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Memoir of General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, K.C.B., K.H. vii 
Memoir of General Sir William Cator, K.C.B. “Royal Artillery. ... xiii 
Ancient Cannon in Europe. Part II. From a.d. 1351 to a.d. 1400. By 
Lieut. Henry Brackenbury, R.A., F.S.A., Assistant Instructor in Artillery, 
Royal Military Academy ... 1 
Method of measuring distances of ships from Coast Batteries by means of the 
Electric Telegraph. (Communicated by Captain R. W. Haig, R.A.) ...... 38 
On the comparison of the accuracy of guns in Artillery Practice. By Professor 
William Pole, E.R.S., Mem. Inst. C.E., &e., See. 45 
Recent experiments with heavy rifled guns in Russia. (Communicated by a 
Member of the R.A. Institution) .... 59 
Pettman’s percussion fuzes. By Captain Yivian Bering Majendie, R.A., 
Assistant Superintendent, Royal Laboratory .... 74 
Annual report and abstract of proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on Tuesday, May 1, 1866. Major-General 
E. C. Warde, C;B., in the chair ..... 83 
The Russian iron-clad fleet. 99 
Report of an experiment carried on at Shoeburyness, on the 21st June and 
7th December, 1865, by the Ordnance Select Committee. (Communicated 
by direction of the Secretary of State for War) . 107 
Method of obtaining the picture of a gun in the act of firing, as proposed by 
Mr M‘Kinlay, Proof-Master. 113 
My journal during the Bhootan campaign, 1864-5. By Captain E. G. E. 
Warren, R.A. 116 
Description of a chronograph adapted for measuring the varying velocity of a 
body in motion through the air, and for other purposes. By Francis 
Bashforth, B.D., Professor of Applied Mathematics to the Advanced Class 
of Artillery Officers, Woolwich, and late Fellow of St John’s College, 
Cambridge. (Communicated by the Secretary R.A. Institution) . 161 
Percussion fuze, designed for and adapted to the form of case used for Shells 
for Rifled Guns for field service. By Lieut.-Colonel Freeth, R.A. ...... 193 
