TABLE OF CHAPTERS

CONTAINED IN THE PRESENT WORK.

ON the good qualities that must concur in the person of the General of Artillery, & the importance of his office, & the proper administration of it. Chap. 1. page 1
On those things which in particular touch upon the provision of the General of Artillery, & all persons of rank & service who are subjected to his command in time of war, with the salaries that each of them earns. Which in armies is commonly called (the state of the artillery.) C. 2. 3
On the manner & form that the General of Artillery must observe in making the contract & agreement for the horses & wagons to transport the artillery & munitions, with the masters of these horses. Chap. 3. 5
On the status of the master of the horses. Chap. 4. 5
On the offices & officials that the King, or the Prince, places over the state of the artillery. Chap. 5. 5
On the office of the accountant of the artillery. Chap. 6. 6
On the office of the Surveyor General of the artillery. Chap. 7. 6
On the office of the Paymaster of the artillery. Chap. 8. 6
On the provisions that pertain to the duty of the General of the artillery once the war is finished. Chap. 9. 6
On the things that the Bombardier must do the day he is examined. Chap. 10. 8
On various most useful warnings, & very necessary for Bombardiers, & of what property & quality those should be who will be elected to this exercise, & the things necessary & belonging to an enterprise, or land operation. Chap. 11. 8
On the manner that one must hold regarding the use of artillery in naval enterprises, & the provisions that the prudent & practical General & his Bombardiers must make in them. Chap. 12. 14
On the invention of powder & artillery, & the manner & time in which this terrible machine began to be used. Chap. 13. 17
On the casting of artillery, & the goodness of the molds where it is cast, with many other most useful warnings & very necessary for the correct formation of these pieces. Chap. 14. 18
On the goodness & quality of artillery pieces, & the defects that are found in them, caused by the inadvertence of the founders. Chap. 15. 19
On the division & distinction of the types of artillery, & the diverse effects for which each of them were discovered, & of how much importance it is to know how to make this division. Chap. 16. 21
On the types or species of artillery, & which pieces are contained in each of them. Chap. 17. 22
On the formation & proportion of the pieces of the first type of artillery, & the many considerations that must be had regarding their effects. Chap. 18. 23
On diverse opinions that exist among Bombardiers regarding the loading of pieces of this first type with reason, with other things belonging to this matter of great utility & importance. Chap. 19. 23

On diverse accidents occurring regarding the formation of the pieces of the first type of artillery, & the defects of firing caused by their disproportionate length. Chap. 20. 24
On the reasons or causes for which artillery pieces that are too long in the barrel, & wide at the mouth, fire much less than those that have a mediocre & proportionate length. Chap. 21. 25
On the due thickness of metal that the pieces of this first type must have. Chap. 22. 25
On the demonstration, & figure of the manner of gauging original: "tertiare" — a method of measuring the bore or quality of a cannon the pieces of the first type, & the knowledge of the center, circle or circumference, & its diameter. Chap. 23. 27
On another new manner of gauging the aforementioned pieces of this first type never before seen, nor practiced by any Bombardier. Chap. 24. 27
On another third manner of gauging the pieces of this first type different from the past ones. Chap. 25. 28
On the formation & modern casting of other artillery pieces of this first type, with its different manner of gauging, & thicknesses of metal, which they must have. Chap. 26. 28
On the effects that the trunnions original: "orecchioni" — the cylindrical projections on the sides of a cannon have on artillery pieces, & the manner of knowing if they are correctly placed on it. Chap. 27. 29
On the housing of the trunnions, & the manner of carving them into the axles of the carriage of the pieces. Chap. 28. 30
On a brief discourse made on the lengths, heights, & thicknesses that the carriages, wheels, & limbers original: "affili" — referring to parts of the gun carriage assembly of the pieces of this first type must have. Chap. 29. 30
On the length, width, & thickness that the planks of the carriages of the artillery pieces of this first type must have, so that they are well-proportioned. Chap. 30. 31
On the transom bolts original: "calastrelli" — iron bolts or crossbars used in carriages that connect & tighten the axles of the carriages, & their location in them. C. 31. 31
On the wheels of the artillery pieces of this first type, & their proportion & height. Chap. 32. 31
On the limbers of all the pieces, & their formation & fittings. Chap. 33. 32
On the sponges, or wool-brushes original: "lanate" — tools for cleaning the bore to clean the artillery pieces, & the reason for how they must be made, so that they can serve better. C. 34. 32
On the formation of the rammers original: "stiuadori ouero calcatori" — tools for tamping powder to stow the powder inside the pieces. Chap. 35. 33
On the perfect manner of squaring, or reducing to a square any copper plate for the purpose of being able to perfectly cut the ladles. Chap. 36. 33
On the manner of knowing how to find the exact center point of the copper plates to be able to form the aforementioned ladles.