Heavy Artillery (1863)

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War Department. Instruction for Heavy Artillery. Prepared by a Board of Officers, for the use of the Army of the United States with Service of a Gun Mounted on an Iron Carriage. New York: D.Van Nostrand (1863); 254 pages, +39 plates of illus. Price 30.00 {Item No.4572}

PART I. Serving Heavy Artillery

ARTICLE 1.

• Service of the Piece; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.20600} [Includes: Definitions of the types of artillery in service and standard artillery crew detachment, marching detachment to and from their post]
• Lesson I. Service of a gun mounted on a siege carriage; 12 pages, plus 6 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20601} [Includes: The crew requirements, Instructor commands: Take implements, 1. From battery, 2. Load by detail – Load, 3. Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one – Fire. To change posts, To load for action, To cease firing, To secure piece and replace implements, To leave the battery, To serve the piece with reduced numbers, Transportation, Charges, Wads, Breaching batteries, Rapidity of firing, Penetration of shot] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson II. Service of a 8-inch howitzer mounted on a 24 pounder siege carriage; 10 pages, plus 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20602} [Includes: The crew requirements, Instructor commands: Take implements, 1. From battery, Load by detail – load, Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one – Fire, To unload, To scrape the piece, To service the piece with reduced numbers, Transportation, Charges &c., To prepare ammunition] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson III. Service of a 10-inch siege mortar; 12 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20603}[Includes: The crew requirements, Plant the pointing stakes, Take implements, 1. In battery, 2. Load by detail – Load, 2. Point, 4. Number one – Fire, To secure piece and replace implements, Replace implements, To leave the battery, Transportation, Charges, &c., To prepare ammunition, Time of flight, To ascertain the distance by the report of fire arms, Rapidity of firing] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson IV. Service of a 8-inch siege mortar; 2 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20604}[Includes: Procedures, Transportation] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00 and Lesson III {Item No.20603} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson V. Service of a coehorn mortar; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20605}[Includes: General procedure notes, and charges] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00, Lesson III {Item No.20603} Price 2.00 and Lesson IV {Item No.20604} Price 1.00][References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson VI. Service of a 10-inch sea coast mortar; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20606}[Includes: General procedure notes and charges] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00 and Lesson III {Item No.20603} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson VII. Service of a 13-inch sea coast mortar; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20607}[Includes: General notes and charges] [This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00, Lesson III {Item No.20603} Price 2.00, and Lesson VI {Item No.20606} Price 1.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson VIII. Service of a stone mortar; 2 page, 1 Plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20608} [Includes: Notes][This article requires Lesson I {Item No.20601} Price 2.00, Lesson III {Item No.20603} Price 2.00, and Lesson VI. {Item No.20606} Price 1.00]
• Lesson IX. Service of a gun mounted on a barbette carriage; 10 pages, 3 Plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20609} [Includes: General crew procedure notes, Take implements, 1. From battery, 2. Load by detail — Load, 3. Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In Battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one — Fire, To load for action, To cease firing, To secure piece and replace implements, To Leave the Battery, To serve the piece with reduced numbers, Charges] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson X. Service of an 8-inch sea coast howitzer mounted on a barbette carriage; 1 page, 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20610} [This article requires Lesson IX {Item No.20609} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XI. Service of an 10-inch sea coast howitzer mounted on a barbette carriage; 1 page, 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20611} [This article requires Lesson IX {Item No.20609} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XII. Service of a gun mounted on a casemate carriage; 15 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20612} [Includes: General crew procedure, Take implements, 1. From battery, 2. Load by detail—load, 3. Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one—Fire, To leave the battery, Charges &c.] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XIII. Service of an 8-inch columbiad mounted on a casemate carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20613} [Includes: Procedure notes] [This article requires Lesson XII {Item No.20612} Price 2.00] [Maybe needs Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XIV. Service on a 24-pounder howitzer mounted on a flank casemate carriage; 5 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20614} [Includes: General crew procedure, Take implements, 1. From battery, 2. Load by detail—load, 3. Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one—Fire, Charges] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XV. Service of an 8-inch columbiad mounted on a columbiad carriage; 14 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20615} [Includes: General crew procedure, Take implements, 1. From battery, 2. Load by detail — load, 3. Sponge, 4. Ram, 5. In battery, 6. Point, 7. Number one — fire] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]
• Lesson XVI. Service of a 10-inch columbiad mounted on a columbiad carriage; 1 page, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20616} [Includes: Procedure notes] [This article requires Lesson XV {Item No.20615} Price 2.00] [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00 ]

ARTICLE II.

