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General summary of experiments on 
wood and metal „.. ... 140 
... Summary of experiments of 
Series b. ... 147 
... c. ... 152 
... d. ... 156 
... e. ... 161 
Gibraltar, strength of ... ... ... 462 
Giving the velocity of shot fired under 
various atmospheric circumstances 11 
Goodenough, Major W. H., on Prussian 
divisional manoeuvres ... ... 248 
Granite casemate, experiments against 70 
... ... Further experiments 
against ... ... 71 
Not good in facing of casemates 83 
Great bombards, list of ... ... ... 219 
... Cannon of Muhammad II., inscrip¬ 
tions on... ... ... ... 206 
... Do. do. Construction of... 207 
... Gun of Moscow in 1800 . 224 
... Ordnance now in use (1628), 
names of ... ... ... 306 
“ Greenwich Barne” ... 232 
Gregory’s machine of rotation ... ... 12 
Grobert’s Do. do. ... ... — 
Gros, or main body, Prussian detach¬ 
ments .257 
Ground platform, Moncrieff, method of 
laying. 25 
Grover, Lieut. E.E., historical notes on 
the Eoyal Arsenal at Woolwich, by 231 
Gun architecture, the theory of, by 
Capt. F. S. Stoney, E.A. ... 335 
... Carriages, ancient. 286 
... ... Weight of ... ... 486 
... Mountain, various natures of firing 
with ... ... ... ... 376 
... Pit. ‘. 229 
... Pit, constructed by Col. Mitchell’s 
battery, E.H.A. 230 
... Power, mode of estimating ... 116 
... The Woolwich . Ill 
... 9-inch, details of manufacture of... 412 
Gunner Slime, sad end of . 296 
Gunpowder, moral effect of ... ... 437 
• Used by the Turks... ... 213 
Guns, ancient, taking part in modern 
engagements ... ... ... 211 
... Austrian, mountain. ... 342 
... Cast in Woolwich Arsenal in 1772 244 
... Cheap and original... ... ... 406 
... Effect of, when first used ... ... 440 
... First proved at Woolwich. 246 
... Heavy rifled, by Capt. Haig, E.A. 465 
... ... Trial of ... ... ... 408 
... Leather, battery of, atNewburn... 434 
... Major Palliser’s ... ... ... 118 
... Mountain. 109 
... ... Conditions under which 
they can be employed 382 
... ... Service of ... ... 367 
... Our own and foreign compared ... 115 
... Placed in battery against Scutari 
in 1478... ... . 212 
... Steel, experiments with ... ... 472 
... The Fraser. 112 
... Turkish, dimensions of . 217 
List of ... ... ... 205 
... Various, naval and land service ... 466 
... Wedge and shunt ... ... ... 103 
Gustavus Adolphus, father of modern 
field artillery... ... ;.. ... 443 
PAG® 
H. 
Haig, Capt., on heavy rifled guns ... 465 
Halting grounds in Abyssinian campaign 174 
... Places in the Abyssinian cam¬ 
paign. 173 
“ Hanging Wood” .273 
... ... Depredations com¬ 
mitted in ... 274 
Harness for light artillery . 463 
... Used by the Germans and 
Americans ... ... ... —- 
Harris, Major D. B., report on bombard¬ 
ment of Fort Sumter, Charleston 
harbour ... ... ... ... 87 
Hart, Dr., on the exterior strain on metal 
cylinders ... ... . 336 
Hay, Major E. J., on the Armstrong 
guns in China . 100 
Heaton’s steel converting process ... 303 
Heavy artillery, progress in ... ... 432 
... Guns, construction of, by Capt. 
F. S. Stoney, E.A. ... ... 406 
... Muzzle-loading rifled guns, list of 467 
... Eifled guns, by Captain Haig, 
E.A. 465 
... ... ... Arrangement of 
stores, &c., for 
batteries of ... 445 
Heroes of the dark ages... . 437 
Hewitt, J., Esq., “ Old Woolwich” ... 272 
Hill sketching, remarks on ... ... 606 
Hime, Lieut. E.A., on the mobility of 
field artillery ... 433 
... ... On the field artillery 
of the Great Be- 
bellion. 283 
Hints for the application of shrapnel shell 33 
Historical notes on the Eoyal Arsenal 
at Woolwich, by Lieutenant 
Grover, E.E. ... ... 231 
... Sketch of our rifled ordnance 
from 1858 to 1868 ... 89 
“ Homogeneous metal” ... ... ... 469 
Tube, power of. 335 
Horse artillery field guns, comparative 
practice table of ... 487 
... ... Guns and their equip¬ 
ments, weights and 
dimensions of ...- 
Hozier, Lt., account of Austrian shell, by 103 
Hutton, Dr., on ballistic pendulums ... 16 
I. 
Indian field gun, by Col. Maxwell, E.A. 479 
Infantry, Prussian, division of a bat¬ 
talion of... ... 262 
Eemarks on ... 252 
Strength of, Italian army ... 5 
Initial velocity for the 3-pr. mountain 
gun ... ... ... ... ... 371 
Inner barrel ... ... ... ... 412 
Inscriptions on great cannon of Mu¬ 
hammad II.206 
... On Turkish guns at Wool- 
wich . 214 
Instructions for guidance of officers 
during the attack of Magdala ... 177 
Instruments for measuring time ... 9 
Intrenchment, French system of . ... 228 
Of field artillery, by Lieut. 
E. Walkey,'E.A. ...- 
