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[Profile of a 5-inch shell]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09978 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Drawn diagram of the profile of a 5-inch shell. Includes a scale and various measurements. Date written later in pencil. Possibly docketed by Knox.

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