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Translation of a Boyal Decree passed recently in the Italian Parliament. By 
Captain Maynard Wolfe, B.A.. 1 
On a Clinometer for Elevated Coast Batteries. By Capt. J. R. Oliver, B.A. 7 
Extracts from Beport on Ballistic Experiments carried on during the years 
1861-2, under the Direction of the O.S. Committee. By Captain W. H. 
Noble, M.A., BA., Associate Member, O.S. Committee. 9 
MoncriefFs protected Barbette System. By Capt. A. Moncrielf, Edinburgh 
Militia Artillery ........ 19 
Hints for the application of Shrapnel Shell. By Major-General W. B. 
Gardner, B.A. 33 
Annual Beport and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the 
Boyal Artillery Institution, held on Eriday, 15th May, 1868, Colonel 
J. M. Adye, C.B., in'the Chair . ... 47 
Experimental Casemates at Shoeburyness. Published by authority of the 
Secretary of State for War .. 69 
A brief Historical Sketch of our Bifled Ordnance, from 1858 to 1868. By 
Capt. E. S. Stoney, B.A., Captain Instructor, Boyal Gun Factories . 89 
Experiments on Friction. By Colonel H. Clerk, B.A., E.B.S.. 123 
On the Curved Back in MoncriefFs Protected Barbette Gun Carriage. Com¬ 
municated by James White, M.A..163 
The Abyssinian Expedition. By Lieut. E. F. Chapman, B.H.A. 167 
Notes on Elephant Carriage employed in Abyssinia. Communicated by 
Lieut. Chapman, B.H.A. 191 
An account of the great Cannon of Muhammad II., recently presented to Her 
Majesty, by the Sultan, with notices of other great Oriental cannon. By 
Brigadier-General J. H. Lefroy, B.A., F.B.S. 203 
Intrencliment of Field Artillery. By Lieut. B. Walkey, B.A. 228 
Historical Notes on the Boyal Arsenal at Woolwich. By Lieut. G. E. Grover, 
B.E., F.S.A. 231 
Some account of a Prussian Divisional Manoeuvre in the Bhine Province, 
September, 1868. By Major W. H. Goodenough, B.A. .. 248 
Organization for the Transport of large bodies of Troops on Railways. 
By Captain J. T. Barrington, B.A. 263 
Old Woolwich. By J. Hewitt, Esq. 272 
The Field Artillery of the Great Rebellion; its nature and use. By Lieut. 
H. W. L. Hime, BA... 283 
