Documents Describing the Manufacture of British Ordnance in 1778

Documents Describing the Manufacture of British Ordnance in 1778

NG-MC-1130-B

Vier documenten met beschrijvingen van Engels geschut uit 1778 (zie opschriften), twee ervan zijn van een tekening voorzien (1 & 2). De vier documenten waren in de valse bodem van de kist gevonden.

• signature, in the bottom right corner of the third document: ‘Verbruggen’
• inscription: ‘1. Section of the 12 part of an heavy 6pr Representing the plainest manner to point a Gun. 2. Proportion of a very good Piece of Canon, & the best manner for dividing the / Same. 3. Table of the Length, Weight & Calibre of the Brass Ordnances. of each / Nature, according to the present Establishment in Great Britain 1778... 4. Continuation of the Table, of the Diameter of the Brass Guns, Mortars. / & Houwitzers.’ headings of the four documents

• writer (clerical worker): Pieter Verbruggen (1735-1786), United Kingdom
• writer (clerical worker): Jan Verbruggen, United Kingdom

1778

paper

1778

Public domain

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

J.B. Kist, 'De harpoentorpedo van Robert Fulton', De wapenverzamelaar (1982).

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200478802