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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
BOXER’S WOOD TIME FEZE FOR M.L. ORDNANCE • 
(RIFLE AND SMOOTH-BORED). 
BY CAPTAIN VIVIAN DERING MAJENDIE, R.A. 
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, ROYAL LABORATORY. 
In a recent number of these “ Proceedings was published an account 
of the Pettman General Service fuze which has been adopted for the majority 
of rifle and spherical shell, and may practically be regarded as the percussion 
fuze of the service. 
The time fuzes for the shells which take the general service fuze are two 
wooden fuzes designed by Colonel Boxer, on the principle of his well-known 
“ Common Fuze.” 
The general adoption of these fuzes marks the abolition of naval metal 
time fuzes, after a continuous service of about 35 years. 
The two fuzes are respectively :—■ 
1. The 9-seconds fuze for M.L. ordnance. 
2 . // 20 // a n 
1. The 9 -seconds fuze for M.L. ordnance t resembles the common fuze 
in its main features of construction, but differs from it in several points of 
detail. 
U.37-^125! 
i2£5* 
* Vide p. 292. 
f Approved 26tli June, 1866, W.O.C. 10 (New Series), § 1236, 
