Gunnery in 1858
by William Greener
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About this eBook
- Author
- Greener, William, 1806-1869
- Title
- Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms Explaining the Principles of the Science of Gunnery, and Describing the Newest Improvements in Fire-Arms
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé, Google Print and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UF: Military science: Artillery
- Subject
- Gunnery
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43799
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43799
- Release Date
- September 23, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GUNNERY IN 1858: BEING A TREATISE ON RIFLES, CANNON, AND SPORTING ARMS; EXPLAINING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCE OF GUNNERY, AND DESCRIBING THE NEWEST IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS. — LIST OF PLATES. — WOODCUTS.
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 5.CHAPTER I. ANCIENT ARMS.
- 6.CHAPTER II. ON GUNPOWDER.
- 7.CHAPTER III. ARTILLERY.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. ON THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON FOR GUN BARRELS.
- 9.CHAPTER V. GUN-MAKING.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE PROOF OF GUN BARRELS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. THE SCIENCE OF GUNNERY. — Recoil.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE FRENCH “CRUTCH,” OR BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. THE RIFLE.
- 14.CHAPTER X. REVOLVING PISTOLS.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. ENFIELD MACHINE-MADE RIFLES.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. THE HARPOON GUN.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. ON SHOT, CAPS, AND WADDING.
- 18.Advertisements.
- 19.Transcriber’s Notes
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