 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...forcibly rammed down ; and the captain at the fame time is to keep his priming.wire in the vent, and, feeling the cartridge, is to give the word home, when...before. While this is doing, the man appointed to provide a ihot is to provide one (or two, according to the order at that time) ready at the muzzle,... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 676 pages
...captain at the fame time is to unftop the touch-hole, and keep his priming-wire in the touch. hole, and, feeling the cartridge, is to give the word home, when...according to the order at that time, ready at the muzzle, with a wad likewife, and when the rammer is drawn, at the word, II. Shot your Guns, The fhot and the... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...the touch-hole, and keep his priming-wire in the touch-hole, and, feeling the cartridge, is to gire the word home, when the rammer is to be drawn, and...While this is doing, the man appointed to put in a shot is to provide one, or two, according to the order at that time, ready at the muzzle, with a wad... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 858 pages
...forcibly rammed down ; and the captain at the same time is to keep his primingwire in the vent, and feeling the cartridge, is to give the word home, when...before. While this is doing, the man appointed to provide a shot is to provide one (or two, according, to the order at that time) ready at the muzzle,... | |
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... home, when the rammer is to be drawn, and not before. While this is doing, the man appointed to... 