• Formation of a company into detachments for the service of a battery of several pieces; 5 pages Price .50 [{Item No.20617} [Includes: General, Platoon, opposite your pieces. Call off]
• Service of a battery of several pieces; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20618}

ARTICLE III.

• Pointing guns and howitzers; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20619}
• Pointing mortars; 3 pages, 1 plate illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20620}
• Table of Tangents and Tangent Scales; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20621}
• Ricochet firing; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20622} [Includes: Charges for Howitzer Ricochet]
• Firing hot shot; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20623}[Includes: General, To load, with hot shot, Charges, Furnaces for heating shot, Grates for heating shot]
• Night firing; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20624}
• Platforms; 6 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20625}[Includes: Platforms, Platforms for a siege gun or howitzer, Platform for a mortar, The rail platform, The Ricochet platform]

PART II. MECHANICAL MANOEUVERS

ARTICLE I.

• General directions; 5 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20626} [Includes: General directions, Prepare to manoeuve, Dimensions and weights of implements]

ARTICLE II.

Preliminary Manoeuvers

• Lesson XVII. A gun lying upon the ground to place blocks under the chase and reinforce, To remove the blocks, To slew the gun, To move the gun short distances to the front or rear, To move the gun short distances by rolling it, To roll the gun up an inclined plane; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20627}
• Lesson XVIII. A howitzer lying upon the ground to place blocks under the chase and reinforce, To remove the blocks, To raise the howitzer upon its muzzle, To slew the howitzer while standing upon its muzzle; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20628}
• Lesson XIX. A mortar lying upon the ground to raise it upon its muzzle, To slew the mortar, To slew the mortar bed; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20629}
• Lesson XX. To place a long roller upon a mortar bed, To remove the long roller; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20630}
• Lesson XXI. To limber, To unlimber, To move a piece or its carriage, to the front or rear. To cross lift a piece; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20631}
• Lesson XXII. A gun being on its carriage to place a short roller under the reinforce, A howitzer being on its carriage to place a short roller under the reinforce, To remove the short roller, To insert handspikes in the trunnion holes, To remove the handspikes; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20632}
• Lesson XXIII. To shift a gun from the trunnion holes to its travelling bed, To shift a gun from its travelling bed to the trunnion holes, To shift a howitzer from the trunnion holes to its travelling bed, To shift a howitzer from its travelling bed to the trunnion holes, To change a limber when the gun or howitzer is on its travelling bed, To change the limber of a loaded mortar wagon; 5 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20633}

ARTICLE III.

• Lesson XXIV. Manoeuvers with handspike, To mount a gun upon its carriage, To dismount the gun, To mount a howitzer upon its carriage, To dismount the howitzer; 6 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20634}
• Lesson XXV. To mount a howitzer as a field piece, To dismount the howitzer; 5 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20635}
• Lesson XXVI. To mount a siege mortar upon its bed, To dismount the mortar; 3 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20636}
• Lesson XVII. To mount a siege mortar upon the mortar wagon, To dismount the mortar; 8 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20637}
• Lesson XVIII. To mount a gun upon the mortar wagon, To dismount the gun, To mount a howitzer upon the mortar wagon, To dismount the howitzer; 6 pages, 2 plates of illus. illus. Price .50 {Item No.20638}
• Lesson XIX. To shift a gun from one carriage to another, To shift a howitzer from one carriage to another; 5 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20639}
• Lesson XXX. To shift a gun from the mortar wagon to its carriage, To shift a gun from its carriage to the mortar wagon, To shift a howitzer from the mortar wagon to its carriage, To shift a howitzer from its carriage to the mortar wagon; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20640}
• Lesson XXXI. To change or to grease a wheel, dismount a carriage and its limber, To remount the carriage and its limber, To dismount the mortar wagon, To remount the mortar wagon; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20641}
• Lesson XXXII. To lower a barbette carriage from its chassis, the piece being mounted. To remount the barbette carriage upon its chassis, To grease the rollers of a barbette carriage, the piece being mounted. To grease the forks of a traverse wheel; 7 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20642}
• Lesson XXXIII. To place the chassis for a 24 pounder howitzer carriage for a flank casemate in position, To mount the howitzer, To mount the carriage upon its chassis, To dismount the howitzer carriage from its chassis, the piece being mounted. To dismount the howitzer; 4 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.20643}

