Technical Papers, Magazine Articles, etc. 173 



2207. FIREARMS. Gentleman's Magazine. Why not 

 carried by civil officers, vii. 806 (1737) ; practice 

 recommended, xv. 596 (1745); improvement in, xlvi. 

 575 ; gradual progression of, Iviii. 667 ; use in reign 

 of Elizabeth, ibid. ; firelock, Iviii. 668. Of new metal, 

 xix. 475 (1749); experiments, xxiii. 389; newly in- 

 vented carriages for, xxiii. 390, 391 ; go off through 

 touch-hole, xxiv. 445 ; from wreck of Edgar, xxv. 

 280 ; inscription upon gun at Dover, xxxvii. 499 ; 

 Desagulier's improvements, xliii. 460; gun bursts, 

 xliii. 517; first used in Spain by Moors, xlvii. 186; 

 tax on proposed, Ixv. 119; gun accident, Ixvii. 610; 

 penalty proposed for keeping a loaded one in a house, 

 Ixviii. 767 ; on the use of rifle barrel, Ixxix. 937 ; 

 remarkable one at Agra, lxxxviii.i(2), 171. 



2208. FIREARMS. Transactions of the Society of Arts, 

 These records date from 1783 ; after 1853 the references 

 made are to the Journal of the Society. Baker's 

 improvements, xxviii. 199; Warner's Safety, 1. 71; 

 Damascus iron, xliii. 105; 1. (part ii.), 106; Hall's 

 gun-lock, xxxvi. 80 ; Baker's screw for regulating 

 mainspring, xl. 118; Dickenson's gun-lock, xliii. 125. 

 Subsequent to 1852 : Wilkinson's, i. 121, 141 ; ii. 601 ; 

 rifle barrels, i. 122; Hawksworth's, ix. 600; Eifle 

 shooting, ix. 474, 505, 519, 599, 600; Rifled ordnance, 

 vii. 613; Rocket guns, vii. 342; Arms, xviii. 770; 

 Revolving arms, Kerr's, ix. 7 ; Rifles, xxi. 489, 494, 

 532 ; Breechloading arms, xv. 400 ; Rifles, xviii. 931 ; 

 Mackay's, xii. 359 ; Centrifugal, xv. 426 ; New gun, 

 xix. 44, 423 ; Chassepot, xv. 184 ; American, xii. 34. 



2209. GUNNERY AND MISCELLANEOUS. Society of Arts 

 Transactions and Journal. Depressing guns, xxix. 

 91 ; Lady Bentham on gunnery, Journal, ii. 807 ; 

 iii. 157, 643 ; iv. 41 ; Whitworth's system, xviii. 143 ; 

 Gun-making by machinery, Journal, xix. 423 ; Museum 

 of firearms at Birmingham, xxii. 953; Bullet mould, 

 xxxix. 101 ; Cartouch box, xxxvii. 79 ; Firing cannon, 

 xxxi. 211. 



