626 
INDEX. 
Packing of ammunition for new Austrian 
field guns ... ... ... ... 22 
Palliser shells with wrought-iron points 460 
Penetration of projectiles ... ... 449 
Percussion shrapnel ... ... ... 188 
Personnel of a siege train ... ... 158 
Phipps, E. W., Major E.A., Notes on 
the office work of a garrison battery of 
artillery, by ... ... . 485 
Plevna, Blockade of, and surrender of 
the Turkish army ... ... 369 
Distribution of the forces in¬ 
vesting ... ... ... 377 
Pole-draught for field artillery. 573 
Pressure allowable in the bore of heavy 
guns ... ... ... ... 53 
... and velocity curves with pebble 
and E.L.Gr. powders ... 52 
... per square inch on bore of gun 38 
required to give rotation to 
projectiles ... ... ... 41 
Principles of gunnery 26,237,259,361,425,449 
Prize essay (gold medal) of 1877, by 
Major W. Kemmis, E.A. 89 
do. of 1878, by Lieut. J. K. 
Trotter, E.H.A. ... 313 
... do. of 1879, by Lieut. F. M. 
G-oold-Adams, E.A. .. 505 
... (silver medal) of 1878, by 
Lieut. T. S. Howie, E.A. 330 
do. of 1879, by Capt. 
E. E. Elies, E.A. ... 558 
Projectiles, elongated. Drift of ... ... 361 
.. Examination of, after firing 36 
flat-headed, Drift of... ... 366 
for field artillery, English 
and foreign, Table showing 
comparative weights, &c. 231 
Materials for. 459 
... Motion of, in the air ... 269 
... ogival-headed, Drift of ... 366 
... Penetration of ... ... 449 
... Pressure required to give ro¬ 
tation to ... ... ... 41 
... used with the new Austrian 
field gun ., ... ... 8 
Q. 
Quetta, Description of the town of ... 77 
E. 
Eadcliffe, D., Lieut, E.A., Eeport of the 
operation of moving a 38-ton gun from 
Calcarra Creek to Port San Eocco, 
Malta, and mounting the same, by ... 611 
Eaising 38-ton gun from mud. 139 
Eange, in gunnery, Demonstration of 
the term... ... ... ... ... 28 
Eanges at which shrapnel shell are most 
effective... ... ... ... ... 209 
Eecoil, Velocity of ... . 42 
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Eevolver pistol advocated for armament 
of gunners in lieu of carbine ... ... 531 
Eifling, Determination of the twist of, at 
any point in the bore ... 34 
... of guns, Object of . 26 
... of new Austrian field guns ... 4 
Eocket shells and artillery of the future, 
by Lieut. E. N. Henriques, E.A. ... 292 
Eole of horse artillery in a campaign, by 
Lieut. J. K. Trotter, E.H.A. 313 
Eotation of projectiles ... ... ... 361 
of projectile while passing down 
the bore, Determination of... 35 
required for the stability of an 
elongated projectile... ... 577 
Eoyal Artillery, Historical notices of the, 
by Major F. Duncan, LL.D., E.A....217, 289 
Eudge, S., Capt. E.A., Diary of work 
carried on with 38-ton gun 
for Fort San Eocco, by ... 621 
W. E., Capt. E.A., Method 
adopted in the arming of Cliff 
End Battery, Isle of Wight... 115 
Eussian artillery tactics during the Eusso- 
Turkish war of 1877-8 ... 379 
siege train equipment. 103 
S. 
“ Sam Browne” sword belt, Description 
of ... ... ... . 574 
Sandeman’s (Major) mission to Khclat. 68 
Savile, W. C., Lieut. E.A., Eeport upon 
the means used to land two 12J-in. 
guns at Sliema Pier, conducting them 
to, and mounting them at, Sliema Point 
Fort, Malta, by . 619 
Shell, common, Improvements in ... 523 
Shells, Eocket, and artillery of the future, 
by Lieut. E. N. Henriques, E.A. ... 292 
Shield (steel) for field guns, Suggestion 
for .569 
Shooting, Classification of batteries by 
order of merit in ... ... ... 254 
Shot, Trajectories of, by Mr. Niven ... 274 
Shrapnel fire, by Major S. J. Nicholson, 
E.H.A.173 
Percussion ... ... ... 188 
... shell, Improvements in ... 519 
... Positions of fragments 
after bursting ... 176 
Siege and garrison artillery, Belgian ... 221 
... artillery, Notes on the organisation 
and employment of, by Captain 
E. Walkey, E.A.... ... 433,635 
... batteries, Arming of ... ... 538 
... train, Composition and strength 
of a, by Colonel E. Wray, 
C.B., E.A.149 
. Composition and strength 
of, required for the attack 
of a modern fortress ... 89 
. equipment, Ammunition ... 104 
Sighting of the new Austrian field guns 7 
Sights proposed by Captain French, 
C.M.G., E.A. ...' . 443 