ARTICLE IV.

• Maneuvers with machines, The lifting jack; 3 pages, 5 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20644} [Introduction to Lessons XXXIV to XLIV] [Includes: Chart: Dimensions, weights, and strength of ropes]
• Lesson XXXIV. Manoeuvres with the lifting jack, A piece lying upon the ground, to place blocks under the chase and reinforce, To remove the blocks; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20645}
• Lesson XXXV. To shift a piece from the trunnion holes to its travelling bed, To shift a piece from its travelling bed to the trunnion holes; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20646}
• Lesson XXXVI. To mount a siege gun, To dismount the gun, To mount an 8 inch siege howitzer, To dismount the howitzer, To change, to grease, or to raise a wheel. The Gin, The Siege Gin, Manoeuvres with the Siege Gin; 8 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20647}
• Lesson XXXVII. To put the gin together, To reeve the fall, To carry the gin when put together, To raise the gin, To move the gin when raised, To lower the gin; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20648}
• Lesson XXXVIII. To mount a gun, To dismount a gun, To mount a howitzer, To dismount a howitzer, To sling a mortar mounted on its bed, To sling a mortar without its bed, Garrison and casemate gins, The use of the Gin as shears, Manoeuveres with the gin as shears; 11 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20649}
• Lesson XXXIX. Manoeuvers with the gin as shears. To raise a piece over the crest of a parapet or edge of a wall, To lower a piece over the crest of a parapet or edge of a wall into the ditch, To raise a piece and pass it through a casemate embrasure or any similar opening, To pass a piece through a casemate embrasure or any similar opening and lower it into the ditch. The sling cart, Manoeuvres with the sling cart; 12 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20650}
• Lesson XL. Manoeuvers with the sling cart. To sling a siege gun, howitzer, or mortar. To lower a siege gun, howitzer, or mortar to the ground. To sling a sea coast howitzer or columbiad, To sling a 10 inch columbiad, To sling a siege mortar mounted on its bed, To sling a sea coast mortar, To transport a siege piece short distances by a limber, To raise a piece upon one or more blocks by a limber, To sling a piece on two limbers so that it may be transported with horses. The Casemate Truck, Manoeuvers with the Casemate truck; 5 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20651}
• Lesson XLI. To place a casemate chassis on the truck, To lower the chassis to the ground, To remove the chassis from the casemate, To place a gun carriage on the truck, To lower the gun carriage to the ground, To shift the gun carriage from the truck to its chassis, To shift the gun carriage from its chassis to the truck; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20652}
• Lesson XLII. To place a heavy gun on the truck, To remove a heavy gun from the truck and place it on two blocks, To place a heavy gun on a truck by a gin; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20653}
• Lesson XLIII. To mount a gun, To dismount a gun; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20654}
• Lesson XLIV. To remove or to grease the truck wheels when the gun is mounted; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20655}

PART III. MISCELLANEOUS

ARTICLE I.

• To embark and disembark artillery and ordnance stores; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20656}
• Service of a Gun or Columbiad mounted on an iron carriage; 14 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20657} [References Tables in Part III {Item No.20658} Price 3.00]

ARTICLE II.

