Notebook on gunnery, circa 1838.
Volume containing notes made by Dobbie as a lieutenant on the gunnery training ship HMS EXCELLENT ex BOYNE (1810), circa 1838. Including diagrams of different parts of a gun, carriage, corronade, lock, etc. and tables of ranges for different guns, elevations and types of shot. Also tables of fuses, cartridges, and other ordnance, made during a laboratory course.
Record Details
| Item reference: | DBB/110/4; DBB/110/2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | circa 1838 |
| Creator: | Dobbie, William Hugh |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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