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Mallet’s 36-incli mortar of 42 tons ... 206 
Mallet’s 36-inch mortar, No. 1, table of 
practice with ... ... ... ... 214- 
Mallet’s mortar, original design for ... 227 
Mallet, Mr., on partial penetration of 
armour.397 
“ Malta instrument,” for sighting vessels 
at sea ... ... ... ... ... 174 
Manufacture of guns, facility of ... 260 
Manufacture of guns, the present systems 
of.146 
Maps for use of troops in the field ... 610 
Materiel for siege guns and guns of 
position ... ... ... 27 
Maxwell, LL. H., Col. R.A., on breaching 
by indirect fire ... ... 440 
On camel guns . 165 
Metals for guns. ... ... 259 
Metz, description of fortress of... ... 192 
Miller, F., Lt.-Coh, 3R£, on the expendi¬ 
ture of ammunition by field guns ... 289 
Mitrailleuses . ... ... 407 
Mobility of light field artillery, by Lt.- 
Col. G. Carleton, R.A... ‘. 477 
Mobility of field artillery, by Major W. 
Stirling, R.A. ... ... ... ... 280 
Mobility of field artillery, past and 
present, by Lt. H. W. L. Hime, R.A. 
(No. 2).127 
Do. do. do. (No. 3) 455 
Morgan, J. P., Capt. R.A., on a very 
heavy breech-loading gun of novel 
construction ... ... ... ... 145 
Morgan, J. P., Capt., on the determina¬ 
tion of the explosive force of gun¬ 
powder ... ... ... ... ... 413 
Morgan, J. P., Capt., remarks upon paper 
read by Capt. C. O. Browne, R.A., 
“ Our rifled projectiles and fuzes,” by 35 
Mortars, 36-inch, of 1855-8, story of the 203 
Mounting field battery detachments, 168, 249 
Mounting of gunners of field artillery ... 460 
Mounting of twelve 12-ton guns at Malta, 
1870, by 10th Brigade, R.A. ... ... 293 
Multiplying Alidade, or practice register, 
by Major A. Innes, Aberdeenshire 
Artillery Volunteers ... ... ... 483 
Museum of artillery transferred to the 
charge of R.A.I. Committee ... ... 314 
Museum, presentations to ... ... 10 
Muzzle-loading field guns, the most 
suitable metal for ... ... ... 253 
N. 
Noble, A., Capt., experiments with gun¬ 
powder by ... ... ... ... 420 
Noble, W. H., Capt. R.A., observations 
on the comparative penetrative 
superiority of different projectiles, by 72 
Noble, W. H., Capt., on complete pene¬ 
tration of armour plates ... ... 400 
Nolan’s, Capt., range-finding apparatus, 
by Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, R.A. ... 40 
Non-ignition of gunpowder on firing ... 428 
Number of rounds fired by Woolwich 
guns of different calibres ... ... 106 
O. 
Object of placing guns in high sites ... 176 
Observations amongst German armies 
during 1870, by Colonel H. A. Smyth, 
R.A. ... '. ' ... 184 
Observatory, a new telescope for R.A.I. 
Ogival-headed elongated service shot, 
tables of velocities, time of flight, &c., 
of 
Our rifled projectiles and fuzes, a paper 
read at the R.A. Institution, March 8, 
1870, by Capt. C. O. Browne, R.A. ... 
Oxen, use of, for artillery draught 
P. 
Palliser and steel projectiles . 
... Guns, manufacture of ... 
Projectiles, principles of manu¬ 
facture of . 
Pebble powder, observations on use of... 
Penetration of 36-inch shells 
Percussion shells, advantageous and dis- 
ad vantageous use of ... 
Persian camel artillery (plate) ... 
Picric powder 
Positions of magazines... 
Practice with Krupp guns 
Presentation of silver salver to C. L. 
Bloxam, Esq. ... 
Presentations to R.A.I. museum during 
the years 1869-70 and 1870-1 ... 1C 
Prize essay (R.A.I.) of 1871 
Prize firing, discussed ... 
Programme of autumn manoeuvres, 1871 
Proj ectiles for heavy guns 
Proof of gunpowder, explained ... 
Proposal for the drill of gunners of field 
batteries at other than regimental 
exercises,by MajorH. Le G. Geary,R.A. 
Prussian tactics, the reform of, by Lt.- 
Col. C. C. Chesney, R.E. 
R. 
R.A. Institution Prize Essay of 1871 ... 
Range-finder, Captain Nolan’s, described 
Ranges of shells of 35‘6 ins. diameter, 
and an average weight of 2594 lbs., 
at 45° ... 
Re-armament of Gibraltar, by Captain 
J. B. Richardson, R.A. 
Recoil of guns 
Reeves, Lieut., case shot proposed by ... 
Relative powers of Krupp and “Wool¬ 
wich” guns, with the descriptions and 
charges of powders now officially 
adopted ... 
Remarks on the extracts from the Re¬ 
ports and Proceedings of the Ordnance 
Select Committee, Vol. IV., quoted by 
Captain von Doppelmair . 
Report on the Abyssinian expedition, 
translated from the German, by Lt. 
D. F. Jones, R.A. ... . 
Richardson, J. B., Capt. R.A., on the 
re-armament of Gibraltar 
Rifled guns passed into the service up 
to October 31, 1870 . 
Rifled projectiles and fuzes, present 
construction and probable efficiency 
on service, by Capt. C. Orde Browne, 
R.A. ... . 
Rockets, life-saving 
Use of ... 
Rodman’s experiments with gunpowder 
Rotunda museum transferred to charge 
of R.A.I. Committee ... 
I Russian table of ranges and elevations 
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313 
381 
19 
139 
394 
153 
23 
434 
221 
248 
166 
394 
180 
74 
315 
), 308 
328 
37 
499 
20 
56 
182 
240 
328 
40 
220 
172 
266 
25 
123 
107 
448 
172 
106 
19 
409 
337 
422 
314 
443 
