TRACT 34.
IN GUNNERY", 1786 .
4.5
EXPERIMENT IN 1786.
102. Monday , Jane 12, 1736 ; from 10 till I.Fine weather.
Barometer 29"89 ; Thermometer 63° at 9 a. m.The Gun was n° 2.
Ball’s
Time
N°
Powder
Elevat
of
Range
diam
Wt
gun
flight
02
inches
02
dr
deg.
1
2
1"96
16
6
15
o
1"96
6
14d
5000 d
3
1 "96
6
5040 n
4
1"96
6
8
3920
5
1 97
7
7*
3560
6
196
.
5
Si
3910
7
1-96
.
5
101
4450
8
1 '96
•
5
91-
4280
9
1"95
.
5
si
3910
10
i"96
•
4
15d
5600 n
11
1 "96
.
4
84
3910
12
1 "96
4
111
4750
13
1"96
-
4
91
4270
14
1-96
.
4
10
4230
15
T96
.
4
9i
4000
16
T95
3
4960 d
17
1"95
9
H
4420
18
4
1-95
3
4840
19
4
1-96
3
114
4690
20
4
1-96
2
10*
5650
medi-7
2
1-959
16
5
15
4130
ums 5
4
T957
16
9 Z
15
li
5060
The ranges were taken from observations, as before, atDuval’s house, and the first gibbet. The first 17 roundswere fired this year, with two ounces of powder, to com-plete the series of ranges at 15 degrees elevation of the gun ;and the last three rounds, with 4 ounces, to try if the pow r -der w r as of the same strength as before : and which, bycomparing these three ranges with those of last year, ap-