An essay on shooting Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dressing gun barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels employed in those Countries; with Remarks-An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting, with Proposals for preventing or remedying Them-An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece-And Remarks upon the Articles of Powder, Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. Also Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting-The Methods of training Pointers-And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of the Sport
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand
1789, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Adapted and translated by John Acton? - With a half-title. - Anonymous. By G. F. Magné de Marolles. - English Short Title Catalog, T60609. - Horizontal chain lines. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (xiii,[1],303,[1]p) 8° |