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356. SPERIENZE su LA LUNGHEZZA DE Tim. Experiment 

 to ascertain the range of cannon. D. Vincenti. Turin, 

 1754. 



358. ARTIGLERIA VENETA. Domenico Gasperoni. A rare 

 book treating of Venetian artillery, and the author 

 promised another dealing with ancient arms, but this 

 does not appear to have been written. " Artigleria " 

 has 20 engraved plates. Venice, 1779. 



359. REGOLAMENTO, respecting dimensions of the barrel, 

 bayonet, lock, etc., of the infantry musket, 1788 model. 

 Naples, 1793. 



360. POLVORA. D. Pedro Castro. A paper in which 

 proofs are set out that gunpowder was used in Italy 

 prior to 1380. MS. now in the library of the Acad. 

 de la Hist., Madrid ; written about 1767. 



361. POLVORA. Espicion de Castro. A MS. treating of 

 the sale of gunpowder; gives also some particulars 

 concerning the use of the arqubus and artillery, and 

 a history of firearms generally. (Ayala.) Bib. de F. 

 San Roman. Sig. xvi, folio 43. 



362. ESAMINE BELLA POLVERE. D. Antonio, P. A. de 

 Villafranca. Published at Turin, 1763. 8vo. 



363. MACHINA. G. Casale. An account of a special 

 machine designed in order to prove certain theories 

 of ballistics. The description is included in Vol. V., 



COMMENTARII, 1767. 



364. ARTE FABRILE. Petrini Antonio da Firenze. This 

 treatise has some particulars of the manufacturing 

 arts of possible interest to gunmakers. See No. 156. 



365. DISSERTATIO ARTIGLIERIA. Various MSS. with this 

 title are among the MSS. Salluziana. 



366. STATO DELL' ARTIGLERIA. A MS. in the Parmense 

 collection. 



