THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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drawing, however, leaves nothing to be desired. “ The only thing of 
importance/' he wrote, “ not shewn on the drawing, is the damage inside 
the gun , on the lower side. Prom near the inner end of the barrel to within 
about 21 inches of the muzzle the longitudinal bars have been torn away or 
greatly damaged I presume by the enormous weight of the ball rolling 
along. This damage extends over a space 8 or 9 feet long, and 12 to 
15 inches wide. 
“ I calculate the weight of the gun to be nearly 13 tons. 
“The weight of the granite ball (24 inches diameter), would be about 
700 !bs. 
ff Naming the gun by its size of bore, it might be called nearly a 2000-pr. 
“I calculate the chamber would hold 160 lbs. of powder/' 
It is impossible not to be struck with the family resemblance of all the 
great Bombards, it is most apparent on comparing drawings made to the 
same scale, but I subjoin a Table of their principal dimensions, in proof. 
Table III. 
LIST OP GREAT BOMBARDS HOW OR LATELY EXTANT. 
Nature. 
Date. 
Weight in tons. 
Diameter. 
Length. 
© 
u 
0 
m 
,0 
0 
.© 
© 
w 
§ 
PQ 
1 
O 
© j-5 
Wrought-Iron :— 
English guns now at > f A 7 
Mont S. Michel... ) -.IRj 
Dulle Griete, Bombard of Ghent £ 
Mohs Meg, Edinburgh ... | 
Bronze :— 
Cannon of Muhammad II., Woolwich 
Malik-i-Mydan, great gun of 7 
Beejapore..... . ) 
Tzar Pooschka, great gun of Moscow 
Dhool Dhanee, great gun of Agra ... 
Before 
1423 
After 
1430 
Before 
1460f 
1464 
1548 
1586 
1628 
* 5-3 
* 3.3 
*13-0 
* 5-7 
18*7 
*40- 
38*5 
30-2 
// 
19- 
IS- 
25 
20 
25 
28-5 
36- 
23-2 
// 
6-75 
6-1 
10 - 
10 
16 
19 
10-5 
30 
22 
39 
29-5 
41-5 
57 
63 
45-5 
// 
94 
80 
1272 
106 
110-2 
93 
122 
108 
9/ 
48 
36 
56 
45 
75-8 
60-5 
70 
50 
// 
197 
156 
197 
169 
204-7 
170-6 
213 
170-2 
The sketch on p. 220 represents the present condition of the Malik-i- 
Mydan or Lord of the Plain, the great gun of Beejapore. It is taken from 
a photograph by Colonel Meadows Taylor, given in Pergusson and Taylor's 
Architecture of Beejapore, a magnificent work published in London in 1866, 
one of a series for which funds are provided by native gentlemen of ancient 
descent in India, to preserve to posterity the glories of their country. 
Three have appeared *.— 
Ahmedabad, at the cost of Premchund Raichund. 
Dhaewan and Mysoee, at the cost of the same. 
Beejapore, at the cost of Kuesondas Madhowdas. 
* Calculated weights. 
f In assigning this date, I am influenced by the belief that the well-known Galloway legend, 
according to which it was made in 1455, has some foundation in fact, and notes at least the first 
appearance of Mons Meg. "We do not otherwise hear of her before 1489, but there is no 
indication of the piece being then used for the first time» 
