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Author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-
Title The art of gunnery : Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, guu-match [sic], the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation, also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetick and geometry : all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master gunner of the city of Worcester.
Alternative Title Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
Publication Info London : printed for William Leak, at the signe of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1648.


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Descript [24], 88, 102 p., [4] leaves of plates : port., ill., fold. tables
Note With a frontispiece portrait of Nye, engraved, woodcut illustrations, and 4 non-conjugate leaves (text and folding tables) sewn in.
"The art of gunnery. Chap. 38." begins 2nd pagination and register; text is continuous.
"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation." has separate dated title page (1647); pagination and register are continuous (2nd series).
Reproduction of the original in the Gonville and Caius College Library, Cambridge.
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Author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-
Series Early English books online.
Subject Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.
Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-. Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
Alternative Title Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
Descript [24], 88, 102 p., [4] leaves of plates : port., ill., fold. tables
Note With a frontispiece portrait of Nye, engraved, woodcut illustrations, and 4 non-conjugate leaves (text and folding tables) sewn in.
"The art of gunnery. Chap. 38." begins 2nd pagination and register; text is continuous.
"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation." has separate dated title page (1647); pagination and register are continuous (2nd series).
Reproduction of the original in the Gonville and Caius College Library, Cambridge.
Author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-
Series Early English books online.
Subject Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.
Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-. Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
Alternative Title Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.

Subject Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.
Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [24], 88, 102 p., [4] leaves of plates : port., ill., fold. tables
Note With a frontispiece portrait of Nye, engraved, woodcut illustrations, and 4 non-conjugate leaves (text and folding tables) sewn in.
"The art of gunnery. Chap. 38." begins 2nd pagination and register; text is continuous.
"A treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation." has separate dated title page (1647); pagination and register are continuous (2nd series).
Reproduction of the original in the Gonville and Caius College Library, Cambridge.
Alt author Nye, Nathaniel, 1624-. Treatise of artificiall fire-works for warre and recreation.
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