Gunner's Rule, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 47160 |
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| Persons: | John Rowley |
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| Place Created: | London England United Kingdom Europe |
| Accession Number: | 1925-43 |
| Brief Description: | English gunnery scale or rule for use by artillery. Ivory, with silver cursor. Signed "I Rowley Fecit"; undated; c.1700. The rule includes scales of elevation and distance for mortars, and the quantity of powder needed (from 13 oz. for a 6-inch mortar, to 31 lb. 4 oz. for a 20-inch mortar), together with scales marked, "Height of Pieces ... Powder for Proof ... Powder for Service ... Weight of Shott ... Long Guns". |
| Primary Inscriptions: | Signed "I Rowley Fecit" |
| Provenance: | Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925. |
| Collection Group: | Orrery Collection |
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