470 
INDEX. 
Guns, American rifled field, weights, &c., of, 
223 
- and stores in Tower, (Edw. Ill) ac¬ 
count of, 18 
——, Armstrong’s built-up, relative cost per 
ton, 219 
- - - - ■, method of construction of, 217 
— -, testing time fuze for, 321 
—-— at Emmett’s rebellion, no round shot to 
fit the, 271 
—— at Java, gallantly fought, 414 
- - , breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders, test¬ 
ing ammunition for, 325 
- ■■ , bronze, cost per ton, 219 
-, bronze 68-pr. block, 204-206 
-, bursting of B.L. and M.L., with in¬ 
creased charges, 324 
— . , cast-iron, cost per ton, 219 
»■ ' — , comparison of the accuracy of, 45 
-, conduct of escort for, by Benedek, 449 
—— deserted by drivers, 269 
-—, disadvantages alleged against breech¬ 
loading, 328 
■ ■■ , review of, 330 
-, disposition at Leipsic of Tilly’s, 266 
—— drawn by wagoners in smock frocks, 
270 
>—experiments to test the best position of 
vents in, 200 
——, experiments with nine Bussian heavy 
rifled, 59 
——, field, ranges of, at different periods, 
275 
- - for field service, percussion fuze, de¬ 
signed for and adapted to the form of case 
used for shells for, 193 
——, formula for calculating the initial velo¬ 
cities of, 189 
——, formulae for measuring the accuracy of, 
63 
——, Hunter combe inventory of, in 1375, 
23 
—, Krupp’s arrangement, trial of B.L. in 
Bussia, against armour plates with, 
69 
- -—- —, results, ib., 72 
— suited for armament of coast 
batteries, ib. 
— ■ ■ - —. -, for fortress of Cronstadt, 64 
-, longitudinal and tangential strains of, 
213 
-, massing of, 272, 397 
-, method of shrinking on portions of, 217 
——, mountain train, 454 
——, muzzle-pivoting, results of experiments 
with, 254, 259 
-, number of English, atbattle of Eontenoy, 
269 
■ . , order from Bussia for, 62 
-, plan of muzzle-pivoting, 250 
-, preponderance of, at battle of Goojerat, 
397 
—^projecting stones, &e., indenture rela¬ 
ting to, 25 
—, proportion of men at Blenheim, Bami- 
lies, and Malplaquet to, 267 
—, ranges of, at the end of the 18th century, 
from a MSS. note-book of Maior Fry’s, 
275 
—, recent experiments in Bussia with heavy 
rifled, 59 
-, rifled, conditions requisite to ensure ac¬ 
curacy of fire with, 221 
Guns, rifled field, advantages of B.L. and M.L. 
systems, 312 
•-, shells for, 305 
— . . .., weights of, 223 
-, Bussian heavy rifled, testing accuracy of 
fire of, 70 
-, shells for rifled field, 305 
-, steel, relative cost per ton, 219 
-, systems of rifling, 220 
-, taken out of a muddy ditch, experiments 
with, 324 
—— ■ ■, testing of, for accuracy of fire, 45 
- throwing stones, extract from Issue Bolls 
of Exchequer on, 23 
— told off by twos to battalion of infantry, 
270 
-, trials of B.L. and M.L. against stockades, 
319 
-, unbushed 68-pr. 197, 198 
-, variations of, in windage, at various 
periods, 274 
-, Woolwich, their projectiles, charges, &c., 
208 
— ■ ■ -, charges for, 211 
Gun stones and gun founders, in the reign of 
Edw. III., note on, 2 
H. 
Haig, Captain, B.A., on a method of measuring 
distances of ships from coast batteries 
by means of the electric telegraph, 38 
-, remarks on military breech-loading rifles 
and their ammunition, 240 
Hales’ rockets, dimensions of, 457 
-, machine for, 458 
Half-battery (French), equipment for trial 
with bricole, 286 
Hamley, Lieut-Col. B.A., on the effectiveness 
of spherical case, 425 
Hand grenades, details of, at siege of Madras, 
437 
Hanoverian losses at Waterloo, 421 
“ Hanson’s Cave,” Gibraltar, 301 
-, temperature of, 303 
Hardened steel shot, law of penetration of 
iron plates by, 190 
Harding, J., letter to Shrapnel from, 393 
Hard usage and rough work, practical tests of, 
for B.L. and M.L. guns, 314 
Harness, breast (French), memorandum on a 
system of, 283 
• -, opinion of the Colonel Director 
on, 289 
- - , technical expressions relating 
to, 283 
• -, mule, details of, 453 
Heavy rifled guns in Bussia, recent experi¬ 
ments with, 59 
“ Helvyng,” 21 
“Hercules” target, experiment at Shoebury- 
ness to test the resistance, &c. of, 107 
--, dimensions of, ib. 
-impenetrable by the heaviest known ord¬ 
nance, 111 
-, manufactured by Messrs Cammell and 
Co., 107 
-, opinion of results of experiments, 
111 
-, remarks on the trial of, ib. 
—, sections shewing bolts of, 107, 111 
