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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Title: 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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How to remedie your peece being thicker of mettall in one part then another to make her shoote streight.

You must first search your peece with an instrument, to know which is the thicker side, then deuide the ouer∣plus of mettall in 2 parts, setting the disparture of your peece one of those parts towards the thickest side of the peece mouth, and bringing the midle part of mettall at the taile of your peece, that disparture and the midle of the marke, all in one streight line, giue fire and you shall make a streight shot But beware of ouercharging of such peeces, for they are dangerous.

If the thickest part of the mettall be aboue, then you ought to make your disparture one inch more: if vnder (I meane towards the carriage) an inch lesse.