The art of gunnery. : Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, gun-match, the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation; also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetic and geometry: all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master-gunner of the city of Worcester.
1670
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Title
The art of gunnery. : Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, gun-match, the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation; also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetic and geometry: all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master-gunner of the city of Worcester.
Created/published
London : Printed for William Leak, at the sign of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1670.
Description
[22], 88, 102, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates, (4 folded) : ill., port., tables ; (8vo)
Note
With frontis. portrait (plate) of author signed: W. Hollar delin: et fecit aqua forti. Londini, 1644.
Text continuous despite pagination.
"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for war and recreation" has separate dated title page on leaf d5r; pagination and register are continuous.
Text continuous despite pagination.
"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for war and recreation" has separate dated title page on leaf d5r; pagination and register are continuous.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), N1483
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16856
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16856
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
144- 183q
Folger-specific note
acquired from Richardson (Pinna:2334), 3/23/54
Folger accession
144183