| CALIBERS. | 12 and | 8-inch. | howitzes, | Grenades. | |
| 10-inch | 6-inch. | Rampart. | Hand. | ||
| inch. | inch. | inch. | inch. | inch. | |
| Length, | 9 | 8 | 5½ | 4 | 2½ |
| Diameter. | |||||
| At the large end, | 1⅔ | 1⅓ | 1¼ | 11/12 | ⅔ |
| At 3 inches from the large end, | 1⅓ | 1 | 11/12 | 0 | 0 |
| At the small end, | 11/6 | 11/12 | 10/12 | ¾ | ½ |
| Of the light, | 5/12 | ⅓ | ⅓ | ¼ | 1/6 |
| Of the interior of the cup, | 11/6 | 11/12 | 5/6 | 7/12 | 5/12 |
| Depth of the cup, | 3/12 | 3/12 | 3/12 | 3/12 | 3/12 |
| Height of the massive, | 5/12 | 5/12 | ¼ | ¼ | 0 |
Table of Dimensions of Bombs, Howitzes, and Grenades.
| 8-inch, & | |||||||
| CALIBER. | 12-inch. | 10-inch. | howitz | howitzes | Hand | ||
| 8-inch. | 6-inch. | grenades | |||||
| inch. | inch. | inch. | inch. | inch. | |||
| lines. | lines. | lines. | lines. | lines. | |||
| pts. | pts. | pts. | pts. | pts. | |||
| Diameter | { of bombs, | 11 10 6 | 10 0 0 | 8 1 6 | 6 0 0 | 3 6 0 | |
| { of the light | { exterior, | 1 4 0 | 1 4 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 11 0 | 0 8 6 | |
| { interior, | 1 3 0 | 1 3 0 | 0 11 0 | 0 10 9 | 0 8 0 | ||
| Thickness | { of the sides, | 1 6 0 | 1 6 0 | 0 11 0 | 0 11 0 | 0 4 0 | |
| { of the culot, | 2 2 0 | 1 4 0 | 1 3 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 5 0 | ||
| Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | |||
| Weight of the bombs, | 145 to | 97 to | 43 to | 20 to | 3¼ | ||
| 150 | 100 | 45 | 25 | 0 | |||
The rampart grenades are variable in their dimensions, and weigh from eight to twelve pounds.
Table of the Charge of Bombs and Howitzes.
| Bombs of | Howitzes. | |||||
| 12-inches | 10-inches | 8-inches. | 8-inches. | 6-inches. | ||
| Charge | ||||||
| of full bombs, | 17 lbs. | 10 lbs. | 4 lb. 1 oz. | 4 lb. 1 oz. | 1 lb. | 6 oz. |
| sufficient to } | ||||||
| burst them. } | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |