Text Book of Gunnery: Part 1

George Mackinlay's study on military gunnery, with many detailed diagrams and folding plates. An expanded edition published in two volumes. First published in one volume in 1883.Illustrated with seventeen plates including folding plates and tables.An in depth study of military gunnery compiled at the ordinance college in Woolworth. The work covers exterior ballistics, accuracy, internal ballistics, the principles of gun construction, and more, including an encyclopaedia of terms and definitions.In the publisher's original cloth.Volume one only. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with small closed tears to the front joint, and fading to the spine. Offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed.