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Heaton’s Steel Converting Process. Communicated by Captain Keate, R.A. 308 
A Table of the names of tbe Great Ordnance now used, extracted from 
“The Complete Souldier,” Auctore Thomas Smith, 1628. Communi¬ 
cated by Colonel Clerk, R.A., F.R.S... 306 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of tbe 
Royal Artillery Institution, held on May 19, 1869. Colonel A. 
Benn, R.A., in the Chair... 307 
The new Field Artillery of Mattei-Rossi, translated from the Italian of 
“L’Opinione,” 23rd—26th October, 1868, with a Note by the Translator. 
By Colonel H. H. Maxwell, R.A... 325 
The Theory of Gun Architecture. By Captain F. S. Stoney, R.A., Captain 
Instructor, Royal Gun Factories . 335 
Austrian Mountain Artillery. By Friedrich Muller, Captain I. and R. 
Austrian Artillery StatF. Second edition, Vienna, 1868. Translated from 
the German, by H. Ii. Maxwell, Lieut.-Colonel R.A., and Brevet-Colonel. 341 
Central Asia, and our Military Position on the North-West Frontier of India. 
A Paper read at the R.A. Institution, Woolwich, by Colonel John Adye, 
C.B., R.A. January 20, 1870 ..... . 389 
The Construction of our Heavy Guns. By Captain F. S. Stoney, R.A., 
Assistant Superintendent, Royal Gun Factories. 406 
The Mobility of Field Artillery; Past and Present. By Lieut. H. W. L. 
Hime, R.A. (No. 1.) ... 433 
On the Arrangement of Expense Magazines, Shell Rooms, Small Stores, and 
Side-arm Sheds for Batteries of Heavy Rifled Guns. Communicated 
by the Director-General of Ordnance. . 445 
On the Construction of Batteries. By Major Griffith Williams, R.A. (Circa 
1780). Communicated by Major-General Lefroy, C.B., R.A. 455 
Heavy Rifled Guns. By Captain Llaig, R.A., F.R.S. ... 465 
The Field Gun for India. A Paper read at the R.A. Institution, Woolwich, 
February 22, 1870, by Colonel IL. H. Maxwell, R.A. 479 
A Description of the “ Scale of Shade, 55 for representing Ground in Relief. By 
Captain G. A. Crawford, R.A. 502 
Index..... 511 
