[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 77.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 77.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 77.2 - **Language:** English ### [77.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77.2) g., Ustád Kabír, and Husain. Iron, when heated, loses about one-half of its volume. When a barrel is completed lengthways, before the transverse bottom piece is fixed to it, they engrave on it the quantity of its iron and the length, both being expressed in numerals. A barrel thus far finished, is called Daul. In this imperfect state they are sent to His Majesty, and delivered, in proper order, at the Harem, to which place they are also brought for..... At the same time, the weight of the ball is fixed, and the order is given for the transverse section of the matchlock. For long guns the weight of a ball does not exceed twenty-five tánks, and for smaller ones, fifteen. But balls of the former weight no one but His Majesty would dare to fire. When the barrels are polished, they are again sent to the Harem, and preserved in proper order. They are afterwards taken out, and closed by the order of His Majesty with a transverse bottom piece. Having been put to an old stock, they are filled to one-third of the barrel with powder, and fired off. If no taráwush takes place, and the trial is satisfactory, they take the barrels again to His Majesty, who gives the order to finish the mouth piece of the barrel. After this the gun is again placed on the stock, and subjected to a trial. If the ball issues in a crooked line, the barrel is heated, and straightened by means of a rod introduced into it, and, in the presence of His Majesty, handed over to a filer. - [Previous: 77.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77.1) - [Next: 77.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77.3) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.77.2) · Pramāṇa