A short compendium of the duty of artillerists : shewing the method of exercise with light fieldpieces; of ascertaining the true line of direction and elevation, corresponding with the bore of a gun; with a description of the instruments, for that process. Also, an easy method of finding the distance of an object, by a plain table; with its particular description. Also, observations on experimental gunnery. By Amasa Smith, major of artillery in the militia of Massachusetts.

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Author / Creator:Smith, Amasa, 1756?-1847.
Imprint:Worcester: (Massachusetts.) : Published according to act of Congress, by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. proprietor of the work. Sold wholesale and retail by him, --Sept. 1800.
Description:vi [i.e., xii],[1],14-56p., [1]folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰.
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10287519
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Other authors / contributors:Thomas, Isaiah, Jun., 1773-1819 publisher.
Notes:Error in paging: p. xii misnumbered vi.
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Evans, 38510
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2178
English Short Title Catalog, W3476.
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