Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms / Explaining the Principles of the Science of Gunnery, and Describing the Newest Improvements in Fire-Arms

by William Greener

Please see the [Transcriber’s Notes] at the end of this text.

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PLATE. 1.

ANGULARLY LAMINATED STEEL BARRELED GUN

LAMINATED STEEL BARRELED GUN

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GUNNERY IN 1858:
BEING A TREATISE ON
RIFLES, CANNON, AND SPORTING ARMS;
EXPLAINING THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCE OF GUNNERY,
AND DESCRIBING THE
NEWEST IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS.

By WILLIAM GREENER, C.E.,
INVENTOR OF THE EXPANSIVE PRINCIPLE AS APPLIED IN THE MINIE AND
ENFIELD RIFLES, AND AUTHOR OF “THE GUN,” ETC. ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 56, CORNHILL.
1858.

(The Right of Translation is reserved.)

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