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List of a Proceedings 39 printed during the year . 
On the Comparison of the Accuracy of Guns in Artillery Practice, by Professor 
W. Pole, F.R.S., &c., &c. 
Recent Experiments with Heavy Rifled Guns in Russia. (Communicated by a 
Member of the R.A. Institution). 
Pettman’s Percussion Fuzes, by Captain Yivian Dering Majendie, R.A., Assist.- 
Superintendent, Royal Laboratory. 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on Tuesday, May 1, 1866. Maj.-Gen. E. C. Warde, C.B. 
in the Chair. 
The Russian Iron-clad Fleet. 
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). 
Method of obtaining the Picture of a Gun in the act of Firing, as proposed by 
Mr M’Kinlay, Proof Master. 
My Journal during the Bhootan Campaign, 1864-5. By Captain F. G. E. 
Warren, R.A. 
Description of a Chronograph adapted for measuring the varying velocity of a 
Body in motion through the air, and for other purposes, by Rev. F. Bashforth, B.D. 
Professor of Applied Mathematics to the Advanced Class of Artillery Officers. 
(Communicated by the Secretary R.A. Institution). 
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. 
Report of Experiments with Navez’s Electro-ballistic Apparatus, to determine, 
(l) 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. 
The Woolwich Gunstheir Projectiles, Charges, &c. By Captain Slessor, R.A., 
Assistant Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory. 
The present state of the Artillery Question. By Major C. H. Owen, R.A., 
Professor of Artillery, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. (From the Journal of 
the Royal United Service Institution, Vol. IX.) 
Palliser’s (chilled) Shot and Shell. By Captain Vivian Dering Majendie, R.A., 
Assistant Superintendent, Royal Laboratory. 
Remarks on Military Breech-loading Rifles, and their Ammunition. By Captain 
R. W. Haig, R.A. 
Plan of Muzzle-pivoting Guns. By Lieut.-Colonel Shaw, R.A. (From the 
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Vol. IX.) 
Boxer Ammunition for Snider Converted Rifle. By Captain C. 0. Browne, R.A., 
Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory. 
Rough Notes on the History of Field Artillery. By Lieut. H. W. Hime, R.A. 
The Intrenched Camp at Florisdorff. By Lieut. J. P. Nolan, R.A. 
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.). 
Pettman’s General Service Percussion Fuze. By Capt. Vivian Dering Majendie. 
R.A., Assistant Superintendent, Royal Laboratory. 
Short Notes on Professional Subjects, 1867. (No. 1, page 1 to 4). 
Memoir of General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, K.C.B.^ K.H. 
