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3d. They are to be proved with astrong bellows and water as usual; theshot being placed under in a tub orbucket, introduce the uose of the bel-lows into the fuze, and by blowing themthe water will bubble, if the shell beporous.

4th. They are to be examined, by thenew calliper instruments, round the sideand at the bottom, to ascertain theirthickness and concentricity.

5th. They are to be examined by acircular gauge, and appropriated to therespective ordnance they are found toanswer. If any are too high by 03 ofan inch, or too low by 03 of an inch,they are to be rejected.

6th. When each shell is ascertainedto be perfectly dry inside, it is to beplaced with its fuze-hole up, and thenose of a strong bellows, forming an an-gle downwards, being introduced into it,a few blasts beiDg given, will blow theremaining particles of dust out of theshell.

7th. The shells are to be classed, bytheir fuze-holes, into different numbers,viz. 1, 2, 3, and 4; those of an equalsize to be packed in boxes by them-selves.

8th. A file to be used occasionally totry if the metal is soft, instead of break-ing the shell.

9th. Each shell to be sounded, bystriking it gently, as the ringing tonewill be lost, should there be an imper-ceptible crack in it.

N. B. In the examination of spheri-cal case shot shells, the thick side ofthe shell need not be taken into con-sideration, but the thinnest part only;for when the thinnest part is too thinby the rule given, the thickest partmust be too thick, which needs no ex-amination to discover.

Supposing an eighteen-pounder shellought to be five inches thick in everypart, subtract the non-concentricity al-lowed of 0.83 from it, and there re-mains 4.17 inches, for the thinnest partof an eighteen-pounder shell which canbe received.

Method of making Fuzes of ColonelShrapnel’s Construction.

The fuzes, after being turned so as tofit the fuze-holes, are bored, and a deepthread grooved inside, to hold the com-position firm; and, instead of beingturned with cups, they are hollowedeonical, and roughed with a tool that

cuts under, the better to receive thepriming.

After they are driven, with fuze com-position, one and one half inch, theyare sawed across the top, about one fifthof an inch down, so as not to touch thecomposition, and divided into five equalparts, of two tenths of an inch each;after which a bit of quick match isplaced across, and drawn tight in thesame grooves; they are then primed,with mealed powder and spirits of wine,capped and packed for service.

To Shot a gun, to load a piece ofordnance with the necessary quantity ofgunpowder and ball.

SHOVEL, an instrument for digging.

SHOULDER, the upper part of theblade of a sword is so called. Theshoulders of regimental sword-blades, forthe infantry, are directed to be one inchbroad at least.

Shoulder of a horse is that part ofhis fore-hand that lies between thewithers, the fore-thigh, the counter, andthe ribs.

Charged with Shoulders. A horse issaid to be so, when he has thick, fleshyand heavy shoulders, and is, consequent-ly,, liable to trip, or fall.

SnouLDER-pegged horses are so calledwhen they are gourdy, stiff, and almostwithout motion.

SnoULDER-spfaR, a horse is said to beso when he has given his shoulders sucha violent shock, as to disjoint the shoul-der-joint from the body.

Shoulders of a horse should be sharpand narrow at the withers, of a middlesize; flat, and have little flesh upon them;for if a horse be charged with shoulders,he will not only be heavy on hand, andsoon weary, but also trip and stumble,especially if, with such shoulders, hisneck should be thick and large.

The shoulders of a well-shaped horseare compared to those of a hare, and thedistance between them should be littlemore than half the breadth of his hind-quarters.

SnouLDER-pigAf is a malady in ahorse,being the displacing the point of theshoulder by some great fall, rack, or pain,which may be known by one shoulderpoint sticking out farther than its fellow,and by his halting downright.

SaovLve.B.-pinching, a misfortunewhich befals a horse by labouring orstraining when too young, or by havingbeen overloaded.