xiv CONTENTS. 



Page 



Directions for Cleaning Guns, and precautions 



against their hanging Jire 53 



DETONATING SYSTEM 58 



Trials of Flint Locks against Petonaters 63 



Gun 67 



Barrel 71 



Breeching 72 



Venthole 72 



Nipple or Pivot 72 



Cock, or Striker . 73 



Side Nail 74 



Dissection 75 



Cleaning 75 



Loading 75 



Recipe for making Detonating Powder 77 



Mr, Joyce's Anti-corrosive Percussion Powder .... 78 



Mr. Joseph Manton's Percussion Powder 80 



Shooting 81 



Observations (from experiments) on the difference 



in shooting between a Flint Gun and a Detonater 8.1 



GUN CASES 86 



POWDER 88 



SHOT 93 



Schedule of Shot, compiled up to the very latest 



manufacturing 96 



NEW PATENT SHOT 98 



Trial of it since the 4th edition 99 



FLINTS 100 



