1. What are Guns?
Long cannon without chambers.
2. How are guns denominated?
By the weight of their respective shot.
3. What are the principal parts of a gun?
The cascable, breech, reinforce, chase, and muzzle.
4. What proportion usually exists between the length and calibre of a gun?
It varies from 15 to 23 calibres.
5. What proportion does the dispart of a gun bear generally to its length?
About a sixtieth part in field guns, about a thirtieth part in sea-coast, and about a thirty-eighth part in siege and garrison guns.