The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham.

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The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham.
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Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?
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Rotterdam :: Printed by James Moxon,
1643.
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Military art and science -- Great Britain.
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The Demonstration of the eight peeces of Ordnance, which are in most vse, vnder the Lords the States service.
And first of foure peeces of Ordnance reinforced Plate A.

NVm. 1. is a Faulconet weighing in mettal 2100 lb. weight, being 10 and three quart of a foot long' which shootes an yron bullet of 6 lb. weight, which being layd leuell by the mettall, other∣wise called the Horiozontall levell 800, by the Levelaxis, or dispart, commonly called point blanck 400, & at the bighest range 4090 paces at 2 and a halfe foote to the pace.

Number 2 is a Feild peece, or a quarter Canon, weighing 3200 lb. being 8 foote and three quart of a foote long, wch shootes an iron bullet of 12 lb. weight, & carries by the mettall 600, by the Axis or point blanck 300, and at the highest range 3800 paces.

Number 3, is a Demy Canon, weighing 4500 pound weight being 10 and a halfe foote longe, carrying an yron bullet of 24 lb. weight, which will shoote levell by the metall, or Horiozontall levell 800, by the Axis or point blanck 400, and at the highest range 6000 paces.

Number 4, is a whole Canon, weighing in mettall 7000 lb. weight, carrying a bullet of 48 lb. weight, which shoots by the mettall, or Horiozontall levell 1000, by the Axis, or point blanck 500, and at the highest range 7000 paces at two foote and a halfe to the pace.

I referre the Reader to the other ranges specifyed in the Quadrant and table fallowing.

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