• Tables of dimension and weights of guns, carriages, shot, shells, machines, and implements; of charges for shells; of Ranges for heavy ordnance, &c.; 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.20658} [Includes all of the tables in Article II of this book]
• Principal dimensions and weights of guns; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20660} [Includes: Iron: Sea coast 42 and 32 pounders, Siege and garrison: 24, 18 and 12 pounders]
• Principal dimensions and weights of columbiads and howitzers; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20661} [Includes: Iron: Columbiads: 10 inch and 8 inch. Howitzers: Sea coast: 10 inch and 8 inch. Howitzers: Siege and garrison: 8 inch and 24 pounders]
• Principal dimensions and weights of mortars; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20662} [Includes: Iron: Heavy: 13 inch, 10 inch and Light: 10 inch and 8 inch mortars]
• Dimensions and weights of shot; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20663} [Includes: 13 inch, 12 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch, 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound shot]
• Dimensions and weights of shells; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20664} [Includes: Columbiads and sea coast mortars: 10 inch and 8 inch. Mortars: 13 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch. Guns and Howitzers: 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound shells]
• Dimensions and weights of spherical case shot; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20665} [Includes: 8 inch, 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound shot]
• Weights of carcasses; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20666} [13 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch, 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound carcass shells]
• Dimensions and weights of grape shot; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20667} [Includes: 8 inch, 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound grape shot]
• Dimensions and weights of canister shot; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20668} [Includes: 24 pounder, 32 pounder, 24 pounder, 8 inch howitzer, 18 pounder, 12 pounder, 32 pounder howitzer canister shot]
• Dimensions and weights of grenades; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20669} [Note on using 6 pounder case shot and shells of any caliber as rampart grenades]
• Dimensions and weights of canisters; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20670} [Includes: Siege and garrison guns: 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound. 8 inch Howitzers: Siege and Sea coast]
• Dimensions and weights of a stand of grape; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20671} [Includes: 8 inch, 42 pound, 32 pound, 24 pound, 18 pound, 12 pound]
• Principal dimensions of siege gun carriages and limbers; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20672} [Includes: 12 pounder gun, 18 pounder gun, 24 pounder gun and 8 inch howitzer]
• Principal weights of siege gun carriages and limbers; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20673}[Includes: 12 pounder gun, 18 pounder gun, 24 pounder gun and 8 inch howitzer]
• Dimensions and weights of mortar beds; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20674}[Includes: Siege: 8 inch, 10 inch, Coehorn, Eprouvette]
• Principal dimensions and weights of barbette carriages; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20675}[Includes: 12 pounder gun, 18 pounder gun, 24 pounder gun, 32 pounder gun, 8 inch howitzer, 42 pounder gun]
• Principal dimensions and weights of casemate carriages; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20676} [Includes: 24 pounder gun, 32 pounder gun, 42 pounder gun, 8 inch columbiad, 24 pounder howitzer]
• Weights of lifting jack; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20677}
• Dimensions and weights of gins; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20678} [Includes: Field gin, Garrision gin, Casemate gin]
• Dimensions and weight of the sling cart; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20679} [Includes: Large and Hand sling carts]
• Dimensions and weight of the mortar wagon; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20680}
• Length and weights of finished implements; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20681} [Includes: Sponge, Rammer, Ladle and Worm for: 42 pounder sea coast gun, 32 pounder sea coast gun, 24 pounder sea coast gun, 24 pounder siege and garrison gun, 18 pounder siege and garrison gun, 10 inch columbiad, 8 inch columbiad, 10 inch sea coast howitzer, 8 inch sea coast howitzer, 8 inch siege howitzer, 24 pounder casemate howitzer, 13 inch heavy mortar, 10 inch heavy mortar, 10 inch light mortar, 8 inch mortar, stone mortar, and 24 pounder coehorn mortar]
• Weights of implements; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20682} [54 Miscellaneous artillery tools from the Trail handspike to Men‘s harness]
• Dimensions of cartridge bags; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20683} [Includes: 42 pounder, 32 pounder, 24 pounder, 18 pounder, 12 pounder guns, 10 inch columbiad, 8 inch columbiad, 8 inch siege howitzer, 10 sea coast howitzer, 8 inch sea coast howitzer]
• Manner of strapping shells; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20684}
• Charges for shells for mortars; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20685} [Includes: 13 inch, 10 inch, and 8 inch mortars]
• Charges for shells for columbiads and heavy guns; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20686} [Includes: 10 inch and 8 inch columbiads, 42 pounder, 32 pounder, 24 pounder, 18 pounder, 12 pounder guns]
• The number of balls in a pile; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20687}
• Ranges of heavy ordnance; 6 page Price 1.00 {Item No.20688} [Includes: 18 pounder siege and garrison gun on barbette carriage, 24 pounder siege and garrison gun on siege carriage, 32 pounder sea coast gun on barbette carriage, 42 pounder sea coast gun on barbette carriage, 10 inch sea coast howitzer on barbette carriage, 8 inch columbiad on barbette carriage, 10 inch columbiad on barbette carriage, 12 inch columbiad, 13 inch sea coast mortar, 12 inch sea coast mortar, 10 inch sea coast mortar, 8 inch siege howitzer on siege carriage, 8 inch sea coast mortar, 10 inch siege mortar, 8 inch siege mortar]
• Table of approximate ranges, &c. for rifled guns in use in the armies of the United States in 1861-’62; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20689} [Includes: Parrott’s System: 200 pounder, 100 pounder, 30 pounder, 20 pounder, and 10 pounder gun. James’s System: Old 42 pounder, 30 pounder gun. United States Ordnance System: 4-1/2 inch and 3 inch gun. Hints on the Sights attached to Parrot’s rifle guns]

