The bombardier, and pocket gunner

by Ralph Willett Adye

Dimensions and Weight of Standing Gun Carriages.

Nature.	32		24		18		12		9		6
	Ft.	in.	Ft.	in.	Ft.	in.	Ft.	in.	Ft.	in.	Ft.	in.
Axletrees, length	4	9	4	7	4	3	3	9	3	6½	3	4
Side pieces, length	6	4	6	0	5	9	5	6	5	3	5	0
Whole heighth to  trunnion beds	2	9	2	7	2	6	2	3	2	1	2	0
Weight of carriage,	ct.	qr.	ct.	qr.	ct.	qr.	ct.	qr.	ct.	qr.	ct.	qr.
bed & coins	9	0	8	0	7	0	6	0	3	3	2	3

Carriages on a march. [See Marching].

For wood of which carriages are made, see the word [Wood].

CARTRIDGES for guns.

Of Paper.		Weight of one Dozen.			Length.		Tonnage. Nᵒ. packed in ¾ Ton Vat.
	Pounders.	lbs.	oz.	dr.	Ft.	In.	Number.
42	”	3	0	0	2	4	1000
32	”	3	0	0	2	4	1100
24	”	3	0	0	2	4	1400
18	”	2	14	0	2	4	1500
12	”	2	4	0	2	4	1600
9	”	2	4	0	2	4	1800
6	”	1	5	0	2	0	2000
4	”	1	1	0	1	7	2200
3	”	1	1	0	1	7	2200
	Of Flannel.
42 and 32		2	2	0	2	3	The tonnage
24	Heavy	1	12	0	1	10	of flannel
	Medium	1	6	0	1	5	cartridges is
	Light	1	1	8	1	0	⅕ more than
18	——	1	6	0	2	3	that of paper.
12	Heavy	1	3	0	1	6
	Medium	0	11	0	1	2
	Light	0	8	0	0	10
9	——	0	10	0	1	4
6	Heavy	0	14	0	1	1
	Medium	——			——
	Light	0	5	0	0	9½
3	——	0	6	0	0	8
13	Inch Mortar	1	2	8	1	6
10	””	0	10	8	1	1½
8	””	0	7	0	1	0
5½	””	0	4	0	0	9
4⅖	””	0	3	0	0	7
8	In. Howitzer	0	10	8	1	1½
5½	””	0	4	8	0	9½
4⅖	””	0	4	0	0	9½

Cartridges for small arms.

• (A) = Powder contained in each Cartridge.
• (B) = Nᵒ. of each tied in one Bundle.

Nature.	(A)	(B)	Nᵒ. contained in one Barrel.		Weight of one Barrel filled					1 Sheet of Paper makes
			Whole.	Half.	Whole.			Half.
	drms	Nᵒ.	Nᵒ.	Nᵒ.	Ct.	qr.	lb.	qr.	lb.	Nᵒ.
Wall pieces	10	6	1400	500	2	2	19	3	24	6
Musquet	6	10	2100	1000	1	3	10	3	24	12
Carbine	4	10	2853	1500	1	3	7	3	26	16
Do. pistol	3	10	4400	1500	1	3	17	3	21	24
Com. pistol	3	10		2000				3	11	24
7 Bar. guns	1½	14		1000
				in kegs

Musquet Cartridges, by different powers in Europe.