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CANNON (continued)
| Pounders | Length | Weight | |||
| Feet. | Inches. | 1001b. | Quarters | lb. | |
| 42 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 12 |
| 32 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 23 |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
The service of the artillery, or the method of employing it in a naval action, is explained in the articles ENGAGEMENT and EXERCISE. The manner of pointing, or directing them to different objects; the effects of different quantities of powder upon the cannon ball; and the different lines described by it's flight, are also treated at large in the article
We shall here subjoin a table of the length and weight of different cannon, for the information of those who may be entirely unacquainted therewith; and particularly of our sea-gunners.
Length and weight of brass cannon according to the mensuration in 1753.
| Pounders | Length | Weight. | |||
| Feet. | Inches. | 100 lbs. | Quarters | lb. | |
| 42 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 2 | 10 |
| 32 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Length and weight of iron guns used in. the sea-service, according to the mensuration in 1753.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 65, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0267.html