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was then Commander-in-Chief, a 24-pounder howitzer was rifled and was sent, 
with some projectiles, for trial to Portsmouth. The experiment was perfectly 
successful. Capt. Hewlett, of the ship ‘ Excellent,’ says, in his report to the Admi- 
ralty, January 25th, 1858, “The penetration into wood at this depth under water 
has, I believe, never before been obtained.” In 1864 the matter was brought be- 
fore the Armstrong and Whitworth Committee, and an experiment was made from 
the ‘Stork’ gunboat with a Whitworth 70-pounder gun. On that occasion the pro- 
jectile penetrated at 3°75 feet under water the side of the ‘ Alfred,’ which was of oak 
24 in, thick, 
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