The British gunnerParker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1844 - 416 pages |
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6-Pounder Ammunition angle Artillery axis ball bastions Battery-in besiegers body Bore Calibres Carriage Carronades Cartridges Case-Shot cavalry centre of gravity chamber charge composition construction counterscarp covered-way cubic cylinder defence degrees Detachments Diameter dimensions direction distance ditch Divisions elevation enemy's enfilade epaulment equal feet fire flanks fluid force Fore FORM COLUMN FORM LINE front Fuze gabions Garrison given glacis Graze Yards gunners Halt Dress Hind horizontal horses Howitzer IMPLEMENTS inches Iron Left take Ground Left Wheel Length Depth Length of Gun lever Limber loaded MARCH Mortar motion multiplied Musquet muzzle Nitre non-commissioned officer parallel parapet particles pendulum piece of Ordnance plane pounds powder proportion quantity ravelin rear redans resistance revetment Right about Wheel Right Shoulders Right take Ground Right Wheel Rope Round Shot saliant shells Siege Solid Shot Spare square Sub-Divisions Sulphur superior slope surface terre-plein Thds Vauban vertical Waggon Weight Windage دو وو