Length and weight of English iron guns.
| Kind. | Length in | Wt. | [10] Pro- portion between shot and gun. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calib. | 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 | |||
[10] This column expresses the number of English pounds of metal in the guns, to each pound in the shot.
French iron guns, in English weights, &c.
| Kind. | Length in | Weight. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calib. | ft. | in. | ct. | qr. | lbs. | ||||||
| 36 | Pounders | 16.18 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 3 | — | ||||
| 24 | —— | 18.18 | 9 | 1 | ¹⁄₂ | 51 | — | — | |||
| 16 | —— | - | 21.01 | 9 | 7 | 42 | — | — | |||
| 18.45 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 2 | — | ||||||
| 16.92 | 7 | 8 | ¹⁄₂ | 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.
| Kind. | Charge. | To the first graze of the shot. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB | 1° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5° | ||||||
| lbs. | 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 | 1399 | ||||
| 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 Med. | 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 | ||||||
| Amuzette of 5 feet | 0 | 8 | 604 | 800 | |||||||
| Do. 7 feet | 0 | 8 | 656 | 830 | 1000 | ||||||
Ranges from Brass Guns, with Two Shot. 1793.
| Kind. | Charge. | Eleva- tion. | Medium first Graze. in yards. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbs. | oz. | 1 | ° | 30 | ′ | 1st Shot. | 2d Shot. | ||
| 12 | Pounder, Medium | 4 | — | 1 | 30 | 607 | 706 | ||
| 6 | : Desagulier’s | 2 | — | 1 | 30 | 621 | 739 | ||
| 6 | : of 5 feet | 1 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 586 | 732 | ||
| 3 | : Desagulier’s | 1 | — | 1 | 30 | 523 | 638 | ||
Ranges from Brass Field Guns, with small charges. 1798.