588 
INDEX. 
PAGE 
Chronoscope, the Noble, Description of 371 
Classes formed by members, Assistance 
afforded by R.A. Institution to ... 235 
Coal-mine explosions ... ... ... 265 
Common shell for 7 C Italian field gun ... 395 
... Manufacture of ... ... 123 
... Testing by steam pressure 
for defects . 134 
... Tables of practice at East¬ 
bourne with ... ... 148 
Comparison of Italian, English, and 
German field guns ... 396 
of rifled with smooth-bore 
guns ... ... ... 6 
Cooke, Capt. 22nd Regt., Development 
of field artillery, by . 1 
Copper, its liability to emit sparks by 
sharp friction or percussion. 120 
Counter-arched revetments, Method of 
breaching ... ... ... ... 71 
Crusher gauge, Description of ... ... 368 
Crushing strength of cast-iron ... ... 130 
Curved breaching fire, Choice of point of 
impact in ... ... ... 54 
... fire at Eastbourne experiments, 
Method of laying the gun for 158 
' ... breaching with S.B. guns, 
Instances of . 49 
... by Count Bylandt-Rheidt ... 47 
... Calibre, distance, and charge 
for... ._ ... 74 
... Elevation and charge in ... 59 
Method of laying the gun for 78 
... Observing the effects of ... 83 
practice tables . 85 
with smooth-bore guns ... 49 
D. 
Decentralisation, Proposed system of ... 
Defending a position, Use of artillery in 
Delvigne on the introduction of rifled 
small-arms... 
Demolition fire, Choice of the point of 
contact in 
Denis-de-Vitre, Lt.-Col. R.A.,on erecting 
portable sheers in Cork Harbor for 
lifting 37-ton guns, 1875-6 . 
Density of gunpowder affected by mois¬ 
ture in manufacture ... 
of gunpowder, Importance of ... 
Development of field artillery, by Capt. 
Cooke, 22nd Regt. 
Differencing and interpolating in mathe¬ 
matics ... 
“ Direct ” fire practice with common shell 
at Eastbourne experiments ... 
Drying stove for gunpowder 
Duncan, E., Major R.A., Recent histori¬ 
cal notes connected with the Royal 
Regiment of Artillery, No. I., by 
Dynamite explosions . 
E. 
Earthwork protection against rifled siege 
guns .. 156 
Earthworks for siege experiments at 
Eastbourne .145 
Eastbourne experiments, Notes on ... 145 
227 
118 
4 
56 
413 
106 
88 
1 
162 
147 
111 
379 
281 
PAGE 
Eighty-ton gun, by Major E. Maitland, 
R.A. . 342, 463 
.Electric Chronograph, Description of, by 
Lieut. H. Watkin, R.A. 14 
Elevation for curved fire, Determination 
of. 59 
Enfilade fire, Choice of the point of 
impact in . 57 
English versus German field guns; a 
comparison ... ... ... ... 296 
Experiments in method of “ stoving,” in 
the manufacture of pebble- 
powder . 99 
... to determine the compara¬ 
tive liability of copper, 
gun-metal, and phosphor- 
bronze to emit sparks ... 119 
upon gun-metals ... ... 205 
with 80-ton R.M.L. gun ... 464 
with fire-proof gunpowder 
magazines ... ... 26 
with gun-metal and phos¬ 
phor-bronze ... ... 119 
Explanatory notes on Bashforth’s “ Motion 
of Projectiles,” by Capt. Kensington, 
R.A.159 
Explosion, Accidental . 259 
... by ignition of a mixture of air 
and flcur-dust ... ... 277 
Explosions of gunpowder, A list of some 
remarkable ... ... ,.246 
of small quantities of gun¬ 
powder ... ... ... 24 
Explosives, Reckless handling of ... 285 
E. 
Field, G. T., Col. R.A., Table of weight, 
&c., of carriages, &e., in use with an 
army corps, by. ... ... 333 
Field artillery, Armament of, with rifled 
guns, from 1860-6 ... 6 
... Development of, by Capt. 
Cooke, 22nd Regt. ... 1 
... Early efforts to obtain 
mobility in ... ... 3 
... experience gained during 
the war of 1870-1 ... 11 
experiments at Okehamp- 
ton . 529 
... fire. Considerations affec¬ 
ting the positions to be 
taken up, &c. (R.A. Insti¬ 
tution Prize Essay, 1876) 433 
in Franco-German war ... 11 
progress, The next step in, 
by Lt.-Col. Fox Strang- 
ways, R.A.403 
transition from 1850-60 4 
Field battery gun, heavy 4-pr., proposed 
by Russian Artillery Committee ... 383 
Field-gun carriage, Action of discharge 
upon, by Major W. Kemmis, R.A. ... 43 
Field gun-carriages, Relative strength of 
different forms of brackets and axle- 
trees for... . ... ... 559 
Field gun, The 7 C Italian bronze ... 392 
Proposed Russian ... ... 383 
Field guns, A comparison of English v. 
German . 296 
