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CANNON (continued)
The service of the artillery, or the method of employing it in a naval action, is explained in the articles ENGAGEMENT and EXERCISE. The manner of pointing, or directing them to different objects; the effects of different quantities of powder upon the cannon ball; and the different lines described by it's flight, are also treated at large in the article We shall here subjoin a table of the length and weight of different cannon, for the information of those who may be entirely unacquainted therewith; and particularly of our sea-gunners. Length and weight of brass cannon according to the mensuration in 1753.
Length and weight of iron guns used in. the sea-service, according to the mensuration in 1753.
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