The art of gunnery. Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, guu-match [sic], the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation, also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetick and geometry : all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master gunner of the city of Worcester.

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Title: The art of gunnery. Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, guu-match [sic], the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation, also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetick and geometry : all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master gunner of the city of Worcester.
Author: Nye, Nathaniel, b. 1624.
Publication: London :: printed for William Leak, at the signe of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates,; 1647.
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Subject terms: Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.; Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. 11.

To make Powder of divers colours;

and first to make White Powder.

TAke of Saltpeter twelve parts, of Brimstone two parts, and of Camphir one part, beat, sift and incorporate all these things together, as before you have been taught to mix other materials together; after you have so done, beat these things so again, and so oft, until you are sure they are well incorporated, then mosten it with Aquavitae; when you have thus done, corn the powder.

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To make Red Powder.

Take of Saltpeter twelve parts, of Brimstone two parts, and of Camphir one part, beat, sift and incorporate all these things together, as I taught just now; then beat them again, until they are perfectly in∣corporated: whereas before you moistned them with good Aquavitae, now you must moisten this with Vineger (sod with a good quantity of Brasil, until the third part be boiled away) this Vineger being red as blood, will make the powder likewise so, it being moistned with it, and then corned as before is taught.

To make any other coloured Powder.

Boil the Vineger in such transparent co∣lours as you would have the powder to be of; as if green, with a little Verdigreace, if blue, with blue Bice, and the like; al∣ways taking care, That the colour be not thick, but very thin, otherwise it will weaken the powder that you do make.