490 
INDEX. 
PAGE 
Hydraulic buffer (Italian) for checking 
the recoil of heavy guns ... 410 
... Jack, Advantage gained by use 
of the. 316 
I. 
Infantry, Attack of ... ... ... 126 
... Note on line and column forma¬ 
tions of ... ... ... 130 
... range-finder . 173,206 
tactics. 50 
Initiative of fire, Importance of. 148 
Initial velocities of English and foreign 
field guns ... ' ... ... ... 134 
Intelligence department, Necessity for an 53 
Iron carriages, Principle of construction of 331 
Italian government, System of rifling 
adopted by the... ... ... ... 408 
J. 
“ Jump” of various guns, Experiments 
to ascertain the ... ... ... 259 
K. 
Kernmis, W., Capt. K.A., The princi¬ 
ples of construction of field 
artillery carriages, by ... 325 
... The principles of construction 
of transport carriages, by 335 \ 
Principles of construction of 
wheels and axletrees, by ... 369 
Kingsley, Canon, on the study of natural 
history ... ... ... ... ... 14 i 
“ Kriegs-spiel.” Advantages and disad¬ 
vantages of game of... 71 I 
... Maps, &c., required for 68 
... or game of war, by 
Capt. F. C. H. Clarke, 
E.A. 67 
L. 
Laboratory of an arsenal, Kequirements 
of the ... . ... ... 122 
Lancaster gun, Defect in rifling of ... 382 
Lengths of rifled field guns of principal 
European powers, 1873 ... ... 249 
Lever-sheers, Load safely sustained by... 321 
Limber, Importance of a large number 
of rounds in ... ... ... ... 315 
Losses in men during the various cam¬ 
paigns of the present century. 223 
M. 
Machine guns, their employment and 
advantages generally ... ... ... 424 
Magazines, Arrangements of ... ... 120 
Maitland, E., Major K.A., on the influ¬ 
ence of the wind on the flight of pro¬ 
jectiles ... ... ... ... ... 343 
Majendie, Major It. A., on the influence 
of size of grain on gunpowder 251 
... on the spontaneous ignition of 
oiled cotton or silk-waste ... 225 
Manufacturing departments of an arsenal 121 
PAGE 
March, Length of line of. 33 
of an army, Order of ... ... 471 
Marching, Dates of . 33 
v. Kail, Comparison of, as re¬ 
gards short distances ... 25 
Martini-Henry rifle, Trajectory of the... 75 
Massing of batteries ... ... ... 154 
Mayence, A description of the fortress of 39 
Metz, The town and fortress of, described 40 
Mitrailleurs, Details of construction of 
various. 440, et. seq. 
Employment in fortresses 
or siege works . 433 
Employment in the field of 425 
Employment of, in war of 
1870-1 426 
or machine guns ... ... 419 
... Organisation for field ser¬ 
vice with. ... 432 
Principal desiderata in the 
construction of. 435 
Tactical use of ... ... 429 
The use of... ... ... 154 
Mobility of field artillery ... ... 146 
(No. IV.) by 
Capt. Hime, 
K.A. ... 209 
(No. V.), by do. 281 
... ... Conclusion, by 
do. ... ... 358 
carriages ... 325 
of transport carriages ... 337 
... What is gained in, is lost in 
efficacy of fire ... ... 223 
Moncrieff carriage, Construction of ele¬ 
vator of ... ... ... 311 
... carriages, Positions suitable 
for . 304 
Morgan, J. P., Major K.A., on rifling for 
heavy guns ... ... ... ... 377 
N. 
Napoleon, as an artillery officer... ... 282 
Natural history, the study of ... ... 14 
Noble, A., Captain, on the pressure re¬ 
quired to give rotation to rifled 
projectiles ... ... ... 359 
W. H., Captain K.A., on probable 
rectangles ... ... ... 399 
Nolan’s range-finder . . ... ... 161 
Norwegian system of rifling guns ... 388 
Number of rounds per gun fired during 
the late Franco-German war ... ... 246 
O. 
Observatory, K.A.I., Ke-occupation of... 101 
Offensive combat ... ... ... ... 477 
Orders of battle ... ... ... ... 9 
Owen, J. F., Captain K.A., on compound 
guns, machine guns, or mitrailleurs, &c. 419 
P. 
Palliser shells, Penetrative powers of ... 301 
Palmcrantz mitrailleuse, Construction of 442 
Parabolic system of rifling, Advantages of 360 
Photography, practice of (by officers) 
recommended as an aid to science ... 20 
