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A treatise on gun-powder, a treatise on fire-arms, and a treatise on the service of artillery in time of war / translated from the italian of Alessandro Vittorio Papacino d'Antoni by captain Thomson
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IN TIME OF WAR.

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Articles for the Laboratory for making up Compositions ofvarious kinds.

Powder; pulverized saltpetre; flowered-fulphur; powderedcharcoal; ci ude antimony ; rosin; tar ; pitch ; turpentine;spirits ; spirits of wine rectified ; oi! of olives and lintfeed ;vinegar; yellow wax; suet; grease; asta-foetida; glue; thread;fine and coarse tow; linen and cotton cloth and barras;sewing thread ; old linen and match; faggots ; iron wire;thin cord ; small iron chambers and pistols for the carcases.The quantity of these articles depends on the number andkind of fire-works, and the nature of the Compositions, whichmay be easily known from the laboratory books.

Articles scr the Laboratory for making up Fire-works.

Number"

Chest of drawers . I

Steel-yard . I

Balance with scales . I

Tables . 3

Ditto for mealing powder and mixing compositions 2

Large copper cauldrons . 3

Medium and small ditto . 5

Iron trivets for diito . 6

Large pestle and mortar of bronze . X

Common hammers ..*.. 3

Pincers . pairs 3

Large and small axes . 3

Rasps for wood . 10

Files . 10

Drawing knives . 10

Common ditto . 6

Large and small scissars .. pairs 6

Iron punches . id

Straight and crooked awls .. IQ

Packing needles . 12

Sewing ditto . joo

Common and fine saws . g

Augres and gimbiets . 30

Common sieves . 6

Fine silk ditto ...- -. 3

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