Paper, 'A proposition of Generall Use in the art of Gunnery showing the Rule of Laying a Mortar to pass in order to strike any Object above or below the Horizon' by Edmond Halley
Reference number: CLP/21/29
Date: 1695

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Subject: Warfare, Engineering
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- CLP/21/29
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- 1695
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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'A proposition of Generall Use in the art of Gunnery showing the Rule of Laying a Mortar to pass in order to strike any Object above or below the Horizon' by Edmond Halley, 1695, CLP/21/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_29/paper-a-proposition-of-generall-use-in-the-art-of-gunnery-showing-the-rule-of-laying-a-mortar-to-pass-in-order-to-strike-any-object-above-or-below-the-horizon-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 25 March 2025
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V. A proposition of general use in the Art of Gunnery, shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pass, in order to strike any object above or below the Horizon External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Edmond Halley
Date: 1st May 1695
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0013
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Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
1666-1720 Creator: Edmond Halley Reference number: CLP/21
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The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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