INDEX. 
471 
Himalayas, disappearance of rivers which flow 
from the, 139 
Hime, Lieut, B.A., rough notes on the history 
of field artillery, 265 
Horizontal targets, 48 
Horse artillery, at Neville, battery silenced by 
Boss’ troop of, 399 
■ -- at S. Pe, “make fires to dry the roads,” 
272 
•-, Frederick the Great forms a brigade of, 
268 
-introduced into the British service by the 
Duke of Bichmond, 270 
-—-, services of, at Waterloo, 272 
——, troop inspected by Marshal Marmont 
immediately before the battle of Waterloo, 
ib. 
Horse, breast harness (French) of off wheel, 
283 
Horse Guards, order issued from, on Lt-Gen. 
Whinyates’ relinquishing the command at 
Woolwich, xi 
Horses, artillery, complaint of the defect of, 
271 
-coach, drag great guns to battle, 
267 
-, loss of, at Vittoria, 417 
■ -—-- Waterloo, 400 
Hot blast irons, 234 
Hougomont, effect of shrapnel at, 422 
“ House of Fame,” couplet from, 25 
Human jaws found in Windmill Hill cave, 
Gibraltar, petrified, 300 
— skull found near Forbes’ barrier, 297 
Hunerwasser, official list of Austrian losses at 
the action at, 384 
Hunter, Mr, on the early use of gunpowder 
in England, 17 
Huntercombe inventory of guns, &c. in 1375, 
23 
I. 
“ Iedinorog Bussian boat,” constructed by 
Mr Kudraftseff, 102 
Ijorske works, armour plates manufactured at, 
100 
Impenetration of “ Hercules ” target by the 
heaviest known ordnance, 111 
Imperial Guard at Waterloo, charge of the, 
400 
Implements, flint, 300 
Improvements in artillery, Gribeauval’s, 269 
- materiel, by Duke of 
Wellington, 271 
In action, Benedek’s rules of conduct, 450 
Increasing spiral in Woolwich guns, object of, 
209 
Indenture of 1372 relating to stores in Dover 
Castle, 25 
India, dispatch of Maj.-Gen. Pollock on the 
advance into the feyber Pass in, 423 
Indian experiences of warfare, 422 
Infantry (Austrian), casualties of, at battle 
of Koniggratz, 383 
-, guns told off by twos to battalions of, 
270 
——, Prussian mode of fighting with, 440 
-, rules of conduct for, 445 
Ingliss, Capt., gallant conduct of, at siege of 
Madras, 435 
Initial strain of a gun, 213 
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Initial velocity and retardation of B.L. and 
M.L. guns, experiments to ascertain, 
316 
--—, experiments to ascertain the 
effect of the position of the vent on, 
200 
—————— in Woolwich guns, difference of, 
209 
—-—■——', table shewing the loss of, by 
decrease in the size of the bore, 220 
Inspection of troop of horse artillery imme¬ 
diately before the battle of Waterloo, 272 
Instructions for the I.B. northern army, issue 
of, 440 
Interview with the Vizier of Egypt, 404 
Intrenched camp, Florisdorff, 276 
Introduction of built-up guns, 331 
—r— of horse artillery into the British service, 
270 
Invasion of Bohemia, field telegraph arrange¬ 
ments for, 357 
Invention of prolonge, 265 
Inventory of guns, &c. in 1375, 23 
-of stores for the service of bombards, 
item in, 33 
Iron, analysis of, 234 
• - armour-clad Bussian vessels, 99 
- armour plates, “ Hercules ” target, di¬ 
mensions of, 107 
- } sections shewing bolts, 107, 111 
-, results of practice made in Bussia 
against, 64 
Iron, chilled, for battering, 231 
-, cost per ton, 112, 237 
Iron-clad boat “ Smerk,” engines made by 
Messrs Maudsley, 101 
-boats, double turret, system of build¬ 
ing, ib. 
—— fleet, the Bussian, 99 
• -vessels, (Bussian), trials of practical 
sailing of, 103 
Iron, comparison of price in 1375 and 1865, 10 
• -- cressets, 21 
- field carriages, 63 
-forceps, 21 
■- martells, ib. 
——, mottled, analysis of, 234 
—— plates, law of penetration of, 190 
— -- for Bussian turret boats, 102 
--, practice made against, 64 
-, result of experiments in Bussia, with 
steel projectiles, against, 66 
-- plated Bussian wooden vessels, 99 
— -*, trials of practical sailing of, 103 
—— shot, early use of, 25 
Irons, hot blast, 234 
Issue Bolls of Exchequer, extract from, on 
guns throwing stones, &c., 23 
Italian cannon of 1397, inventory of, 34 
Italy, ancient cannon of, 25 
J. 
Janssens, General, account of battle at Cape 
of Good Hope by, 401, 402 
-, flag of truce sent in at Samerang by, 
414 
—— force, Sir David Baird’s advance to the 
attack of, 398 
-, Napoleon’s farewell of, 413 
Java, defeat of Janssens at, 414 
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