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ANNUAL REPORT, 1875 - 6 . 
List of Papers published in the “ Proceedings ” during the past year. 
Explanatory Notes on Bashforth’s “Motion of Projectiles.” By Captain E. 
Kensington, R.A., Instructor in Mathematics R.M. Academy ( continued ). 
Bronze Steel. By Captain J. E. Owen, R.A. 
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. 
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, R.H.A., 
in the chair. 
A List of some Remarkable and Important Explosions of Gunpowder which are 
recorded as having occurred previous to 1866. Compiled by Major V. D. 
Majendie, R.A., H.M.’s Inspector of Gunpowder Works. 
Notes on Gunnery Instruction. By Lieut. G. Mackinlay, R.A. 
On Accidental Explosions. A Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution of 
Great Britain, in March, 1875, by F. A. Abel, E.R.S., President of the Chemical 
Society, Vice-President of the Society of Arts and the Society of Telegraph Engi¬ 
neers, Hon. Member of the Royal Artillery and Royal United Service Institutions, &c. 
English versus German Field Guns; a Comparison. By Lieut. S. C. Pratt, R.A. 
Time Fuze, proposed by Lieut. W. Martin, R.A. 
Our Service Small-Arms; their Manufacture and Repair. By Major F. S. 
Stoney, R.A. 
The Application of Professor Bashforth’s General Tables to Problems in Practical 
Gunnery. By Captain J. Sladen, R.A., Professor of Artillery, R.M. Academy. 
Table of the Dimensions, Weight, and Tonnage of Carriages, See., in use with an 
Army Corps. Communicated by Colonel G. T. Field, R.A., Superintendent Royal 
Carriage Department. 
New Garrison Carriages. By Major W. Kemmis, R.A. 
The 80-ton Gun. By Major E. Maitland, R.A., Assistant Superintendent Royal 
Gun Factories. 
Instruments employed by the Committee on Explosives for Investigating the 
Action of Gunpowder in the Bores of Guns. By Captain C. Jones, R.A., Assistant 
in the Experimental Branch of the Director of Artillery’s Department. 
Recent Historical Notes connected with the Royal Regiment of Artillery. (No. I.) 
Brig.-General E. T. Michell. (Communicated by Major F. Duncan, R.A.) 
“ Translation ” published during the year. 
Trial of the 8*7 c.m. Experimental Half-Battery, at the Steinfeld. (Compiled 
from official documents.) Translated from the “ Mittheilungen iiber Gegenstande 
des Artillerie-und Genie-Wesens,” for October, 1874, by Major J. R. Oliver, R.A. 
" Short Note ” published during the year. 
Mounting two 11-in. Muzzle-Loading Rifled Guns on Westmorland Fort, Spike 
Island. By Lieut.-Colonel W. Denis-de-Vitre, R.A. 
Afternoon Lecture delivered at the R.A. Institution during the year. 
C “ Instruments used by the Committee on Explo- 
Captaill C. Jones, R.A.< sives, for ascertaining the Velocity and Pressure, 
C v with the 80-ton and other Heavy Guns.” 
Evening Lecture delivered at the R.A. Institution during the year. 
John Rae, Esq., LL.D ... “ Arctic Experiences.” 
