CONTENTS. IX 



BOOK III. 



ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF GUNNERY AND COMPO- 

 SITION OF THE PARTS ESSENTIAL TO IT. 



CHAPTER I. DEFINITION OF GUNNERY AND GUNS AS 

 APPLIED TO SPORTING PURPOSES. 



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Gunnery in the Nineteenth Century as Applicable to Sporting 

 Purposes Classification of Modern Guns and Rifles Shot-guns 

 consist of a Tube more or less Cylindro-conoidal, capable of being 

 Closed at one End Barrels Locks Modes of Exploding The 

 Desiderata in the Shot-gun The Rifle 168 



CHAPTER II. ON THE ACTION OF GUNPOWDER AND 

 OTHER EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. 



General Remarks Action of the Powder on the Projectile Mode of 

 Determining its Velocity Eprouvettes Resistance to the 

 Motion of Projectiles through the Air Recoil Composition of 

 Gunpowder and Gun-cotton, and the Materials used for Firing 

 them by Percussion 178 



CHAPTER III. ON THE VARIETIES OF PROJECTILES AND 

 THE SUBSTANCES USED IN AID OF THEM. 



All Sporting Projectiles made of Lead Either Cast or Pressed as in 

 Balls, or Dropped from a Height as in Shot Shapes of Balls 

 Sizes of Shot Wadding and Patches Cartridges 



