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CONTENTS OF THE 
Mittheilungen iiber Gegenstande des Artillerie-und- Genie- TFesens. 
(10th and 11th Parts, 1880.) 
BY 
CAPT. G. C. WYNNE, R.A. 
These numbers contain the following essays, notices, &c.:— 
1. Experiments at Shoeburyness, 1879-1880, with 6-in. and 8-in. 
Armstrong breech-loading guns. From the original report 
by Captain Noble. 
2. The present position of the Question of Fortifications in Italy. 
3. Experiments with the Second 38-ton Gun of the Thunderer. 
This article concludes with the following significant paragraph :— 
(< Although it is undoubtedly clear from the above that the bursting of 
the Thunderer gun was due to double loading and not to any defect 
in its construction, or in the material of which it was made, yet it can 
not be denied that such an accident would be impossible in a breech¬ 
loading gun.” 
4. The Construction of the Railway Bridge over the Save at Brood 
(1878-1879). 
Shorter Articles . 
1. The Spanish Light Field Guns. 
2. The Spanish Time Fuze (M. 1880). 
This seems to bear a strong resemblance to the “ E ” time fuze. 
3. Light Spades for the Spanish Infantry. 
The sheath of the bayonet, which is of wood, forms the handle of the 
