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The Development of Field Artillery. Precis of the work “ Development of 
the Materiel , Organisation, and Tactics of Field Artillery, from 1815 
to 1870.” By Captain Cooke, 22nd Regt., Topographical Department. 
(Communicated by the Director of Artillery). 1 
Description of an Electric Chronograph, for the Measurement of minute 
portions of time, &c. By Lieut. H. Watkin, R.A.. 14 
Explanation of Lock Action of “ Gatling Gun.” (In continuation of paper 
published in “Proceedings,” No. 8, Yol. VIII.) By Captain J. F. 
Owen, R.A., Captain Instructor Royal Gun Factories . 22 
Report of Trial of “ Fire-proof Gunpowder Magazines.” By Major Y. D. 
Majendie, R.A., H.M.’s Inspector of Gunpowder Works. (Communi¬ 
cated by permission of the Home Secretary.). 23 
The Action of Discharge upon a Field Gun-carriage, as illustrated by the 
16-pr. M.L.R. Gun of 12 cwt. By Captain W. Kemmis, R.A. 43 
Curved Fire. By Count Bylandt-Rheidt, Major-General in the Austrian 
Service, President of the Technical and Administrative Military Committee. 
Translated from the German by Major J. R. Oliver, R.A... 47 
Recent Improvements in the Manufacture of Pebble-Powder. By Major 
J. P. Morgan, R.A., Assistant Superintendent Royal Gunpowder Factory, 
"Waltham Abbey. .. *87 
Notes on Artillery in the Field. By Lt.-Col. W. J. Williams, R.A., C.B. ... 115 
Experiments to determine the Comparative Liability of Copper, Ordinary 
Bronze (“ Gun-Metal ”), and Phosphor-Bronze to emit Sparks when 
subjected to Sharp Friction or Percussion. By Major Y. D. Majendie, R.A. 
H.M.’s Inspector of Gunpowder Works . . 119 
Manufacture of Palliser Projectiles, Common Shell, and Shrapnel Shell for the 
9-pr. R.M.L. Gun. By Major W. R. Barlow, R.A., Captain Instructor 
Royal Laboratory . 123 
Traction. By Major W. Kemmis, R.A... 138 
Notes on the Siege Experiments at Eastbourne. By Major W. IT. Warded, R.A. 145 
Explanatory Notes on Bashforth’s “ Motion of Projectiles.” By Captain 
E. Kensington, R.A., Instructor in Mathematics R.M. Academy . 159 
Bronze Steel. By Captain J. F. Owen, R.A. 192 
On Centralisation, as applied to the Manufacture of War Materiel. By 
Captain C. C. Saxton, R.A. The R.A. Institution Prize Essay of 1875 214 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on May 20, 1875. Colonel W. C. F. Gosling, 
A List of some Remarkable and Important Explosions of Gunpowder which 
are recorded as having occurred previous to 1866. Compiled by Major 
Y. D. Majendie, R.A., H.M.’s Inspector of Gunpowder Works. 246 
Notes on Gunnery Instruction. By Lieut. G. Mackinlay, R.A. 251 
