—Dimensions and Weight of 82

COMPOSITIONS—For Kitt; Fire, Smoke, and Light Balls;

suffocating Pots; Fire Hoops, Arrows, and

Lances; Cases for burning Fascine Batteries 84

—General Precautions in mixing 84

CONVOYS—Length of Line of March of 84

—Rate of travelling with, and Manner of escorting 85

DISPART—Of Guns 86

DISTANCES—Practical Methods of measuring without

mathematical Instruments 87

—Cavallo’s Micrometer for measuring 92

—Table of Angles subtended by one Foot at different 95

DRAG ROPES—Weight and Dimensions of 95

EMBARKATION—Of Ordnance and Stores 96

—Of Troops 99

EXERCISE—Of Artillery

—Duties of the Men attached to Field Guns or Howitzers,

with the full Complement, and with reduced Numbers 100

—Methods of advancing and retiring Field Artillery

without Drag Ropes 104

—Duties of the Men in advancing and retiring

Field Artillery with Drag Ropes 109

—Of Heavy Ordnance on a Battery with different

Complements of Men 112

—Of the Triangle Gin 115

—Of the Sling Cart 117

FASCINES—Dimensions and Uses of the different Natures of,

with the necessary Attentions in making them 119

FIRE SHIP—Proportion of combustible Stores for 120

—Method of fitting out 122

—New Method of fitting out, to produce more external Fire 124

FLINTS—Number of, packed in a half Barrel;

with the Weight of, &c. 126

FORTIFICATION—Practical Maxims in building Field Works

with their Dimensions

—Permanent; Observations upon the different Parts of,

with their principal Dimensions 131

—Observations upon the Means of adding to the Defence of Places

by Outworks, &c. and on defilading a Place from Heights 133

—Principal Dimensions of, according to Vauban 140

—Dimensions of Walls from 10 to 50 Feet high 142

FUZES—Composition for—Dimensions of 143

—Manner of finding the Length of, for any Range 144

GABIONS—Dimensions of, and Attentions in making them 145

GIN TRIANGLE—Dimensions and Weight of 146

GRAVITY—Table of specific Gravities 146

—Rules, to find the Magnitude of any Body from its Weight,

and the contrary 147

GRAPE SHOT—See Shot.

