Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . of .he Osd-VA \ce receives all ordei*aitd~ warrants iigned by the maileri^ineraT, an4 fromthe olHriTt^,-a«d-fees them duly exe-cuted, iilues orders as the occafions of the date require,ahd gives direftions for diicharging the artilkry whenrequired at coronations, birth da_ys, lignal viilories,auduth£)L°ninorranons>--Il,ia alfoiis peculiar officetbfee the_traia,
Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . of .he Osd-VA \ce receives all ordei*aitd~ warrants iigned by the maileri^ineraT, an4 fromthe olHriTt^,-a«d-fees them duly exe-cuted, iilues orders as the occafions of the date require,ahd gives direftions for diicharging the artilkry whenrequired at coronations, birth da_ys, lignal viilories,auduth£)L°ninorranons>--Il,ia alfoiis peculiar officetbfee the_traia, all its equipage fittedbore, wliich is afterwards finilh;d with bars and cutvfor motion, v^heu ordered to be drawn into the field, .X-. or Boring,- of OrdNANCX. Plate C C ,:artT O R D r 4«3 ] O R D Ordnance, or lent upon any particular ll-rvicc. As li=utcn;int gcnc- ? of the onlinance, he has a falary of i lOO 1. per an- nun:. He is colonel en fecond of the royal_regiment nfartillery, and lias a fecretary and fevcral inferior offi-cers and clerks under him. Surv-^or General of ihs OrdnancF. infpefts the frorcsand provifions of war in the cullody of the llorekecpcr,and fees that they are ranged and placed in Inch orderas is inofl proper fi:r their prefervation. He allows ailbills of debt, and keeps a check upon all labourersand artificers work ; fees that the l^orcs received begood and ferviceable, didy proved and marked, asthey ought to be fo, with the kings mark, taking tohis adiihince the reft of the officers and has a falary of 700 1. per annum ; and, in order toallift him in the bufmels cf his office, he has underhim the proof mafter of England, and clerks, andother inferior officers. Ckrk of the Ordxai^-c , an offi
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