Results of experiments performed on various artillery pieces and formulations of gunpowder.

Errata on page viii.

Part first --Programme of the experiments -- Experiments with the cannon pendulum and its ballistic pendulum -- Journal of the experiments with the musket pendulum and its ballistic pendulum -- Journal of the experiments with the 1-pounder gun pendulum -- Journal of the experiments with an 8 inch mortar -- Journal of the experiments with the U.S. mortar eprouvette -- Journal of the experiments with the French mortar eprouvette -- Journal of the experiments with the English pendulum eprouvette -- Journal of the experiments with Alger’s eprouvette -- Experiments on the relative densities of various kinds of gunpowder -- Comparative sizes of grain of various kinds of gunpowder -- Experiments on the relative quickness of various kinds of gunpowder -- Comparative hygrometric test of various kinds of gunpowder -- Meteorological Register -- Part second Summary of the experiments on gunpowder -- On the density of gunpowder -- On the relative size of grain -- On the relative quickness of burning -- On the hygrometric test of gunpowder -- Analysis of the experiments with the cannon pendulums -- Summary of the experiments with the musket pendulum -- Summary of experiments with an 8-inch mortar -- Proof of gunpowder with the U.S. mortar eprouvette -- Proof of gunpowder with the French mortar eprouvette -- Proof of gunpowder with the English pendulum eprouvette -- Summary of the experiments with the 1-pounder gun pendulum -- General view of the results of the experiments -- Conclusions.