INDEX, 
465 
Cape of Good Hope, retreat of Waldeck bat¬ 
talion at, 402 
-, Sir David Baird’s advance to the 
attack of Janssens’ forces at, 398 
--, services of artillery not named in dis¬ 
patch on surrender of, 402 
Carbine, Lancaster, oval bore, grooves and 
rifling of, 247 
Carbines, length of barrels for, ib. 
-twists of, ib. 
Carbon, its mode of existence in iron, 231 
• -, quantities of, in iron, 234 
Carisbrook Castle, exchequer accounts in reign 
of Bichard II. of, 24 
Carr, Messrs, Bussian cc Bronienositz ” and 
“ Latnik,” constructed by, 102 
“ Carreaux,” 11 
Carriage, 144 bombards on one, 33 
—— for mountain train gun, dimensions of, 
454 
-for muzzle-pivoting guns, description 
of, 256 
Carron Company, Shrapnel’s memorandum 
to, 391 
Cars introduced for carrying ammunition, 271 
Cartridge (Boxer’s), description of, 244 
— -, number of parts of, 246 
——-, for American breech-loading rifles, 
section of, 242 
— -- mountain train guns, 457 
-Prussian needle gun, section of, 
245 
——--— Snider converted rifle, keeping 
qualities of, 263 
* - Spencer’s repeating rifle, sketch 
of, 249 
-- -use with Snider B.L. ! converted 
Enfield rifles, 243 
——, Lefaucheux pin, ib. 
-, Potet’s central fire, ib. 
--, velocity of projectile, due to elongation 
of, 195 
Casalecchio, Matteo Griffone relates that a 
youth was killed by bombard in 1360 
at, 26 
Case for powder and bullet for Snider converted 
rifle, description of, 262 
Case shot, advantages derived by firing, 394 
-for mountain train gun, 457 
——, results of experiment in 1792 at Chatham 
with, 390 
- (spherical), enumeration of the ad¬ 
vantages of, 395 
• -, letter from Major Spicer, on the 
effects produced by, 401 
—-, rules laid down for practice with, 
396 
——, Shrapnel’s remarks on the flight of, 389 
Cast-iron, uncertain tenacity of, 214 
Cast-iron guns, cause of bursting of, 199 
* -■, cost per ton of, 219 
Cast steel, tensile strength of, 215 
Casualties, Austrian, in campaigns of 1866,383 
■-, Prussian, at Koniggratz, 382 
Catgut fuzes, 417 
Cator, Sir William, B.A., memoir of, xiii 
--, letter from Gen. Peel, acknowledging 
distinguished services of, xxi 
——, letters from Lord Baglan to, xviii, xx 
Cator, Lieut. B.A., on the effect of shrapnel 
shells at Barossa, 410 
Cavalry combat, description of, 411 
—*—, comparison of Austrian and Prussian, 442 
Cavalry, Frederick the Great’s, at battle ot 
Molwitz, 268 
-, rules for conduct of Austrian, 445 
Caves and bone breccia of Gibraltar, recently 
explored, 298-301 
« Cazola,” 35 
Central fire cartridge, Potet’s, 243 
Chamber-loading rifles, 241 
“ Cepi,” 32 
Chandos, Sir John, besieges Montsac, 18 
“Changes in ordnance,” extract from letter 
on the, 417 
Charge for Enfield rifle, weight of, 248 
Charges for American S.B. ordnance, weights 
of, 226 
-— British M.L. built-up ordnance, 227 
——- bronze 68-pr. block guns, 204, 205 
-the Woolwich guns, 211 
-unbushed guns, 197, 198 
-of powder at different periods, variations 
in the, 274 
Chartres, extract from archives of, 5 
Chassepot rifle, mechanical arrangement of, 
241 
Chatham, results of experiment with grape 
and case shot in 1792 at, 390 
Chaucer’s “ House of Fame,” couplet from, 25 
“ Chelsea Pensioners,” extract from, 398 
Chill casting, 231 
•-, Grusen’s patent for, 239 
Chilled ploughshares, manufactured by Messrs 
Bansome, 232 
Chilled shot and shell, Palliser’s, 112, 231 
-, letter from Major Palliser to Capt; 
Majendie on, 238 
--, origin of the, 232 
-projectiles, advantages over steel for 
penetrative purposes, 236 
——-, saving of expense in, 237 
—-—, supersession of steel shell by, ib. 
-—, superior effects after penetration of, 
ib. 
Chingleput, reconnoitred by Lally, 432 
Chioggia, bombards play an important part in 
war of, 29 
Choppagoree, march to, 126 
“ Chronicon Tarvisinum,” description of form 
of bombard in, 32 
Chronograph adapted for measuring the 
varying velocity of a body in motion 
through the air, and for other purposes, 
description of, 161 
-, conditions to be satisfied by, 169 
Chronology of the principal events of the 
campaign of 1866 in Germany, 379 
“ Cippus,” 32 
Coast batteries, Frapp’s B.L. gun suitable for 
the armament of, 72 
——, method of measuring distances of ships 
from, by means of the electric telegraph, 38 
Coast defences, trial of Bussian rifled cannon 
of heavy calibre for, 63 
Cockerill & Co., Messrs, “Koldun” and 
“ Wieschun ” constructed by, 102 
Cocks, Captain, 16th Dragoons, cavalry com¬ 
bat described by, 411 
Coehorns, experiments with, on Acton Common 
in 1760, 388 
Cold blast irons, for Palliser projectiles, 234 
Collins, Lieut. B.E., dangerously wounded by 
explosion of powder barrel, 131 
“ Collistrigium,” 31 
Combined carbon, 234 
