Catalog Record: A short compendium of the duty of artillerists: shewing the method of exercise with light fieldpieces; of ascertaining the true line of direction and elevation, corresponding with the bore of a gun; with a description of the instruments to be used in that process. Also, an easy method of finding the distance of an object, by a plain table; with its particular description. Also; observations on experimental gunnery | Hathi Trust Digital Library

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