Tonnage Of Ordnance

A Military Dictionary · 1810 · p. 43
| Kinds. | No. | T. | ct. | qr. | | Axes, complete with handles | - | | Pole | 264 | — | 10 | 0 | | Pick | 100 | — | 9 | 0 | | Felling | 176 | — | 14 | 0 | | Barrows— | Wheel, packed | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | Do. unpacked | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Hand, single | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | | Budge barrels | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Bricks | 1000 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | Buckets of leather | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Pontoon & carriage complete, with its appurtenances | | 11 | 0 | 0 | | Carbines.—A chest with 25 stand is 11 feet cubic | | | | | | Carriages.— | Standing | 42 prs. | | | 1 | 13 | 0 | | 32 prs. | | | 1 | 10 | 0 | | Howitzer | 10 in. | | | 1 | 10 | 0 | | 24 prs. | | | 1 | 9 | 3 | | 18 prs. | | - | | 1 | 7 | 0 | | Howitzer | 8 inch. | | 12 prs. | | | 1 | 4 | 0 | | 9 prs. | | | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 6 prs. | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4 prs. | | | 0 | 17 | 0 | | Carriages.—Travelling, complete with limber boxes, ladles, sponges and rammers | - | | 24 prs. | | | 5 | 10 | 0 | | 12 prs. | | | 4 | 10 | 2 | | 9 prs. | | | 4 | 7 | 2 | | 6 prs. | | | 3 | 7 | 2 | | 3 prs. | | | 2 | 19 | 0 | | Medium | - | | 24 prs. | | - | | 2 | 9 | 2 | | 12 prs. | | 6 pr. light, with ammunition boxes | | - | | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 5¹⁄₂ inch howitzer, Do. | | 5¹⁄₂ inch howitzer of 10 cwt. | | - | Car- riages | - | | | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 8 inch howitzer | | 3 | 7 | 2 | | Sling cart complete | | 3 | 0 | 2 | | Forage cart, with limber | | 4 | 0 | 0 | | Ammunition waggon | | 4 | 18 | 1 | | Gravel cart | | 2 | 16 | 2 | | Duke of Richmond’s close bodied waggon | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | Road waggon, with upright sides | | 7 | 10 | 0 | | Gin; triangle | | 0 | 14 | 0 | | Grate for heating shot | | 0 | 4 | 2 | | Handspikes | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Handcrow levers, of 5 feet | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Hand screws, large | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Hand screws, small | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | | Helves, pick or felling | 300 | 0 | 14 | 0 | | Do. sledge | 300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Do. pinmaul | 360 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Junk | 20 cwt. | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Linstocks, with cocks | 600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Linstocks, without cocks | 1000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Musquets.—A chest with 25 is 16 feet. | | | | | | Do. with 20 is 11 feet. | | | | | | Match | 6 cwt. | 1 | 14 | 0 | | Powder | - | | 11 whole barrels | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 22 half do. | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Pitch or tar.—1 barrel is 7 feet. | | Pistols.—A chest with 50 or 60 = 10 feet. | | Park pickets | 40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | | Pikes | 280 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sheep skins | 12 dozen | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Shovels | | - | of iron | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Spades | 184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Shovels, shod with iron | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sand bags Bales | - | | Bushel | 500 | 0 | 12 | 0 | | Half do. | 500 | 0 | 7 | 1 | | 2 bushel | 250 | 0 | 8 | 1 | The following is the tonnage allowed in the British service to the military officers of the ordnance embarked for foreign service, for their camp equipage and baggage: | For a field officer | 5 | | tons | | For a captain | 3 | | do. | | For a subaltern | 1 | ¹⁄₂ | do. |
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