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answers very exactly for the diameters of the{hot. Having thus established the relative dia-meters of the shot, it was easy to determinetheir weight; and thence, the proportion be-tween the Piedmontese and English pounds ;which is as i*oo : '82, or the Piedmontese poundis 13oz. 2 dr. English. It is true, that thisdiffers from the common ratio established inthe tables of the weights of the several nationsof Europe, but agrees with Ferguson’s tableinserted in his tracts; wherefore we may con-clude that in Piedmont, as in most other coun-tries, there are two weights. The relativenumbers in the tables in the second treatise areunaltered, as they would still have borne thesame proportion to each other; but the rangesand lines of descent are expresled in Englishmeasure.

In sine, the translator trusts that this workwill prove an useful addition to the soldierslibrary: with regard to the merit of the ori-ginal, he can only fay in support of his ownjudgment, that it has been deemed worthyof translation into the French language by offi-cers of high rank. The Treatise on Pow-der was translated by M. le Viscomte de Fla-vigny: the Treatise on Fire-arms, by M. le^larcjuis de St, Auban, lieutenant general in

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