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Artillery for the Land Service of the United States

This book is the fundamental source of original drawings for the entire series 1841 pattern artillery. A high quality digital version of it is freely available on the Library of Congress website, but the file is enormous and cumbersome to navigate. What I have done here is taken that file and split it into the thirteen separate parts the complete book is comprised of, then removed the blank pages which are between each page of drawings and rotated them to the correct viewing orientation.

Artillery for the Land Service of the United States - Front Matter

Part First - Ordnance for the United States Land Service - 1848

Part Second - Carriages for the Service of Field Artillery - 1848

Part Third - Carriages for the Service of Siege Batteries - 1848

Part Fourth - Harness for Field and Siege Carriages - 1848

Part Fifth - Gun Carriage and Equipments for the Service of Mountain Artillery - 1848

Part Sixth - Carriages for the Service of Barbette Batteries - 1848

Part Seventh - Carriages for the Service of Casemate Batteries - 1848

Part Eighth - Mortar Beds - 1849

Part Ninth - Machines for Siege and Garrison Service - 1849

Part Tenth - Implements, Equipments and Tools, for the Service of Field, Siege and Garrison Artillery - 1848

Part Eleventh - Ammunition and Projectiles - 1849

Part Twenfth - Equipment of the Gun Carriages and Wagons of the Service of Field and Siege Batteries - 1849

Part Thirteenth - Instruments for Verifying the Dimensions of Ordnance and Projectiles - 1849