A military dictionary

by William Duane

CARRIER, a kind of pigeon, so called from its having been used in armies, to carry orders from one division of an army to another, or intelligence to some officer commanding a post or army at a distance.

CARRONADES. Their weight and dimensions.

Kinds.		Diameter of Bores.				Length in				Weight			Proportion between the shot and carronade.
						ft.	in.		Calr.	cwt.	q.	lb.
68	Prs.	8.05	—			5	2		7.702	36	—	—	59 to 1
—	—		—			4	0		5.962	29	—	—
42	—	6.84	—			4	3	¹⁄₂	7.518	22	1	—	58 to 1
32	—	6.35	—			4	0	-	7.679	17	—	14	62 to 1
24	—	5.68	-			3	7	-	7.656	13	—	—	56 to 1
						3	0		6.336	11	2	25
18	—	5.16	-			3	3		7.587	9	—	—	56 to 1
						2	4		5.447	8	1	25
12	—	4.52	—			2	2		5.778	5	3	10	56 to 1

N. B. Carronades have not so much windage as guns. See [Windage].

Ranges with Carronades, 1798. The charge is ¹⁄₁₂th the weight of the shot; and with one shot and one wad. The line of fire from 6 to 9 feet above the level of the water.

Kinds.		68	42	32	24	18	12
Charge.		5lb. 8oz.	3lb. 8oz.	2lb. 1oz.	2lb.	1lb. 8oz.	1lb.
		Yards.	Yards.	Yards.	Yards.	Yards.	Yards.
P. Blank		450	400	330	300	270	230
1	Degree	650	600	560	500	470	400
2	——	890	860	830	780	730	690
3	——	1000	980	900	870	800	740
4	——	1100	1020	970	920	870	810
5	——	1280	1170	1087	1050	1000	870

Note.—The highest charge for carronades is ¹⁄₈th the weight of the shot; the lowest ¹⁄₁₆th.

Ranges with 8 inch shells, from 68 Pr.

Shells Weight.				Charge.		Flight.		Elevation.		First graze.	Extreme range.
lb. oz. 43 11	-			3	lbs.	1	¹⁄₂	P. B.		302	1365
				3	—	—		5	deg.	1140
				4	—	1	¹⁄₂	1	—	358	1843
				—	—	5		5	—	1137	1250
				—	—	—		11	¹⁄₂	1767

To Carry on the trenches. See [Trenches].