[Experiments with French and English 8 inch howitzers on travelling carriages with shells of 42 weights]

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GLC02437.01434
GLC#
GLC02437.01434-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
May 1782
Title
[Experiments with French and English 8 inch howitzers on travelling carriages with shells of 42 weights]
Place Written
Burlington, New Jersey
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 22.1 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Two charts detailing the results of experiments made with howitzers. One chart depicts the results of the French howitzer experiment, and one depicts the results of the English howitzer experiment. Data indicates, among other things, that 42-weight shells shot from the French howitzer travel about half the distance that the same weight shells travel when shot from an English howitzer of the same size.

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