Gunpowder and Ammunition, Their Origin and Progress

by H. W. L. Hime

[425] “Chemical Essays,” 1781, ii. 10. This led to a Parliamentary inquiry.

[426] “A Statement of Facts,” &c., by General Sir W. Congreve, 1811, pp. 18-19.

[427] Brackenbury, iv. 292.

[428] Fol. 33.

[429] “Art of Shooting in Great Ordnance,” p. 2.

[430] Jähns, p. 804.

[431] Mieth mentions glazing in 1684; Artilleriæ Recentior Praxis, Franckfurt, pt. ii. c. 55.

[432] This is the only reason given by Clarke for the introduction of corned powder. “Natural History of Nitre,” 1670, p. 88.

[433] “Das knollen bullfer ij pfund mer tud denn gereden bullfer iij pfund.” Firebook, 1400-50, in Romocki, i. 182.

[434] “‘Of a verity the shooting of the foemen doth begin to increase,’ exclaimed the Rev. Gabriel Kettledrummle; ‘peradventure some pellet may attain unto us even here. Lo! I will ensconce me behind the cairn, as behind a strong wall of defence.’ ‘He’s but a coward body after a’,’ said Cuddy; ‘he’s but a daidling coward body.’” “Old Mortality,” chap. xvii.