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joyned olole, andfaftnedonboth fides with iron bolts, 
and itrong pins of wood, and on the back at the ends, and 
on the middle there were three braces oi Elm , a foot in 
bredth, and y inches in thicknefs. 
The firft experiment was with an iron demy Canon o£ 
3f o6 lb weight, the buUet ^2 of iron, the powder lolb^ 
which pierced through the 2 grft butts, and ftuck in the 
3d, fo as the ball wasalmoflquite . within, but the tim- 
ber not Ibivered (fmall) nprlcarcefplit. The butts be- 
ing couched by me felt not waxm; the like execution was 
done, when it| wai charged with 9/^^, as alfo when wick 
^ifZ' of powder.: 
This den^y C^^o;? was with a cylinder bore. 
The 2d experimkentwas with snikon demy Canon hav- 
ing a taper bore> and beilig ^doo/^ iii weight, and 4 
inchesionger theiji .the former, the iron ballet 32/^, and 
the powder 7//^, which in i ttials leemed to have the 
ftme force with the firft. One of the fliots piercing 
through the 2d butt, and lighting near the edge of the 
middlebnett of elt» , tore it^ but by the yielding of it , 
the. ballet; glanq^diafide off the 3d Butt, and entred into 
the earthf- ' 
The 3dexperimeaj^ was.with a whole f2^/t/^riw in brafs 
of /300/1^ in weight, 1 1 foot one inch in length, with a 
taper bore, being intended for a chace piece to the fri- 
got called the Speakers the iron buiiet was 18/^ in weight; 
the powder in the firfl trial lo/^, in the 2d 9/^, in the sA 
%lb : which laft proportion did the bed execution , 
and pafled through the two firfl butts, entring gently 
into the 3d, which the former two did touch, but not 
enter. 
The 4th, experiment was with a whole Culverin in braft 
made at Amjhrdam tor the French with this mark 3/80 
being 10 foot long, and not very thick in the breech, 
the firft fhot with ^Ib powder \llb bullet iron, pait 
through the 3 butts, & entered one toot into the ground; 
Qji 3 it 
