 | 1811 - 858 ページ
...fusees, and between and upon these were between two and three thousand hand grenade*. The puncheons, were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges ; and moistened sand was rammed down between them, so as to render the whole as solid as possible from... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 ページ
...were laid charged with fusees, and between and upon these were 3000 hand grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them and jammed together with wedges, and moistened sand was rammed down between them, so as to render the whole as solid as possible from... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 ページ
...and again, among and upon these were between two and three thousand hand-grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges ; and moistened •and was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to... | |
 | 1836 - 884 ページ
...fuses; and again, among and upon these were between 2,000 and 3,000 hand-grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges ; and moistened «and was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to... | |
 | 1836 - 480 ページ
...fuses; and again, among and upon these were between 2,000 and 3,000 hand-grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges ; and moistened sand was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to stern,... | |
 | 1843 - 648 ページ
...Cochranc's vessel alone contained 1500 barrels of gunpowder, started into puncheons, placed end upward, fastened to each other by cables wound round them,...400 shells charged with fusees, and nearly as many thousand hand-grenades." This, and other craft of the same description, exploded without doing the... | |
 | 1848 - 392 ページ
...again, among and upon these, were between two and three thousand hand-grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables, wound round them, and jammed together by wedges ; and moistened sand was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from... | |
 | Joseph Allen - 1852 - 660 ページ
...containing 1,500 barrels of powder started into puncheons up-headed, and secured together by cables passed round them, and jammed together with wedges, having moistened sand rammed down between them, and on the top of this mass of gunpowder lay more than 300 live shells and many thousand hand-grenades.... | |
 | 1859 - 782 ページ
...fuses ; and again, among and upon these were between 2,000 and 3,000 hand grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges, and moistened sand was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stein to stern,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 ページ
...fuses ; and again, among and upon these were between 2000 and 3000 hand grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges, and moistened sand was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to stern,... | |
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... hand-grenades. The puncheons were fastened to each other by cables wound round them, and jammed together with wedges; and moistened sand was rammed down between these casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to stern, as solid as possible, that... 
