Part 497

La TOISON, Fr. The order of the Golden Fleece is so called.

TOKERY, Ind. A basket made with cane.

TOLE, Fr. Iron beat into thin plates.

TOMAN, Ind. Ten thousand men.

TOMAND, Ind. Equal to something more than three guineas.

TOMBER, Fr. To fall. Le vent tombe, the wind falls. Tomber entre les mains des ennemis, to fall into the hands of enemies.

TOMBIE, Ind. A wind instrument made in the shape of a globe.

TOMPION. See TAMPION.

TAMSOOK Hazin Zaminee, Ind. A security for personal appearance.

TOMTOM, Ind. A small drum made in the shape of a tambourine.

TONDIN, Fr. A term in architecture which is seldom used. It is the same as the astragal or fillet which goes round the base of pillars.

TONG. See TENAILLE.

TONGS of a waggon, a piece of wood fixed between the middle of the hind ends of the shafts, mortised into the fore cross-bar, and let into the hind cross-bar.

TONGUE of a sword. That part of the blade on which the gripe, shell, and pummel are fixed.

A triangular TONGUE. The bayonet figuratively so called from its shape.

TONNAGE, Fr. A word adopted from the English.

TONNAGE. A custom or impost due for merchandize brought or carried in tons from or to other nations after a certain rate in every ton.

TONNAGE. The usual method of finding the tonnage of any ship is by the following rule:--Multiply the length of the keel by the breadth of the beam, and that product by half the breadth of the beam; and divide the last product by 94, and the quotient will be the tonnage.

Ship’s keel 72 feet: breadth of beam 24 feet.

72 × 24 × 12 ------------ = 220·6 tonnage. 94

The tonnage of goods and stores is taken sometimes by weight and sometimes by measurement; and that method is allowed to the vessel which yields the most tonnage. In tonnage by weight 20 cwt. make 1 ton. In tonnage by measurement 40 cubic feet equal 1 ton. All carriages, or other stores to be measured for tonnage, are taken to pieces and packed in the manner which will occupy the least room on board ship. All ordnance, whether brass or iron, is taken in tonnage by its actual weight. Musquet cartridges in barrels or boxes, all ammunition in boxes, and other articles of great weight, are taken in tonnage according to their actual weight.

The following is the tonnage required for some of the most material ordnance stores by the British usage.

TONNAGE OF ORDNANCE.

Kinds. No. T. ct. qr. {Pole 264 -- 10 0 Axes, complete with handles{Pick 100 -- 9 0 {Felling 176 -- 14 0 Barrows--Wheel, packed 20 2 2 0 Do. unpacked 7 1 0 0 Hand, single 20 0 18 0 Budge barrels 32 1 0 0 Bricks 1000 2 5 0 Buckets of leather 20 0 2 0 Pontoon & carriage complete, with its appurtenances 11 0 0 Carbines.--A chest with 25 stand is 11 feet cubic Carriages.--Standing 42 prs. 1 13 0 32 prs. 1 10 0 Howitzer 10 in. 1 10 0 24 prs. 1 9 3 18 prs. } 1 7 0 Howitzer 8 inch.} 12 prs. 1 4 0 9 prs. 1 3 0 6 prs. 1 0 0 4 prs. 0 17 0 {24 prs. 5 10 0 Carriages.--Travelling, {12 prs. 4 10 2 complete with limber boxes,{ 9 prs. 4 7 2 ladles, sponges and rammers{ 6 prs. 3 7 2 { 3 prs. 2 19 0 Medium {24 prs.} 2 9 2 {12 prs.} 6 pr. light, with ammunition boxes} 2 3 0 5¹⁄₂ inch howitzer, Do. } 5¹⁄₂ inch howitzer of 10 cwt.}Carriages{ 3 2 0 8 inch howitzer } { 3 7 2 Sling cart complete 3 0 2 Forage cart, with limber 4 0 0 Ammunition waggon 4 18 1 Gravel cart 2 16 2 Duke of Richmond’s close bodied waggon 5 0 0 Road waggon, with upright sides 7 10 0 Gin; triangle 0 14 0 Grate for heating shot 0 4 2 Handspikes 120 1 0 0 Handcrow levers, of 5 feet 120 1 0 0 Handscrews, large 15 1 0 0 small 17 1 0 6 Helves, pick or felling 300 0 14 0 Do. sledge 300 1 0 0 Do. pinmaul 360 1 0 0 Junk 20 cwt. 1 5 0 Linstocks, with cocks 600 1 0 0 without cocks 1000 1 0 0 Musquets.--A chest with 25 is 16 feet. Do. with 20 is 11 feet. Match 6 cwt. 1 14 0 Powder{11 whole barrels 1 0 0 {22 half do. 1 0 0 Pitch or tar.--1 barrel is 7 feet. Pistols.--A chest with 50 or 60 = 10 feet. Park pickets 40 0 9 1 Pikes 280 1 0 0 Sheep skins 12 dozen 1 1 0 Shovels}of iron {100 1 0 0 Spades } {184 1 0 0 Shovels, shod with iron 138 1 0 0 Sand bags{Bushel 500 0 12 0 Bales {Half do. 500 0 7 1 {2 bushel 250 0 8 1

The following is the tonnage allowed in the British service to the military officers of the ordnance embarked for foreign service, for their camp equipage and baggage:

For a field officer 5 tons For a captain 3 do. For a subaltern 1¹⁄₂ do.

TONNE, Fr. A tun. It likewise signifies a large cask or vessel which is used for stores and ammunition.

TONNEAUX Meutriers, Fr. Casks which are bound together with ropes, or circled round by iron hoops, and are filled with gunpowder, pebbles, &c. The particular method in which these casks are prepared may be seen in Tom. II. page 218, Des Œuvres Militaires.