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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
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Marcus J. Parrott (search for this): entry cannon
Thomas Jefferson Rodman (search for this): entry cannon
Bridgewater (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Cannon,
In the United States, were cast at Lynn, Mass., by Henry Leonard, in 1647, and at Orr's foundry, Bridgewater, 1648.
In 1735 the Hope Furnace was established in Rhode Island, where six heavy cannon, ordered by the State, were cast in 1775.
The heaviest guns used at this time were 18-pounders.
William Denning makes wrought-iron cannon of staves bound together with wrought-iron bands, and boxed and breeched, 1790.
Colonel Bomford, of the United States ordnance department, invents a cannon called the columbiad, a long-chambered piece for projecting solid shot and shell with a heavy charge of powder, 1812.
West Point foundry established under special patronage of the government, 1817.
First contract of Gouverneur Kemble, president, for the West Point Foundry Association, for thirty-two 42-pounders, long guns, July 11, 1820.
First gun rifled in America at the South Boston Iron Company's foundry, 1834.
Cyrus Alger patents and makes the first malleable iron g
Lynn (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Cannon,
In the United States, were cast at Lynn, Mass., by Henry Leonard, in 1647, and at Orr's foundry, Bridgewater, 1648.
In 1735 the Hope Furnace was established in Rhode Island, where six heavy cannon, ordered by the State, were cast in 1775.
The heaviest guns used at this time were 18-pounders.
William Denning makes wrought-iron cannon of staves bound together with wrought-iron bands, and boxed and breeched, 1790.
Colonel Bomford, of the United States ordnance department, invents a cannon called the columbiad, a long-chambered piece for projecting solid shot and shell with a heavy charge of powder, 1812.
West Point foundry established under special patronage of the government, 1817.
First contract of Gouverneur Kemble, president, for the West Point Foundry Association, for thirty-two 42-pounders, long guns, July 11, 1820.
First gun rifled in America at the South Boston Iron Company's foundry, 1834.
Cyrus Alger patents and makes the first malleable iron g
Fort Hancock (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Fort Warren (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
South River, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry cannon
Cannon,
In the United States, were cast at Lynn, Mass., by Henry Leonard, in 1647, and at Orr's foundry, Bridgewater, 1648.
In 1735 the Hope Furnace was established in Rhode Island, where six heavy cannon, ordered by the State, were cast in 1775.
The heaviest guns used at this time were 18-pounders.
William Denning makes wrought-iron cannon of staves bound together with wrought-iron bands, and boxed and breeched, 1790.
Colonel Bomford, of the United States ordnance department, invents a cannon called the columbiad, a long-chambered piece for projecting solid shot and shell with a heavy charge of powder, 1812.
West Point foundry established under special patronage of the government, 1817.
First contract of Gouverneur Kemble, president, for the West Point Foundry Association, for thirty-two 42-pounders, long guns, July 11, 1820.
First gun rifled in America at the South Boston Iron Company's foundry, 1834.
Cyrus Alger patents and makes the first malleable iron gu
Watervliet (New York, United States) (search for this): entry cannon