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Small arms, their manufacture and repair 303 
Smyth, H. A., Col. E.A., Prize Essay for 
1876, by ... 433 
... on the current fortificational 
developments at the German 
fortresses of Posen and Stras- 
burg.483 
Splinters of shells and stones, Distance 
thrown back in breaching . 54 
Steam testing of common shells... ... 134 
Steel-bronze for guns, Adoption by 
Austrian Government of ... ... 213 
Steel for construction of rifled field guns 8 
Sterro-metal, Composition and tensile 
strength of ... ... ... ... 197 
Stoney, F. S., Major E.A., Our service 
small-arms, their manufacture and 
repair, by . 303 
Storage of gunpowder . ... 288 
Stoving of gunpowder ... 94 
Strangways, Lt.-Col. E.A., The next step 
in field artillery progress, by. 403 
Strasburg, Investment and fall of ... 505 
... On the current fortificational 
developments at the fortress 
of ... 488 
Strategical considerations affecting the 
position of an arsenal ... ... ... 215 
Swords used in the British service, 
Table of lengths, weights, &c., of ... 319 
T. 
Table of central-fire breech-loading small- 
arms ... ... ... ... ... 317 
Table of comparison between the Navez- 
Leurs and the Le Boulenge chrono¬ 
graphs ... ... . ... 864 
Table of experiments with 80-ton gun, 
November and December, 1875 ... 350 
Table shewing comparative weights, di¬ 
mensions, &c., of English and German 
field guns . ... ... 296 
Table showing work realised in experi¬ 
ments with 80-ton gun . 350 
Tables showing the field guns and pro¬ 
jectiles of the various continental 
powers ... ... ... 389 
Targets used at Okehampton ... ... 558 
Tensile strength of.bronze ... ... 197 
Tensile strength of cast-iron, wrought- 
iron, and steel ... 
Terreplein, Enfilading a ... 
Testing common shells by steam 
Testing pig-iron for manufacture of shells 
Time fuze, proposed by Lieut. W. Martin, 
E.A. ... ... ... ... 
Time fuze (M.L. wood, experimental), 
supplied to Okehampton Committee... 
Time, Measuring minute portions of ... 
Torpedo explosion in Eoyal Arsenal ... 
Traction, by Major W. Eemmis, E.A.... 
Traction (No. II.), by Major W. Kemmis, 
E.A. 
Trajectories, Approximate method of 
finding ... 
Trajectories, Problem on... 
Transport of gunpowder. 
Traversing platform by external power... 
Trigger action of Martini-Henry rifle ... 
Y. 
Velocity and pressure instruments 
Velocities, Method of taking, with Le 
Boulenge chronograph... 
Von Uehatius, Gen., Experiments with 
“ bronze-steel.”. 
W. 
Waltham Abbey, Manufacture of pebble 
powder at . 
War materiel , Centralisation, as applied 
to the manufacture of, by Capt. C. C. 
Saxton, E.A. 
War materiel, Definition of 
Wardell, W. H., Major E.A., Notes on 
the siege experiments at Eastbourne, 
by . 
Water shell at Okehampton experiments 
Watkin, Lieut. E.A., Description of his 
electric chronograph, by . 
Weight of material for 80-ton M.L.E. 
gun . 
Wheels of field gun-carriages, Considera¬ 
tions respecting the . 
Wheel adopted by Italian Government 
for artillery purposes ... 
Williams, W. J., Lt-Col. E.A., C.B., 
Notes on artillery in the field, by 
Woolwich as a position for an arsenal... 
Y. 
Young,' if. -G., Capt. E.A., Account of 
an expedition up the Bolan Pass to 
Khelat Territory, by. 
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134 
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299 
557 
14 
260 
138 
477 
323 
183 
291 
340 
307 
354 
362 
192 
87 
214 
214 
145 
528 
14 
345 
397 
400 
115 
225 
513 
