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Barrington, Capt. J. T., on the transport 
of large bodies of troops on railways... 263 
Batteries, advantage of, over shipping 461 
... First raised to command the 
river at Woolwich. 242 
... Mountain, in Abyssinia ... 120 
<e Bean Feasts,” origin of . 245 
Bellisle, attack of. 462 
“Bellum episcopate” . ... 297 
Bivouac fires, how made by the Prus¬ 
sians . 251 
... Prussian system ... ... 250 
Bokhara, account of ... ... ... 394 
Borgard, General, directions about erect¬ 
ing a laboratory at Woolwich ... 233 
Boxer wood time fuze ... ... ... 45 
Brass foundry at Woolwich Arsenal, 
account of .238 
Breaching battery, practice from ... 293 
Breech coil, or jacket ... ... ... 416 
Bristol, siege of ... ... ... ... 299 
Bronze muzzle-loading field gun, details 
of .492 
... On the resistance of ... ... 482 
Oxidation of, on guns ... ... 483 
Building up the gun, or shrinking the 
parts together ... ... ... 418 
Bursting of a 9-pr. gun at proof ... 409 
C. 
“ Camicil Rosse ”. 1 
Camp, Adabagah, equipage at. 188 
... Antalo, distribution of troops at... 171 
... Dildee, do. do. ... 174 
... Equipage at Zulla . 187 
Cannon and shot, removal from the 
Tower to Woolwich ... 234 
Capture of Magdala . ... 181 
Carbon, effect, on metal... ... ... 94 
Carriage, field gun, Austrian ... ... 345 
... For 8-inch mortar ... ... 192 
... Mon crieff . ... 20 
Cartridges, Austrian ... ... ... 348 
... Different natures to be kept 
distinct ... ... ... 448 
Casemates, American . 80 
... English . 79 
... Experimental, and objects of 
experiment ... ... 81 
... Experimental, at Shoebury- 
ness ... ... ... 69 
French . 79 
... Old, construction of ... — 
... Russian ... ... ... — 
Should not be faced with 
granite . 83 
Case shot, Austrian ... ... ... 347 
Cashmere and Ladak, account of ... 391 
Casting guns before the King in 1772... 244 
Cavalry, Prussian, equipment of ... 255 
Centering projectile in bore . 491 
Central Asia, by Col. J. Adye, R.A. ... 389 
... Asian question, list of works on 404 
... Commission, Prussian War De¬ 
partment ... ... ... • 267 
Change from wheel draft to pack mules 365 
Chapman, Lieut. E. F., on the Abys¬ 
sinian expedition ... ... 167 
... Notes on the equipment of 
the steel mountain batteries 
employed in Abyssinia ... 194 
Charlton village, account of . 281 
Cheap guns, first mention of ... 
Chinese Turkestan, account of. 
Clerk, Col. H., R.A., on friction 
Clinometer for elevated coast batteries, 
by Capt. J. R. Oliver, R.A. 
Coefficients, not much difference in 
value between 
... Value of, with different 
materials under various 
pressures 
Commander Scott’s gun ... 
Commands, Italian Army, schedule C.... 
... Of Italian Army . 
Committee of officers, R.A. and R.E., 
to report on stores, &c., 
in batteries at Southsea 
Castle . 
... On Whitworth’s system of 
rifling for small-arms or 
guns 
Committee’s general concluding remarks 
... Observations on experiments 
against granite casemates 
Common shells, Austrian 
Comparative practice table of horse 
artillery field guns ... 
Comparison between the gun of Mu¬ 
hammad and the American 20-inch 
Rodman gun... 
Competition to ascertain the best mode 
of rifling . 
“Compression” ... 
Conclusions arrived at by Armstrong 
and Whitworth Committee 
Conducting and superintending autho¬ 
rities, Prussian forces 
Construction of our heavy guns 
Continental powers, steps taken by, for 
rifling guns ... 
“Convolutes” 
Correspondence in respect to the ex¬ 
amination and trial of stores, &c., in 
batteries at Southsea Castle 
Crawford, Capt. G. A., R.A., description 
of “ scale of shade ”. 
Curve formed by projectile 
Curved rack in Moncrieff’s protected 
barbette gun carriage . 
D. 
D’Antoni, General, on velocity of pro¬ 
jectiles . 
Debooz, Col., on the velocity of a projec¬ 
tile ... . 
Decree of Italian Parliament ... 
Description of the apparatus on friction 
... The experiments on fric¬ 
tion 
Detail of bronze muzzle-loading field 
gun. 
Iron gun carriage for Indian 
gun ... 
Loads carried by mules 
.... Mules with each battery 
The manufacture of a 9-inch 
gun. t ... 
Diabolical termination of Gunner Slime’s 
earthly career 
Dial Square, Royal Arsenal, erection of 
Difference between the “original” and 
the “cheap” construction of guns 
Dildee camp, troops at. 
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108 
6 
4 
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465 
77 
74 
346 
487 
209 
107 
338 
105 
267 
406 
95 
164 
450 
502 
491 
163 
13 
14 
1 
124 
125 
493 
494 
198 
194 
412 
296 
238 
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