DIMENSIONS OF SABOTS AND STRAPS FOR SHELL AND SHRAPNEL.
| Dimensions, Weight. | XV. | XIII. | XI. | X. | IX. | 8. | 32. | 24. | 12. | |||
| Thickness. | in. | 5. | 4.50 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.40 | 2. | 1.50 | 1.90 | 1.50 | ||
| Diameter | { | greatest | in. | 14.25 | 12.25 | 10.50 | 9.50 | 8.60 | 6.90 | 6. | 5.7 | 4.60 |
| least | in. | 14.25 | 12.25 | 10.50 | 9.50 | 8.60 | 6.80 | 5.5 | 5.55 | 4.40 | ||
| Depth of saucers. | in. | 2.50 | 2.25 | 1.80 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 1. | 1.50 | 1.30 | ||
| Weights. | lbs. | 8.90 | 5.50 | 2.70 | 2.40 | 1.85 | .90 | .50 | .46 | .22 | ||
| Shell-straps | { | Length | in. | 25.75 | 22.5 | 17.25 | 17.25 | 14.75 | 13.25 | 10.25 | 7.625 | 6.375 |
| Width | in. | 1.25 | 1. | .75 | .75 | .75 | .75 | .625 | .50 | .375 | ||
| Tin | No. | XXD | XXD | XXD | XXD | IX | IX | IC | IC | IC | ||
| Tacks. | No. | 20 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
GRAPE.
| Dimensions, Weight. | XV. | XI. | X. | IX. | 8. | 32. | 24. | 12. | Rifle | ||
| 20. | 12. | ||||||||||
| Weight of stand | lbs. | — | 34.75 | 26.10 | 20.4 | 15.7 | 8.75 | ||||
| Weight of balls | lbs. | — | 89.10 | 71.70 | 25.20 | 37.12 | 24.80 | ||||
| Number of balls | — | 15. | 15. | 18. | 18. | 12. | |||||
| Diameter of balls | in. | — | 3.55 | 3.34 | 2.80 | 2.50 | 2.50 | ||||
| Weight complete | lbs. | — | 125.08 | 98.62 | 74.10 | 58.25 | 33.50 | ||||
CANISTER.
| Dimensions, Weight. | XV. | XI. | X. | IX. | 8. | 32. | 24. | 12. | |||
| Windage | in. | .25 | .25 | .25 | .25 | .25 | .25 | .15 | .15 | ||
| Height | { | Empty case | in. | 15.50 | 13.50 | 11.75 | 10.5 | 9.75 | 8.65 | 5. | 3.85 |
| Finished | in. | 1.25 | 12. | 10.5 | 9.5 | 8.75 | 7.75 | 6. | 5. | ||
| Case notched, and turned over | in. | .75 | .75 | .65 | .50 | .50 | .45 | 4.65 | 3.52 | ||
| Thickness of head | { | Top | in. | 1. | 5/8 | 5/8 | 5/8 | .75 | .50 | .35 | .3 |
| Middle | in. | 1. | 5/8 | ||||||||
| Bottom | in. | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. | .75 | .50 | 1.90 | 1.90 | ||
| Size of | { | Rod | in. | 13/16 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | ||||
| Nut diameter | in. | 2.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | ||||||
| Nut thickness | in. | 1.50 | 1. | 1. | 1. | ||||||
| Bale | in. | 1/2 | 3/5 | 5/8 | 3/5 | ||||||
| Metal and thickness | { | Iron | No. | 20. | 25. | 25. | 25. | ||||
| Tin | No. | — | — | — | — | XXD | XXD | IC | IC | ||
| Balls | { | Number | 600. | 315. | 290. | 230. | 162. | 100. | 39. | 39. | |
| Diameter | in. | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1. | ||
| Weight | lbs. | 150. | 85. | 70. | 65. | 45. | 28. | 12.5 | 5.85 | ||
| Weight finished | lbs. | 207. | 120. | 98. | 70. | 50. | 30. | 14.55 | 7.75 | ||
Note.—Bottom of XV-inch canister, of two thicknesses of oak, ash, or beech, crossing each other; put together with wrought-iron nails, clinched; spindle riveting on the bottom through a 3 inches square plate, ¼ thick; cast-iron hexagonal nut, with wrought-iron bale.