| Length. | Tangent, 1° | Dispart. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feet. | In. | Inches. | Inches. | |||
| 12 | Pr. | Medium | 6 | 6 | 1.365 | 1.475 |
| 12 | Pr. | Light | 5 | — | 1.05 | 1. |
| 6 | Pr. | Heavy | 7 | — | 1.47 | 1.32 |
| 6 | Pr. | Light | 5 | — | 1.05 | 1. |
| 3 | Pr. | Heavy | 6 | — | 1.26 | 1.08 |
| 10 | Inch | Howitzer | 3 | 11½ | .84 | — |
| 8 | ” | ” | 3 | 1 | .64 | — |
| 5½ | ” | Light | 2 | 2¾ | .47 | — |
| 4⅖ | ” | ” | 1 | 10 | .384 | — |
Tangent of 1 Degree to the following French Guns.
| Nature of Ordnance. | Siege. | Field. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangent of 1° | Dispart. | Tangent of 1° | Dispart. | ||||||||||
| In. | Li. | P. | In. | Li. | P. | In. | Li. | P. | In. | Li. | P. | ||
| 24 | Pounder | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | ||||
| 16 | ” | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 12 | ” | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | ” | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| 4 | ” | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 6 | In. How’r. | — | — | 0 | 5 | 6 | — | ||||||
As the French tangent scales are marked off in inches and lines, the above dimensions are given in the same, for the more ready turning the French elevations into degrees, and thereby comparing their ranges with the English.
TENT for Laboratory Works.—Weight complete with poles, pins, &c. 3 cwt. 24 lbs. length of ridge pole, 18 feet; length of poles, 14½ feet.
Bell Tent, now used for infantry or cavalry; weight, complete with poles, 43 lbs. length of pole, 9 feet, contain 12 men each, require 40 pegs.
Common Infantry Tent.—Length of ridge pole 7 feet; length of standards 6 feet. They hold only 5 men each. Weight complete 27 lbs.
Marquee.—Weight complete,1 cwt. 17 lbs. ridge pole, 7 feet; standard, 8 feet.
TONNAGE.—The usual method of finding the tonnage of any ship is by the following rule: Multiply the length of the keel by the breadth of the beam, and that product by half the breadth of the beam; and divide the last product by 94, and the quotient will be the tonnage.