Treatise on Gun Powder and Fire Arms 1789

435 pages, about 11" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Some Illustrations. NOTE: a few of the pages had faded spots that did not scan well enough to read that portion of the page also, some of the images did not scan well.
Contents - Index:
- Pages: 435
- Treatise on Gun Powder and Fire Arms 1789
- Alessandro Vittorio Papacino D'Antonio, translated form the Italian by Capt. Thomson, Royal Regiment Artillery, London
- Artillery in Defense of Places
- Artillery in the Field
- Batteries
- Battles and Engagements
- Cannon Shots
- Charges for longest ranges
- Composition of an Army
- Convoy Artillery
- Demolishing Fortifications of a City
- Examination of Proof on new Arms
- Firing
- Force of Fired Gun Powder
- Howitzers
- Irregular Blockades
- Manufacturing Gun Powder
- Modification of the Cylinder
- Mortars
- Permanent counter mines for defense
- Projectiles
- Properties of Gun Powder
- Quarters for Armies
- Resistance of Fire Arms
- Service Artillery
- Sulfur and Charcoal
- Velocity of Projectiles
- NOTE: a few of the pages had faded spots that did not scan well enough to read that portion of the page also, some of the images did not scan well.