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Report of experiments with Navez’s electro-ballistic apparatus, to determine 
(1) the effect of elongating the cartridge on the velocity of the projectile; 
(2) the effect of the position of the vent on the velocity of the projectile. 
By Captain W. H. Noble, M.A., R.A., Associate Member, Ordnance Select 
Committee .. 195 
The Woolwich guns : their projectiles, charges, &c. By Capt. E. H. Slessor, 
R.A., Assistant Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory. 208 
The present state of the Artillery Question. By Major C. H. Owen, R.A., 
Professor of Artillery, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Prom the 
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Yol. IX. 212 
Palliser’s (chilled) shot and shell. By Captain Yivian Dering Majendie, R.A., 
Assistant Superintendent, Royal Laboratory . 231 
Remarks on military breech-loading rifles, and their ammunition. By Captain 
R. W. Haig, R.A. 240 
Plan of muzzle-pivoting guns. By Lieut.-Colonel Shaw, R.A. From the 
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Yol. IX. 250 
Boxer ammunition for Snider converted rifle. By Captain C. 0. Browne, 
R.A., Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory . 261 
Rough notes on the History of Field Artillery. By Lieut. H. W. Hime, R.A. 265 
The intrenched camp at Florisdorff. By Lieut. J. P. Nolan, R.A. 276 
Extract of a memorandum by the Committee of Artillery, on a system of 
harnessing with the bricole (breast strap), of which trial has been made in 
the Artillery of the Imperial Guard, (Translated from the French, by 
Major Goodenough, R.A.) . 283 
Pettman’s General Service Percussion Fuze. By Captain Yivian Dering 
Majendie, R.A,, Assistant Superintendent, Royal Laboratory . 292 
On the geology of Gibraltar, with especial reference to the recently explored 
caves and Bone Breccia. By Lt. Alexander B. Brown, R.A., F.R.A.S. 
F.G.S. 295 
Shells for rifled field guns. By Lieut, J. T. Barrington, R.A. 305 
The comparative advantages of breech-loading and muzzle-loading systems for 
Rifled Field Artillery. By Lieut.-Colonel F. Miller, R.A., 'FC. 312 
Annual report and abstract of proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on Monday, May 6, 1867. Brigadier-General 
J. H. Lefroy, R.A., in the chair . 333 
A Lecture on the Campaigns of 1866 in Germany. By Lieutenant-Colonel 
F. Miller, R.A., T7C. 355 
The Shrapnel of the past. By Major-General W. B. Gardner, R.A. 385 
Boxer’s wood time fuze for M.L, ordnance (rifle and smooth-bored). By 
Captain Yivian Dering Majendie, R.A., Assistant Superintendent, Royal 
Laboratory ..... 426 
