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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 410 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARRONADE , a piece of See also:

ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance invented, by the application of an old principle of See also:

gun construction, to serve as a See also:

SHIP

ship's gun. The inventor was the See also:

ANTIQUARY

antiquary See also:

General See also:

Robert See also:

Melville (1728-1809). He designed the piece in 1759, and called it the " smasher," but it was not adopted in the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

NAVY

navy till 1779, and was then known as the " carronade," from the Carron See also:

WORKS

works on the Carron See also:

RIVER

river in See also:

STIRLINGSHIRE

Stirlingshire, See also:

Scotland, where it was first See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast by Mr See also:

GASCOIGNE, GEORGE (c. 1535—1577)

Gascoigne. The carronade had a See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder chamber like many of the earliest guns known, and was similar to a See also:

MORTAR

mortar. It was See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, See also:

LIGHT

light, had a limited range, but was destructive at See also:

close quarters. Carronades were added to the existing armaments of guns proper or See also:

long guns. A 38-gun See also:

FRIGATE

frigate carried ten carronades, and was therefore armed with 48 pieces of ordnance. As the See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official classifications were not changed, they were misleading guides to the real strength of British See also:

SHIPS

ships, which always carried more pieces than they were described as carrying. The same remark applies to See also:

French and See also:

AMERICAN

American ships when the use of the carronade extended from the British to other navies.

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