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The perfection of military discipline, after the newest method; as practiced in England and Ireland, &c. or, the industrious souldier's golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war. ... To which is added, as a second part, The art of gunnery; or, the complete engineer, ...
Date: 1702- Books
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The Perfection of military discipline[,] after the newest method; as practiced in England and Ireland, &[c.] or, The industrious souldier's golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war. Containing, instructions for the exercising the pike and musket in all their postures, with the signs of the drum, by its beating the several points of war the exercise of grenadiers, horse, and dragoons: the explanation of the words of command, and how to be put in practice: the manner of drawing up in severa[l] forms of battel: the various firings and advantages to be gained th[ere]by: the several doublings, wheeling and dra... of battalions, squadrons of horse, &c. with the ...duct of armies in open, or enclosed contries, ... any occasion or emergency, how the detach... and officers, &c. ought to carry themselves. Ways of encampment; opening difficult passes, castles, passing bridges, opposing town, or fortresses. The method to be observed in garisons, and the manner of fortification, with that of besieging strong holds, &c. To which is added, as a second part, The art of gunnery; or, The complete engineer, shewing the practice of the ordnance, mortars, &c. with the manner of making and using fire-works for war, at sea and land.
Date: 1701- Books
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A poem on the various scenes of shooting. On a new plan. By John Aldington, Of Evesham in Worcestershire, An Experienced Fowler. Humbly Recommended to the Gentlemen of the Gun.
Aldington, John.Date: 1767- Books
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The sea-Gunners companion, or practical rules, explaining the use of ordnance and other stores in sea-service. With Directions for Gunners, &c. how to govern themselves; and for their better Instruction is given an Exercise proper to be understood by all Officers for Instructing of Seamen. And also Advice for fitting of Fire-Ships, with the Ingredients proper for them. An Appendix, shewing how to give an Inventory of Stores necessary for a Train of Artillery of 10 Guns, and the Gunners Duty in general. By Capt. Francis Povey, formerly an Officer at Tangier, and since Surveyor and Comptroler of the Ordnance in Ireland.
Povey, Francis.Date: 1702- Books
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An easy introduction to fortification and practical gunnery. Containing, I. Decimal Arithmetic, Extraction of Roots. II. The Laws of Motion; of Gravity. Descent of heavy Bodies. Vibration of Pendulums. III. Geometrical Problems, and some of the most useful Theorems in Geometry demonstrated in a very plain and easy Way. IV. The measuring of Superficies. V. The measuring of Solids. Of the Strength of Beams of Timber, with Rules for cutting Scantlings for Buildings, from Mathematical Principles. VI. The Computation of Balls and Shells. Vii. Logarithmical Arithmetic. Viii. Plane Trigonometry, the Proportion of Sines, Co-Fines, Tangents, &c. With many useful Problems for finding Heights and Distances, &c. copiously handled. IX. Fortification, explaining the Terms, with Rules for fortifying any regular Polygon, from the Square to the Decagon, and all the Sines and Angles computed by Trigonometry, with the Operation at large. X. Gunnery, where the Cases are solved by Addition and Subtraction only, with numeral Examples; the Rules in Words at length, whether the Projections be made on horizontal, or on ascending or descending Planes. The Theory of Projectiles. Tables of Experiments of Cannons and Mortars, with some Observations. The Solution of a Problem to find the Velocity of a Bullet shot from any Piece of Ordnance; with the necessary Tables. The second edition, corrected and very much enlarged. By the Rev. F. Holliday, Minister of Bothamsal, and Master of the Free Grammar-School at Haughton Park, Nottinghamshire.
Holliday, Francis, 1717-1787.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]