Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3

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Extract from the Minutes of the Continental Congress

RTP Note appended:

RTP

The cube of the length of cannon in Propotion to a Nine pounder whose length is 64 Inches or 16 Diamrs. of the Shot. They will be all 16 Diamrs. of their Shot

Nature of Cannon	Cubical Inches	Their Roots or their length in Inches
18 Pounder	524288	80.54
9	262144	64.
12	349858 2/3	70.43
6	174429 1/3	55.92
4	116619 5/9	48.81
3	87714	44.3
2	58309 7/9	33.76
1	29154 8/9	30.62
1/2	14577 4/9	24.41

NB If their length, thickness &c. are propotioned as above their Weights will be in propotion that is if one is 2 . 1 to the pound the other will be the same also

Dft. On the reverse of this document is a penciled draft congressional resolution on Maryland’s bounties for soldiers, which was passed on Oct. 30, 1776 (printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, 6:912–913). RTP was a member of the report committee that had been appointed on Oct. 23, 1776.