| Title: | Cannon casting – [3] [Plates IX - XXV] |
| Original Title: | Fonderie des canons – [3] [Planches IX - XXV] |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 5 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Steven A. Walton [Michigan Technological University] |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Cannon casting – [3] [Plates IX - XXV]." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Steven A. Walton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.493>. Trans. of "Fonderie des canons – [3] [Planches IX - XXV]," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Cannon casting – [3] [Plates IX - XXV]." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Steven A. Walton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.493 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Fonderie des canons – [3] [Planches IX - XXV]," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
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Plate IX: Cannon Foundry, Working Design, Cut View and Plan of Mortars According to the Ordinance
Plate X: Cannon Foundry, Working Design, Cut View and Plan of Mortars and Pierriers According to the Ordinance
Plate XI: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Loading the Spindle With Torches or Matting
Plate XII: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Laying Clay on the Matting and Shaping it with a Pattern
Plate XIII: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Adding Trunnions and Ornements of the Pieces
Plate XIV: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Making the Mold and Applying Bandages
Plate XV: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Drying the Mold, Plan of the Gutter, Etc.
Plate XVI: Cannon Foundry, Operation of Pouring Molten Metal in the Molds
Plate XVII: Cannon Foundry, Elevation of the Borer to Drill and Bore the Pieces
Plate XVIII: Cannon Foundry, The Borer Continued, Developments
Plate XIX: Cannon Foundry, Lever to Make the Touch Holes, Hooks, Searcher, Mold to Cast 36 Pound Cannon Balls
Plate XX: Cannon Foundry, Molds to Cast Cannon Balls of the Five Calibers of the Ordinance
Plate XXI: Cannon Foundry, The Art of Molding Balls in Sand
Plate XXII: Cannon Foundry, The Art of Molding Balls in Sand, Continued
Plate XXIII: Cannon Foundry, The Art of Molding Balls in Sand, Continued
Plate XXIV: Cannon Foundry, Limber of the Spanish Captain
Plate XXV: Cannon Foundry, Limber of the Spanish Captain and Demonstration of the Art of Training
