The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium
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By MAJOR F. A. GRIFFITHS,
R. F. P. ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Si quid novisti rectius istis,
Candidus imperti: si non, his utere mecum.
SEVENTH EDITION.
Published by Authority.
LONDON:
SOLD BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO., LEADENHALL STREET; PARKER AND SON, 445, WEST STRAND; CLOWES AND SONS, CHARING CROSS; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND CO., STATIONERS’ HALL COURT; J. BODDY AND SON, AND W. P. JACKSON, WOOLWICH; &C. &C. &C.
F. A. Griffiths
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GENERAL INDEX TO THE SUBJECTS.
PLATES.
INFANTRY EXERCISE, AND MOVEMENTS,
COMPANY DRILL.
MOVEMENTS OF A BATTALION.
EVOLUTIONS OF THE BATTALION.
LIGHT INFANTRY.
INFANTRY SWORD EXERCISE.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PITCHING, AND STRIKING TENTS.
CARBINE EXERCISE.
CAVALRY, SWORD EXERCISE.
OFFICERS’ SALUTE.
ORDNANCE.
CARRIAGES.
PART IV.
RANGE, ELEVATION, ETC., OF BRASS ORDNANCE.
CHARGES FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.
RICOCHET FIRING.
MORTARS.
FORMATION OF A BATTERY.
MANŒUVRES OF A BATTERY OF SIX PIECES.
EQUIPMENT OF A BATTERY.
ON THE INTERIOR MANAGEMENT OF A BATTERY.
EMBARKING, AND DISEMBARKING.
ENCAMPING, AND PICKETING.
HORSES.
CONGREVE ROCKETS.
NAVAL GUNNERY.
BATTERIES.
BREACH.
FORTIFICATION.
BRIDGES.
PONTOONS.
ARITHMETIC.
FRACTIONS.
DECIMALS.
TABLES OF WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.
TABLE OF SQUARES, CUBES, AND ROOTS.
PILING OF SHOT, AND SHELL.
CORDAGE.
CHAINS.
IRON RODS.
TIMBER.
TONNAGE.
MECHANICS.
SURVEYING, AND RECONNOITRING.
SOUND.
GRAVITY.
PRACTICAL GEOMETRY.
MENSURATION OF PLANES, AND SOLIDS.
EPITOME OF MENSURATION.
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