GRENADES—Distance to which they may be thrown 147

GUNNERY—In a nonresisting Medium

—How far it may be applied to Practice with the Help of good

Tables of Experiments 147

—Upon a horizontal Plane 148

—Upon inclined Planes 149

—Table of Amplitudes 151

—Table of Natural Sines, Tangents, and Secants 152

GUNS—Calibers of English and Foreign 153

—Length and Weight of English Brass 154

—Ditto French Brass 155

—Ditto English and French Iron 155

—Ranges with One Shot from Brass 156

—Ditto Two Shot 157

—Ditto small Charges from 157

—Effects of Case Shot from Battalion 158

—Ranges from Iron 159

—Ditto of 5½ Inch Shells from 24 Pr. 160

—Ditto 4⅖ Inch Ditto 12 Pr. 161

—Ranges from French 162

GUNPOWDER—Proportion of Ingredients for, by different

Powers in Europe 162

—Manner of Proving it at Pursleet 163

—Marks on the Barrels, by which the different Qualities

are distinguished 164

—French Proof of 165

HAIR CLOTH—Dimensions and Weight of 166

HAND BARROW—Ditto 166

HANDSPIKES—Ditto 166

HARNESS—Ditto for Horses and Men 166

HORSES—Military Gait, and other Particulars respecting them 166

—Manner of Regulating the Weight they ought to Draw 166

—Number of, allowed to Artillery Carriages 167

HOWITZERS—Dimensions and Weight of English and French 168

—Natures of and by different Powers 169

—Ranges from 170

LEVELLING—Table shewing the Difference between the true

and apparent Level 172

—Manner of applying this Table to finding Heights and Distances 172

LOAD—How regulated for Artillery Carriages 174

MAGAZINES—For Powder—Dimensions of Temporary ones

for Batteries 175

—Permanent, for fortified Places 175

MATCH, Slow—Composition for, and manner of making

—Time it will burn 177

—Quick—of Cotton or Worsted 178

MARCHING—Rate of, for Cavalry and Infantry 178

—Rates paid for pressed Carriages on a March 179

—Rates paid to Publicans for Troops on a March 179

MEASURES—Tables of English Weights and 180

—Old French, Do. 181

—New System of, by the French, with their proportion

to the old, and to the English 182

—Rules for converting French Weights and Measures into English 184

—German, and Weights 184

—Proportion between the English Foot, and Pound Avoir,

and those of the principal Places in Europe 185

—For Powder; their Dimensions 185

MECHANICS—The different Powers of, and the advantage

gained by each 186

MILE—Comparison between the Miles of different Countries 189

MINE—Rules for finding the proper Charge to produce

any required Excavation or Effect 190

—Remarks upon the Dimensions and Construction of Mines,

and their Galleries 193

—Usual System of Countermines, when prepared before hand 197

—Temporary Mines 198

MORTARS—Dimensions and Weight of English Brass and Iron

Mortars, with their extreme Ranges 200

—Ranges from 10 Inch Sea Service, at 21° 201

—Ditto 13 and 10 Inch Sea Service, at 45° 201

—Ditto French, at 45° 202

—Ditto English Land Service, at 45° 203

—Ditto of Iron 203

—Ditto English Land Service, at 45° of Brass 205

—Ditto Land Service, 5½ Inch Brass, at 15° 205

—Ditto Land Service, 10 and 8 Inch, at 10° 206

—Ditto Land Service, 10 and 8 Inch, at 15° 206

NAVY—Number and Nature of Ordnance for each Ship

in his Majesty’s 207

—Principal Dimensions of Ships Of War, Complements of Men,

and Draught of Water 208

ORDNANCE—Value of Brass and Iron 209

PACE—The Length of the Common and Geometrical 210

PARALLELS—See Trenches, and Sap

PAY—Table of, for the Officers, non Commissioned

Officers, and Privates of the Army 211

PARK—Its Situation and Distribution 213

PENDULUMS—How made for Artillery Purposes 215

—Proper Length of, for Seconds, ½ Seconds, and Quarters 215

—Rules for Finding the proper Length to make any number

of Vibrations in a Minute, and the Contrary 215

PETARDS—Dimensions of, and Stores for 216

PLATFORMS—Dimensions of, and Materials for Gun and Mortar 216

POINT BLANK—What 217

PONTOONS—Dimensions and Weight of, and Equipage for one 217

PORTFIRES—Composition for—Time they will Burn

—Manner of making them at Gibraltar 218

PROVISIONS—Regulations respecting Rations of,

for Sea and Land Service 219

PROOF of Iron Guns, with the Limits of their Reception 219

—Of Brass do. 220

—Howitzers, Mortars, and Carronades 221

—By Water 222

—By assaying the Metal 223

—Marks of condemned Ordnance 224

RATIONS—Of Provisions for Land and Sea Service 225

—Regulations respecting their Issue 226

—Deductions to be made from the Pay of Soldiers for 227

RANK—Between Sea and Land Officers 228

RECOIL—Of Brass Guns on Field Carriages, of Iron Guns

on Standing Carriages, and Mortars on their Beds 229

RECONNOITERING—Preparations for 230

Objects to be attended to in Reconnoitering—

1 Roads—2 Fords—3 Inundations—4 Springs

and Wells—5 Lakes and Marshes—6 Woods

and Forests—7 Heaths—8 Canals—9 Rivers—

10 Passes—11 Ravins—12 Cultivated Lands—

13 Orchards—14 Bridges—15 Mountains and

Hills—16 Coasts—17 Redoubts—18 Castles

and Citadels—19 Villages—20 Cities not fortified—

21 Fortified Towns—22 Positions

RICOCHET—Rules for firing 243

ROCKETS—Composition for Sky Rockets 245

—Table of General Dimensions of, with their Sticks 245

—Height to which they will ascend 246

ROPE—How distinguished—Rule for finding the Weight of 247

SAND BAGS—Dimensions of—Number required 248

SAP—Manner of carrying it on 248

SECANTS—Table of Natural Secants 248

SHELLS—Dimensions and Weight of, for Mortars and Howitzers 249

—For Guns and Carronades 250

—Manner of throwing Shells from Guns though they

do not fit the Bore 251

—French and German 251

—Rules to find the Weight of, and the Quantity of Powder

they will contain 252

SHOT—Rules to find the Number in any Pile of 252

—Rules for finding the Weight and Dimensions of

Iron and Lead Shot 253

—Table of Diameters of English and French Iron round Shot 255

—Table of English Case Shot for different Services 256

—Tables of Grape Shot for Sea and Land Service 257

—Manner of Quilting small Shells in Grape 257

—Precautions in firing Hot Shot 258

SINES—Table of Natural Sines 259

SOUND—Velocity of—Rules for computing Distances by 259

STOPPAGES—From the Pay of an Artillery Soldier, weekly 260

TANGENTS—Table of Natural Tangents 261

—Manner of making a Tangent Scale to any Piece of Ordnance 262

—Table of Tangents to 1° for English Field Artillery 262

—Ditto French 262

TENTS—Weight and Dimensions of Tents of different Descriptions 262

TONNAGE—Manner of finding the Tonnage of any Ship 263

—Table of Tonnage of Ordnance Stores 264

—Tonnage allowed for Officers Baggage on board Transports 266

TRANSPORTS—Regulations on board of 266

TRENCHES—Dimensions of Trenches of Approach at a Siege 266

—Manner of opening, and conducting the Trenches and Parallels 267

TROU DE LOUP—Dimensions of 269

TUBES—Dimensions of, and Composition for Tin Tubes 269

UNIFORMS—Principal Colours of the Military

Uniforms of different Powers in Europe 271

VELOCITY—Principal Points ascertained respecting the initial

Velocities of Shot from Guns of different Lengths, and

with different Charges, by the Experiments at Woolwich 272

—Initial Velocities of English and French Artillery 273

VENTS—Diameter of 275

WEIGHTS—Table of English and French 276

WINDAGE—Of English and French Artillery 276

WOOD—Employed in making Artillery Carriages 277