Length and Weight of French Brass Guns, in their own Weights and Measures.
| Nature. | Length in | Weight | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calibers. | Ft. | In. | Li. | lbs. | |||
| 24 | Prs. | Siege | — | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5628 |
| 16 | ” | — | 9 | 7 | — | 4111 | |
| 12 | ” | Garrison | — | — | — | — | 3184 |
| 8 | ” | — | — | — | — | 2175 | |
| 12 | ” | Field | 18.0 | 6 | 6 | — | 1808 |
| 8 | ” | 18. | 5 | 8 | — | 1196 | |
| 4 | ” | 18. | 4 | 6 | — | 590 | |
| 1 | ” | — | — | — | — | 266 | |
Length and Weight of English Iron Guns.
| Nature. | Length in | Weight | Proportion between shot and gun.[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calibers. | Ft. | In. | Ct.. | Qr.. | |||
| 42 | Prs. | 17.098 | 10 | — | 67 | — | |
| 16.244 | 9 | 6 | 65 | — | 170 | ||
| 32 | ” | 18.721 | 10 | — | 58 | — | |
| 17.725 | 9 | 6 | 55 | — | 193 | ||
| 24 | ” | 20.604 | 10 | — | 52 | — | |
| 19.574 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 231 | ||
| 18.542 | 9 | — | 47 | 2 | |||
| 18 | ” | 21.542 | 9 | 6 | 42 | — | |
| 20.408 | 9 | — | 40 | — | 249 | ||
| 12 | ” | 24.659 | 9 | 6 | 34 | — | |
| 23.361 | 9 | — | 32 | — | |||
| 22.063 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 2 | |||
| 19.468 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 294 | ||
| 9 | ” | 21.4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 305 |
| 19.9 | 7 | — | 23 | — | |||
| 6 | ” | 26.2 | 8 | — | 22 | — | |
| 19.6 | 6 | — | 16 | 2 | 411 | ||
| 4 | ” | 22.4 | 6 | — | 22 | 1 | 343 |
| 20.6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 3 | ” | 18.6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 270 |
French Iron Guns, in English Weights, &c.
| Nature. | Length in | Weight | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calibers. | Ft. | In. | Ct.. | Qr.. | lbs. | ||
| 36 | Pounders. | 16.18 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 3 | — |
| 24 | ” | 18.18 | 9 | 1½ | 51 | — | — |
| 16 | ” | 21.01 | 9 | 7 | 42 | — | — |
| 18.45 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 2 | — | ||
| 16.92 | 7 | 8½ | 35 | — | — | ||
| 12 | ” | 21.54 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 2 | — |
| 20.5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 3 | — | ||
| 17.14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | — | — | ||
| 8 | ” | 24.64 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 1 | — |
| 17.22 | 6 | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| 4 | ” | 17.19 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — |
Ranges of Brass Guns, with one Shot. 1793.
| Nature. | Charge | To the first graze of the Shot | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. B. | 1° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5° | ||||
| lb. | oz. | Yds. | Yds. | Yds. | Yds. | Yds. | Yds. | ||
| 24 | Heavy | 8 | 0 | 473 | 781 | 1032 | 1405 | 1585 | 1710 |
| Medium | 8 | 0 | 488 | 757 | 1103 | 1425 | 1557 | 1745 | |
| Light | 3 | 0 | 162 | 364 | 606 | 722 | 1390 | ||
| 12 | Heavy | ||||||||
| Medium | 4 | 0 | 705 | 973 | 1189 | ||||
| Light | 3 | 0 | 601 | 816 | 1063 | ||||
| 6 | Desagulier’s | 2 | 0 | 646 | 966 | 1325 | |||
| 6 Feet | 2 | 0 | 683 | 948 | 1327 | ||||
| 5 : 6 Medi. | 2 | 0 | 775 | 1003 | 1444 | ||||
| 5 : 6 Red’d. | 2 | 0 | 642 | 976 | 1150 | ||||
| 5 Feet | 1 | 8 | 587 | 825 | 950 | ||||
| 4 : 6 Feet | 1 | 8 | 628 | 804 | 991 | ||||
| 3 | Desagulier’s | 1 | 0 | 679 | 883 | 918 | |||
| Ammuzette of 5 feet | 0 | 8 | 604 | 800 | |||||
| ” of 7 feet | 0 | 8 | 656 | 830 | 1000 | ||||