The art of gunnery : Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, guu-match [sic], the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation, also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetick and geometry : all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master gunner of the city of Worcester.

Author/creator Nye, Nathaniel
Other author Nye, Nathaniel, b. 1624.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : printed for William Leak, at the signe of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1648.
Description[24], 88, 102 p., [4] leaves of plates : port., ill., fold. tables
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Variant title Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteWith a frontispiece portrait of Nye, engraved, woodcut illustrations, and 4 non-conjugate leaves (text and folding tables) sewn in.
General note"The art of gunnery. Chap. 38." begins 2nd pagination and register; text is continuous.
General note"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation." has separate dated title page (1647); pagination and register are continuous (2nd series).
General noteReproduction of the original in the Gonville and Caius College Library, Cambridge.
References Wing (2nd ed.) N1482
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1856:12)
Stock numberCL0037000071 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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