Gunnery in 1858 Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms
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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.
PREFACE.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF PLATES.
WOODCUTS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. ANCIENT ARMS.
CHAPTER II. ON GUNPOWDER.
CHAPTER III. ARTILLERY.
CHAPTER IV. ON THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON FOR GUN BARRELS.
CHAPTER V. GUN-MAKING.
CHAPTER VI. THE PROOF OF GUN BARRELS.
CHAPTER VII. THE SCIENCE OF GUNNERY.
Recoil.
CHAPTER VIII. THE FRENCH “CRUTCH,” OR BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
CHAPTER IX. THE RIFLE.
CHAPTER X. REVOLVING PISTOLS.
CHAPTER XI. ENFIELD MACHINE-MADE RIFLES.
CHAPTER XII. THE HARPOON GUN.
CHAPTER XIII. ON SHOT, CAPS, AND WADDING.
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