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Table (3. 



Description of Gun. 



Bore. 



Weight. 



Charge. 



Bursting Charge of Shell. 



Armstrong shunt, \ 

 70-pounder, . . } 



Whitworth ) 

 70-pounder, . . j 



6 "5 in. 



75 cwt. 



76 „ 



14 lbs. 

 12 „ 



2 lbs. 

 1 lb. 



Range — 600 

 yards : 



1st Round, 



2nd Round, 



Range — 50 

 yards : 



1st Round, 

 2nd Round, 





Steel shell, 

 Steel shot, 



Steel shot, 

 Steel shell, 



f 1st Bound. — Whitworth 



j lodged in the middle of 

 plate, leaving rear pro- 

 J truding4 inches; pene- 



j tration 9^ inches, in an 

 oblique line. Shunt 

 gun tore face of plate, 



^ and lodged. 



'2nd Round. — Whitworth 

 entered plate and burst, 

 destroying the teak 

 backing. Shunt in- 



^ dented target 1| in. 

 Shell exploded, and 

 pieces retrograded in a 

 line to the battery, to a 



[_ distance of 350 yards. 



f 1st Routid. — Whitworth 

 j penetrated 6 inches. 

 J Head of shot split, 

 j Shunt gun imbedded. 

 J slightly tearing the 



surface of iron, 

 f 2nd Round. Shunt drove 



in plate 10 inches, and 

 I rebounded 17 yards 

 \ (not burst). Whit- 

 j worth entered 4| in., 

 J then burst, driving out 



teak backing, and 

 [_ tearing away the bolts. 



The shell appears to have exploded just as it entered the timber 

 backing, and it made a hole four times greater in the rear than in front. 

 The upper plate was driven out from its supports, and the rivets broken. 

 The bursting charge was 24 lbs., and the gun charge 70 lbs. The fol- 

 lowing is a table of the firing : — 



