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33. The following table gives an abstract of the results of several 
miscellaneous experiments :— 
Table XIY. 
Nature of 
Projectile. 
Velocity 
at 
Initial 
Gun. 
Charge. 
Remarks. 
Nature. 
Charge. 
Diameter. 
30 Yards. 
Velocity. 
lbs. oz. 
lbs. oz. 
9-pr. brass. 
} 0 14 
Shot 
9 5 
4-080 
1011-2 
1 
pAt 25 yards. 
13* cwt. 
)1 8 
do. 
9 5 
4*080 
1310-9 
— 
J 
| 
f Experiments to 
12-pr., 81 cwt., 
Armstrong. 
}l 2 
S. shell 
9 0 
3-074 
1130-0 
1141*2 
1 
j 
! ascertain the initial 
! velocity of a 9-pr. 
shell with a charge 
lof 1 lb. 2 oz. 
12-pr., 6 cwt., 
Armstrong. 
f Experiments to 
ascertain the initial 
}l 6 
do. 
11 9 
3-074 
1103*4 
1111-8 
•1 
velocities of 12-pr. 
[ shells, bred from a 
112-pr. gun of 6 cwt. 
f Experiments to 
ascertain the dif¬ 
12-pr., 81 cwt., 
Arm. No. 8. 
}l 8 
do. 
11 9 
3-0S4 
1127-6 
1136-3 
i 
-4 
ference in initial 
1 velocity and regu¬ 
larity of two 12-prs., 
12-pr., 81 cwt., 
Arm. No. 224. 
}l 8 
do. 
11 9 
3-084 
1141-8 
1150*6 
the first of which had 
been exposed to the 
weather for several 
jweeks. 
Experiments to ascertain the initial velocity of the old pattern (25 lbs.) projectiles 
fired from 20-pr. guns. 
lbs. oz. 
lbs. oz. 
Long 25-pr. 
f2 8 
S. shell 
25 0 
3-830 
963-8 
968-8 
Armstrong, 
1- - 
do. 
” „ 
1014-4 
1019-8 
R.G.H. No. 384. 
1 2 13 
do. 
” » 
” 
1083-3 
1089-3 
U 2 
do. 
93 93 
}J 
1136-1 
1142-5 
Short 25-pr. 
Armstrong, 
[■2 6 
do. 
874*5 
878-9 
No. 403. 
( Without : 
C ting wads. 
Lubricating wads 
used. 
