252 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Table IX. 
APPROXIMATE ANGLES OF ELEVATION AND TIMES OF FLIGHT DUE TO 
SHORT DISTANCES WHEN THE ANGLE OF DESCENT IS REQUIRED TO BE 
NOT LESS THAN 10°. 
Elevation. 
20 -pr. 
21-5 lbs. 
40-pr. 
40*5 lbs. 
70-pr. 
69*62 lbs. 
7 -in. howitzer 
or 
110 -pr. gun. 
103*87 lbs. 
7-inch 
mortar. 
87'56 lbs. 
• 
yds. | 
sec. 
yds. | 
sec. 
yds. | 
sec. 
yds. 
| sec. 
yds. | 
sec. 
Charges all in the proportion 0-0211 P. 
8 
410 
3*7 
620 
4-1 
445 
3-7 
480 
4-2 
620 
4-0 
9 
435 
4-1 
660 
4-6 
600 
4-3 
540 
4-6 
570 
4-7 
10 
460 
4-4 
610 
6-2 
650 
4-8 
600 
5-0 
620 
6-6 
11 
480 
4*7 
640 
6-5 
600 
6-3 
665 
6-4 
660 
6-1 
12 
500 
5-1 
680 
6*1 
650 
5-7 
730 
6-8 
705 
6-8 
13 
520 
5*4 
715 
6-7 
690 
6-2 
780 
6-4 
750 
7-5 
14 
635 
5*6 
750 
7*1 
740 
6-7 
830 
7-0 
790 
7-9 
15 
655 
5-9 
780 
7*5 
780 
7*1 
890 
7-6 
830 
8-3 
Charges all in the proportion 0*0236 P. 
8 
480 
4-2 
600 
4*4 
640 
4*2 
560 
4-4 
660 
4-3 
9 
620 
4-7 
655 
4-9 
600 
4-7 
620 
4-9 
615 
4-8 
10 
560 
6*2 
710 
6-3 
660 
5-2 
680 
5-4 
690 
6-4 
11 
595 
5-6 
770 
5*9 
725 
5-7 
740 
5-9 
745 
5-9 
12 
625 
5-9 
830 
6-4 
790 
6*2 
810 
6-4 
800 
6-3 
13 
660 
6-3 
890 
6-9 
850 
6*7 
870 
6-9 
860 
6-9 
14 
680 
6-6 
940 
7-2 
910 
7*3 
930 
7-4 
910 
7-4 
15 
705 
7*0 
1000 
7*7 
970 
7*9 
990 
8-0 
960 
7-9 
The above charges are respectively,— 
lbs. oz. 
For the 20-pr. 0 7 
„ 40-pr. 0 14 
„ 70-pr. 1 7 
„ 7-in. how. \ ^ « 
or 110-pr. gun J 
„ 7-in. mortar 1 14 
dr. 
8 
0 
6 
8 
1 
lbs. oz. dr. 
and 0 8 9 
„ 10 0 
„ 1 10 12 
„ 2 8 9 
„ 2 2 6 
In practice it will be sufficient to take them to the nearest half-ounce. 
Note. —In the fourth column of Table II. p. 233, the quantities are to be divided by 2, 
g having been inadvertently used instead of 2 g. 
