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.
Author
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1600-1627.
Publication
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 12, 2025.
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descriptionPage 26
A table shewing the weight of all yron bullets
from the Fawconet to the Cannon in
Habberdepoiz weight.
Height of the
shot in inches
and parts of in∣ches.
Weight of the
shot in pounds
and partes of
poundes.
Height.
Weight.
2.
1. 2/7
2. ¼
1. ¾
2. ½
2. ⅓
2. ¾
3. 3/7
3.
4. ½
3. ¼
5.
3. ½
6. 2/9
3. ¾
7. 6/7
4.
9.
4. ¼
10. ¾
4. ½
12. ⅔
4. ¾
14. 5/8
5.
16. ¼
5. ¼
19. ⅔
5. ½
22. 1/7
5. ¾
25. ⅚
6.
29. ½
6. ¼
32. ⅛
6. ½
36. ⅝
6. ¾
40. ¾
7.
46.
7. ¼
52. 6/7
7. ½
56. ⅝
7. ¾
64. ½
8.
70.
8. ½
76. ⅔
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