Item #64098 A SYSTEM FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF THE ARTILLERY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OR, THE YOUNG ARTILLERIST'S POCKET COMPANION. Part I. Containing: The Formation Of A Corps Of Artillery, And The Duty And Practice Of Light Field Artillery, &c. Part II. Containing: The theory and practice of heavy Artillery, in Garrison and on board the Navy; and an extract of a Treatise on the origin and principles of Courts Martial. Part III. Containing: Laboratory duty; a great variety of directions for Compositions, and the method of making Artificial Fire Works, with the formation of Ammunition necessary for the different kinds of Ordnance. In three volumes. William Stevens.

A SYSTEM FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF THE ARTILLERY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OR, THE YOUNG ARTILLERIST'S POCKET COMPANION. Part I. Containing: The Formation Of A Corps Of Artillery, And The Duty And Practice Of Light Field Artillery, &c. Part II. Containing: The theory and practice of heavy Artillery, in Garrison and on board the Navy; and an extract of a Treatise on the origin and principles of Courts Martial. Part III. Containing: Laboratory duty; a great variety of directions for Compositions, and the method of making Artificial Fire Works, with the formation of Ammunition necessary for the different kinds of Ordnance. In three volumes.

New York: Printed by William A. Davis for the Author, 1797. [Part 1 All Published]. 12mo. 17cm. [14],13-260pp. plus twenty-four engraved plates of formations and artillery pieces and parts. Contemporary calf, leather label; front joint cracked. A very attractive copy. Plates and pages crisp. The author was a captain of artillery during the American Revolution under Gen. John Lamb. EVANS 32878. RILING 412. RINK 2172. Item #64098

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