The arte of gunnerie. Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished: both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie. / Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwicke vpon Tweed souldier.
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- The arte of gunnerie. Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished: both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie. / Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwicke vpon Tweed souldier.
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- Smith, Thomas, fl. 1600-1627.
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- London :: Printed [by Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonby,
- 1600 [-1601].
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- Subject terms
- Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.
- Artillery -- Early works to 1800.
- Ordnance -- Early works to 1800.
- Military fireworks -- Early works to 1800.
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"The arte of gunnerie. Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished: both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie. / Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwicke vpon Tweed souldier." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12531.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE PERIGRIN BER∣TIE KNIGHT, LORD WILLOVGHBIE Beake and Earsby, Lord Gouernour of her Maie∣sties Towne and Castle of Barwicke vpon Tweed, and Lord VVardon of the East marches of England, for and anempst Scotland, &c.
- TO ALL GENTLEMEN, SOVL∣DIERS, GVNNERS, AND ALL FA∣uourers of Militarie Discipline, Thomas Smith wisheth increase of happinesse.
- PETER LVCAS CANNONNIER in commendation of the Authour and his booke.
- Richard Hope Gentleman in commenda∣tion of the worke.
- Richard Rotheruppe Gentleman in commendation.
- A Table shewing the deminite parts vsed for mensuration.
- A Table shewing how to weigh a great deale with few weights.
- Measures.
- How to finde the cubicall radix or roote of any number.
- To find a Denominator to the cubicke remaine.
- To find the nearest root of a number not cubicke.
- How by knowing the true weight of any one bullet, and the diameter of the peece due for the said bullet, to find out the weight of any other bullet belonging to a contrarie peece of Ordinance.
- Another easie conclusion, how by the weight of a small bullet knowne, to find out the weight of a greater.
- How by knowing the weight of any bullet whose diameter containeth both whole inches and partes of whole, how you should worke to find out the true weight of another whose diameter ends with a fraction.
- How by knowing the diameter and weight of an yron bullet, to find the weight of a bullet of marble stone of the like dia∣meter: or how by knowing the weight and height of a bullet of marble, to find out the weight of an iron bullet of like height.
- How by knowing the height and weight of an iron bullet, to find out the weight and height of the like bullet of lead, or how to find the weight of an iron bullet, by knowing the weight of a leaden bullet of like diameter.
- How you may find out the weight of any stone bullet of mar∣ble, by knovving the vveight of the like bullet of lead, or hovv by knovving the vveight of the stone bullet to find out the vveight of a leaden bullet of like proportion.
- To find out the circumference of any cir∣cle or bullet.
- How you may by knowing the circumference of any bullet, find out the height or diameter of the same.
- How to find out the solid content of any bullet, &c.
- To find the true content of the superficies of any circle drawne vpon a flat, as on a table or paper, &c.
- To find out the circumference of any bullet or globe di∣uerse and sundrie waies.
- To find out the superficies of any round body, as bullet, globe, &c. diuerse and sundry waies.
- How you may find out the solid content or crassitude of any round bullet or globe, &c. diuerse wayes.
- Hovv you may by knovving the diameter and vveight of any bullet, or other round bodie, find out the diameter of any bullet or globe that vveigheth tvvise the vveight of the former.
- How you may Geometrically find out the diameter of any bullet, that weigheth twise as much as another knowne bullet.
- How by knowing the superficiall content of the plaine of any circle, to finde out the superficiall content of another that is twise the diameter of the first.
- By knowing the weight and height of any one bullet to find out the weight of another of twise the height of the former.
- An easie rule to find out the diameter of any bullet, and how to know how much one bullet is higher then another by Arithme∣ticke skill, without any cal∣laper compasses.
- A table shewing the weight of all yron bullets from the Fawconet to the Cannon in Habberdepoiz weight.
- How you may Arithmetically know the true breadth of the plate of the ladle that is due for any peece of Ordinance▪ by knowing the height of the bullet fit for the said peece.
- How to make a ladle for a chamber-bored peece.
- How to find out the height or diameter of the cham∣ber, in any chamber-bored Cannon, or other peece of Ordinance, and how to find out the thicknes of the mettall round about the chamber thereof.
- By Arithmeticke skill, how to know whether the ca∣ryage for your peece be truly made or no: or how the caryage for any other peece of Ordinance ought to be made.
- How by knowing the weight of any one peece of Ordinance, to find out the weight of any other.
- How you may be Arithmeticall skill, know how much of euery kind of mettall any brasse peece of Ordinance containeth.
- How you may know how far any peece of Artillery wil conuey her bullet at the best of the randon, by knowing the vtmost range and point blancke of another peece, and how to proue the same: by which rule, you may know how far any peece will reach at point blancke and vtmost range.
- To know how much a bullet of yron will out flie a bullet of lead of the like diameter, being both dis∣charged out of one peece, with one like quantitie in powder.
- By knowing how much powder is sufficient to charge any one peece of Ordinance, to know how much of the same powder will charge any other peece of Ordinance.
- How by knowing how much Serpentine powder will charge any peece of Ordinance, to know how much corne powder will do the like, or contrariwise by knowing how much corne powder will charge any peece of Ordinance, to know how much Serpen∣tine powder will serue.
- How by knowing how far your peece will shoot with her due charge in powder and shot, how to giue a neare estimate how far she will shoot with a charge more or lesse then her common charge.
- How by knowing how much powder a few peeces of Ordināce haue spent, being but a few times discharged, to know how much powder a greater number of the same peeces will spend to be often discharged.
- To know how much powder euery Cannon spent in the former conclusion at one shoote.
