of powder to send its half-ton bullet six miles.

These facts cannot be doubted, for I found them myself in the reports of the Committee of Artillery." "That is certain," answered the general.
"Well," resumed the major, "the conclusion to be drawn from these figures is that the quantity of powder does not augment with the weight of the shot; in fact, if a shot of 24 lbs.

took 16 lbs.

of powder, and, in other terms, if in ordinary cannons a quantity of powder weighing two-thirds of the weight of the projectile is used, this proportion is not always necessary.

Calculate, and you will see that for the shot of half a ton weight, instead of 333 lbs.