13. What charge is used for projecting fire balls from mortars?
One twenty-fifth the weight of the ball.
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Charges for Field Guns
and Field Howitzers.
| KIND | FOR GUNS. | FOR HOWITZERS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-pr. | 6-pr. | 32-pr. | 24-pr. | 12-pr. | Mountain | |||
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | |||
| For shot, | 2.5 | 1.25 | ||||||
| For spher. case or canister, | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 0.75 | 0.5 | ||
| For shells, |  | Small charge, | — | — | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 0.5 |
| Large charge, | — | — | 3.25 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 0.5 | ||
Charges for Heavy Guns, Columbiads
and Howitzers.
| GUNS | COLUMBIADS | HOWITZERS. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-pr. | 32-pr. | 24-pr. | 18-pr. | 12-pr. | 10-inch. | 8-inch. | Siege 8-inch. | 24-pr. Garrison | Sea-Coast. | |
| 10-in. | 8-in. | |||||||||
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. |
| 10.5 | 8. | 8. | 6. | 4. | 14. | 8. | 4. | 2. | 12. | 8. |
Greatest Charges of Sea-coast, Siege
and Coehorn Mortars.
| SEA-COAST. | SIEGE. | COEHORN. | STONE MORTAR. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-inch. | 10-inch. | 10-inch. | 8-inch. | 120 pds. of stones | 15 6-pr. shells. | |
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. |
| 20. | 10. | 4. | 2. | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1. |
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