LIST OF PLATES

• All plates; 39 pages, 39 plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20690} [Plates 1-39]
• No.1 - 24 pounder siege gun; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20691}
• No.2 - 24 pounder gun on a siege carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20692}
• No.3 - 24 pounder gun on a siege carriage – horizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20693}
• No.4 - 24 pounder gun on a siege carriage – in travelling position; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20694}
• No.5 - Gunners’ level, breech sight friction tube, lanyard; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20695}
• No.6 - Sponge, rammer, ladles and tongs for hot shot, cartridge, shells, spherical case, grape, canister; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20696}
• No.7 - 8 inch siege howitzer, quoin, loading tongs; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20697}
• No.8 - 8 inch siege mortar and bed; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20698}
• No.9 - Siege, sea coast, coehorn, and stone mortars – horizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20699}
• No.10 - 32 pounder sea coast gun; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20700}
• No.11 - 24 pounder gun on barbette carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20701}
• No.12 - 32 pounder gun on barbette carriage – horizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20702}
• No.13 - Sea coast howitzer; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20703}
• No.14 - 8 inch columbiad on a casemate carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20704}
• No.15 - 24 pounder howitzer on a flank casemate carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20705}
• No.16 - 24 pounder howitzer on a flank casemate carriage – horizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20706}
• No.17 - 8 inch columbiad; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20707}
• No.18 - 8 inch columbiad carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20708}
• No.19 - 8 inch columbiad carriage – horizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20709}
• No.20 - Platform for siege gun or howitzer; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20710}
• No.21 - Platform for mortars; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20711}
• No.22 - Block, half block, skid, shifting plank; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20712}
• No.23 - Manoeuvring handspike, long roller, short roller, half roller, gun clock, wheel chock, roller check, trunnion loop; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20713}
• No.24 - To shift a piece from the trunnion holes to its travelling bed; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20714}
• No.25 - To change a limber when the piece is on its travelling bed; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20715}
• No.26 - To mount a gun upon its carriage; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20716}
• No.27 - Mortar wagon; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20717}
• No.28 - Mortar wagon – hortizontal projection; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20718}
• No.29 - To mount a siege mortar on the mortar wagon; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20719}
• No.30 - To mount a gun on the mortar wagon; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20720}
• No.31 - To mount a gun on the mortar wagon without using a windlass; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20721}
• No.32 - To shift a gun or howitzer from one carriage to another; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20722}
• No.33 - To change a wheel; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20723}
• No.34 - To lower a barbette carriage from its chassis, the piece being mounted; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20724}
• No.35 - Lifting jack, lifting block, field and siege gin; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20725}
• No.36 - Garrison gin; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20726}
• No.37 - Sling cart, sling chain; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20727}
• No.38 - Hand sling cart, casemate truck; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20728}
• No.39 - Crown for head of gin, knots, loops, hitches; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20729}

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