This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
A kind of artillery between a cannon and a mortar; being longer than a mortar and shorter than a cannon, and from that circumstance adapted to throw either shot or shells; it is usually mounted as a cannon upon a travelling carriage.
 
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