114 
MINUTES OE PROCEEDINGS OF 
TALBE— continued, 
SHOWING- DIMENSIONS, RIFLING-, &C. 
Nature, weight, and 
service. 
Length of 
Rifling. 
Grooves, 
see note p. 98. 
Radii for 
sighting. 
Permanent 
angle of deflec¬ 
tion of sights. 
Weight of pro¬ 
jectile. 
O 
O 
1 
■s 
a 
o 
8* 
& 
Charge. 
Service. 
Battering. 
a 
1 
1 
Spiral, 
1 turn in no. 
of calibres. 
Gun. 
Bore. 
Rifling 
Side. 
Centre. 
ft. in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
lbs. 
cwt. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
8" of 9 tons S.S. (ori- 
Incr. 
ginal construction). 
11 4| 
118- 
102- 
W 
1 in 40 
N. 4 
38 
38-1 
28' 
180 
Nil 
20 
30 
D. *18 
8" of 9 tons (F con- 
W. 1-5 
struction). 
11 4* 
118* 
102- 
a 
it 
N. 4 
38 
38-1 
28' 
180 
4 
20 
30 
D. -18 
7" of 7 tons L.S. (origi¬ 
Unif. 
W. 1-5 
nal construction).... 
1110-8 
126* 
112-5 
n 
1 in 35 
N. 3 
38 
38-1 
3° 
115 
4-5 
14 
22 
D. -18 
7" of 7 tons (F con¬ 
W. 1-5 
struction). 
11 9* 
126- 
112-5 
n 
n 
N. 3 
38 
38-1 
3° 
115 
3 
14 
22 
D. -18 
7" of6| tons S.S. (ori¬ 
W. 1-5 
ginal construction). 
10 6J 
Hl- 
97-5 
,i 
a 
N. 3 
38 
38-1 
3° 
115 
5-5 
14 
22 
D. -18 
7" of tons (F. con¬ 
W. 1-5 
struction) . 
10 6| 
Hl- 
97-5 
n 
a 
N. 3 
38 
38-1 
3° 
115 
3 
14 
22 
64-pr. of 64 cwt. S.S. 
D. -18 
(original construc¬ 
Unif. 
W. 1-5 
tion).*. 
9 3J 
98- 
90-5 
s 
1 in 40 
N. 3 
38 
38-1 
2o 16' 
64 
7 
8 
D. -11 
& *08 
W. *6 
64-pr. of 64 cwt. (B 
& -4 
pattern) S.S.f. 
9 6| 
98- 
90-5 
II 
a 
N. 3 
D.-ll 
38 
38-1 
2° 16' 
64 
3 
8 
— 
& *08 
W. -6 
64-pr. of 64 cwt. (D 
& -4 
pattern) S.S. 
9 3| 
97-5 
90-5 
II 
a 
N. 3 
D. -11 
38 
38-1 
2° 16' 
64 
3-75 
8 
— 
& -08 
W. -6 
& -4 
Royal Gun Factory, (Signed) F. A. Campbell, Col. R.A. 
June 1868. Superintendent, R.G.F. 
a Woolwich and Shunt. 
* Calibre is 6-3" to take the 32-pr. S.B. ammunition on an emergency. 
f Both.F. guns, but the B. pattern has a forged breech-piece, and the D a breech coil of one thickness. 
Erom what has been remarked, it is scarcely necessary to add that the 
guns in the foregoing table are the most important we have, but it may be 
useful to notice briefly each nature. 
Specialities of the various natures of Woolwich guns . 
There were about half a dozen 13" guns made for experimental purposes, 
and rifled on the shunt principle; two of these were re-rifled in 1866 
on the 'Woolwich system, and were intended for Gibraltar, where, however, 
they were never sent (this accounts for their appearance in the table), 
but 12" is the highest calibre approved for service, the projectile, however, 
is the same, 600 lbs. By the end of this year we shall have 22 of 
