An essay on shooting . Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dressing gun barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels employed in those Countries; with Remarks-An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting, with Proposals for preventing or remedying Them-An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece-And Remarks upon the Articles of Powder, Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. Also Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting-The Methods of training Pointers-And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of the Sport.
Magn�e de Marolles, d. 1792. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]