Napoleonic Wars. State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich, 1801-3
Sold for £860
[Napoleonic Wars]. 'State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich for His Majesty's Service on the 26th and 27th June 1801 [-17th & 18th Aug[ust] 1803]', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [170] pp., comprising tables throughout, feint-ruled in red, versos with headings 'Marks and Numbers', 'Weight', 'Excess of Metal', Extreme Curvature in Bore', and 'Gauge of Instrument', cannon type and poundage and name of gunsmith recorded in left-hand margins, rectos with headings 'Remarks' and 'Condemnable by Instrument - Searching - Water Proof', contemporary vellum, royal arms gilt to front cover, vellum perished on spine but covers held by cords, covers soiled, wear to extremities, front cover bowed and with date crudely pencilled by hand, vellum lifting at corners, folio (48.2 x 35.2 cm)
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The majority of guns proved are carronades of various poundages, most cast by the Carron Company (of Falkirk), but many by Wiggin and Graham or other foundries. Other types of ordance include 'brass howitzers cast at the R[oyal] Foundry'.
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Sold for £860
[Napoleonic Wars]. 'State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich for His Majesty's Service on the 26th and 27th June 1801 [-17th & 18th Aug[ust] 1803]', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [170] pp., comprising tables throughout, feint-ruled in red, versos with headings 'Marks and Numbers', 'Weight', 'Excess of Metal', Extreme Curvature in Bore', and 'Gauge of Instrument', cannon type and poundage and name of gunsmith recorded in left-hand margins, rectos with headings 'Remarks' and 'Condemnable by Instrument - Searching - Water Proof', contemporary vellum, royal arms gilt to front cover, vellum perished on spine but covers held by cords, covers soiled, wear to extremities, front cover bowed and with date crudely pencilled by hand, vellum lifting at corners, folio (48.2 x 35.2 cm)
(Qty: 1)
The majority of guns proved are carronades of various poundages, most cast by the Carron Company (of Falkirk), but many by Wiggin and Graham or other foundries. Other types of ordance include 'brass howitzers cast at the R[oyal] Foundry'.
