The Artillerist's Manual: Compiled From Various Sources, and Adapted to the Service of the Unites States (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Artillerist's Manual: Compiled From Various Sources, and Adapted to the Service of the Unites States Tms work, originally designed as a book of instruction fur the cadets of the Military Academy, hae. Since my sep aration from the department of artillery, been extended herond the limits at first proposed, with a view of spread inc information not popularly accessible, upon a subject of the first impm'tance to our national defense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.