Ever heard of a cannononball .. ovoid?

kronckew · 10th September 2010, 10:31 AM

just found this manual: (pdf format)

Gibbon Artillery Manual 2nd ed. 1863

rather extensive tome covering gunpowder and how to make it, artillery history,theory, construction in bronze and cast iron for coastal defence, naval and field artillery, alloys used, casting methods, bore turning, fittings, fixtures, tools, methods of employment, loading, firing, cleaning, spiking, unspiking, testing, etc. etc. also includes use with hot shot, heating shot in furnaces, how use of hot shot varied in differnt countries (french used wet hay wadding) use of sabots, rifling, elongated shot, shells, and even mentions electrical measurements of velocity (odd for 1863) as well as the development of gun cotton in 1846 which proved too strong for the guns and small arms of the time so was abandoned in spite of it's smokelessness...

10th September 2010, 10:31 AM	#29
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,230	just found this manual: (pdf format) Gibbon Artillery Manual 2nd ed. 1863 rather extensive tome covering gunpowder and how to make it, artillery history,theory, construction in bronze and cast iron for coastal defence, naval and field artillery, alloys used, casting methods, bore turning, fittings, fixtures, tools, methods of employment, loading, firing, cleaning, spiking, unspiking, testing, etc. etc. also includes use with hot shot, heating shot in furnaces, how use of hot shot varied in differnt countries (french used wet hay wadding) use of sabots, rifling, elongated shot, shells, and even mentions electrical measurements of velocity (odd for 1863) as well as the development of gun cotton in 1846 which proved too strong for the guns and small arms of the time so was abandoned in spite of it's smokelessness...