- How to know how much powder euery little caske or firken ought to containe, and how many of those caskes makes a Last of powder, and how many shots any quantity of powder will make for a∣ny peece of Ordinance.
- How by knowing how many shots a firken of powder will make for a Culuering, to know how many shots a Last of powder well make for a Canon.
- To know how many shots of powder will be in a Graund barrell for any peece of Artillerie.
- To know Arithmetically what proportion of euery receit is to be taken to make perfect good powder, what quantitie so euer you would make at a time.
- How by Arithmeticke skill you may know how with one and the selfe same like charge in powder and shot, how much far or short, any peece of Ordinance will shoote, in moun∣ting or dismounting of any degree: whereby you may know how far your peece will shoote at any degree of the randon, by knowing the di∣stance she shoots at the utmost grade.
- How by knowing the distance to the marke, by the conclusion or rule before, you may know whether your peece will shoote short, or ouer the marke, or you may know how far it is from your platforme to any marke, within the reach of your peece, onely by knowing the vtmost range of your peece, and the degrees she is eleuated at.
- How to make a table of randons, or go very neare to know the true range of the bullet out of all sorts of peeces, being mounted from degree to degree.
- How you may Arithmetically know how much wide, ouer, or short, any peece of Ordinance will shoote from the marke, by knowing the distance to the marke, and how your peece is laid to shoote at the said marke.
- A remedie to lay your peece straight, if she lie either ouer, vnder, or wide of the marke.
- In shooting without disparting your peece at any marke within point blanke, to know how far the bullet will flie ouer the marke by knowing the distance to the marke.
- How you may lay your peece point blanke without instrument.
- How you may Arithmetically dispart any peece of Ordinance truely diuers waies.
- Another way to dispart any peece without Callapers.
- How by Arithmeticall skill you may mount any great peece of Ordinance by an inch rule vnto 10 de∣grees of the quadrant, if you want a qua∣drant or other instrument.
- How by Arithmeticke skill you may know the true thicknes of mettall in any part of any peece of Ordinance.
- Another way to know the thicknesse of mettall in any part of any peece of Artillerie.
- How to make a good shot in a peece that is not truly bored: or to know how much any peece will shoote amisse, that is thicker of mettall on the one side then on the other, if you know the di∣stance to the marke.
- How to remedie your peece being thicker of mettall in one part then another to make her shoote streight.
- To know the different force of any two like peeces of Ordi∣nance planted against an obiect, the one being fur∣ther of from the said obiect then the other.
- How you may hauing diuerse kinds of Ordinance to batter the wals of any Towne or Castell, &c. tell pre∣sently how much powder will loade all those Ordinance one or ma∣ny times.
- How you may know the true weight of any number of shot, for seuerall peeces of Ordinance, how ma∣ny soeuer they be, and how many Tun weight they do all weigh.
- How any Gunner or gunfounder may by Arethmiticke skill, know whether the trunions of the peece be placed rightly on the peece or not.
- How you may know what empty caske is to be prouided to boy or carry ouer any peece of Ordinance ouer any riuer, if botes or other prouision cannot be gotten.
- How to know the true time that any quantitie of Gun∣match being fiered, shall burne, to do an ex∣ploit at any time desired.
- How by Arithmeticall skill you may know what number of men, horses, or oxen, is sufficient to draw any peece of Artillerie, and how much euery one draw∣eth a peece, so as they all draw together.
- To know how many horses is to be prouided to draw any Peece of Ordinance, and how much euery one draweth.
- To know how many Oxen is to be prouided to draw any peece of Artillerie.
- How you may wanting both oxen and horses to draw any peece of Ordinance, know presently how many men is able sufficiently to draw the same, either on plaine or marrish ground.
- How you may by the rule afore, know how many ox∣en will draw any peece of Ordinance, if you want men and horses.
- How you may wanting men and oxen to draw any peece of Ordinance, know how ma∣ny horses is requisite to draw the same.
- How to know how many 100 of Haberdepoize weight any peece of Ordinance, or other grosse weight containeth.
- How you may proportionally prooue all sorts of peeces of Artillerie for seruice whether they will hold or no.
- How you may find out the proportionall charge afore named as thus.
- How to prooue any peece that shooteth a bullet vnder 50 pound weight, and aboue 10 pound weight.
- To know how much one coyler rope, for the draught of any peece of Ordinance is bigger then another, and how thicke any of them is.
- To know how much one coyler rope is more then another.
- How by knowing the waight of a faddome of one rope, to know the weight of a faddome of any other.
- How by knowing the quantity or compasse of any small rope, to find out the same in another that is many times that bignesse.
- To know the weight of a whole coyler rope for the draught of any peece of Ordinance.
- To find out the superficiall content of the hollow concauity of any peece
- To find out the crassitude or solid content of the cilinder or concaue of any peece.
- How you may Arithmetically know how much any peece of Ordinances is taper-bored, or whether the same be taper-bored or not.
- How to shoote in any morter peece.
- To know how farre or short any morter peece will shoote further or shorter, at the mount or dismount of one or many degrees.
- How you may know verie neare how farre from your peece the bullet shall light, the sayd morter peece mouth being raised to what degree you thinke good.
- Hauing planted Ordinance vpon any mount or platforme, to besiege any Towne, &c. and that you desire to make some lit∣tle trench or ditch about the same for the defence thereof, how you may know how much the earth and turfe that is cast out of the said ditch, shall raise a wall in height, being laid orderly at the brim of the said ditch, on the inside thereof, making the same wall to any proportion assigned.
- Briefe obseruations of certaine principals in the Arte of Gunnery, for euery Gunner to consider of, to practise and learne, viz.
- A breuiary of certaine secrets in the Art of Gunnery.
- A Table shewing the contents of this booke.