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APPENDIX. 
A. 
List of Papers published in the “ Proceedings” during the past year. 
Compound Guns, Many-Barrelled Rifled Batteries, Machine Guns, or Mitrailleurs. 
By Captain J. F. Owen, R.A., Captain Instructor, Boyal Gun Factories. 
Annual Report, and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Eoyal 
Artillery Institution, held on May 28, IS74. Colonel E. P. Radcliffe, E.A., in 
the Chair. 
The Constitution and Duties of the Artillery of the Advanced Guard of an Army 
in the Field. By Lieut. S. C. Pratt, E.A. The E.A. Institution Prize Essay of 1874. 
Index, &c., to Yol. VIII. 
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). 
Description of an Electric Chronograph, for the Measurement of minute portions 
of Time, &c. By Lieut. H. Watkin, R.A. 
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. 
Report of Trial of “Fire-proof Gunpowder Magazines.” By Major Y. D. 
Majendie, R.A., H.M.’s Inspector of Gunpowder Works. (Communicated by per¬ 
mission of the Home Secretary). 
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. 
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. 
Recent Improvements in the Manufacture of Pebble-Powder. By Major J. P. 
Morgan, R.A., Assistant Superintendent Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey. 
Notes on Artillery in the Field. By Lieut.-Colonel W. J. Williams, C.B., R.A. 
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 Gun¬ 
powder Works. 
B. 
List of “ Translations” published during the year . 
Use of Rifled Field Artillery. Translated, by permission, from “ Les Conferences 
Militaires Beiges,” by Lieut. C. M. Smith, R.A. 
Extract from the Report of the Swedo-Norwegian Artillery Commission, upon 
