THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
253 
ACCOUNT 
OF 
EXPERIMENT OF 29th DECEMBER, 1862, CONTINUED, ON CAPTAIN INGLIS’S 
SECOND SHIELD, AT SHOEBURYNESS, 3bd MARCH, 1863. 
ICONTEIBUTED BT CAPTAIN E. J. BEUCE, E.A.] 
[For description of Shield, see page 224 ante ]. 
The following guns were used in the experiment 
One 300-pr. Armstrong muzzle-loading shunt gun. Calibre, 9-20". Weight, 11 tons. 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 
One 100-pr. Armstrong muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun. 
One 130-pr.* Whitworth rifled gun. 
One 7-in. Lynall Thomas rifled gun. Weight, 149 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. 
533 
532 
130-pr 
Whit¬ 
worth 
rifled 
gun. 
100 -pr 
smooth 
bore 
Projectile. 
s.s.f 
148 
17-3 
£ • 
o 2 
'S-g 
£.g 
25 25’5 
15 200 
nil 
Effects. 
7-3 
Remarks. 
Struck 3 and 4 planks 3' 4" from 
the bottom; 2" of indent was 
on plank No. 3 j the bulge on 
plank No. 3 measured 1 , 3 // in depth, but the depth of indent on No. 4 could not be 
taken, as part of the shot remained in the indent; the edge of plank No. 3 was 
cracked in the bulge for a length of 1-5"; a narrow crack on plank No. 4 at 1'5 /7 
from the point of impact extending from a bolt-hole to the edge of the plank. 
At the back, slight bulge of *4 " of horizontal plank at seat of blow; lead sheeting, 
at left side of embrasure, pressed out; plank below the one struck gaping *5 // 
from front plank at side of embrasure; vertical frame piece, to left of embrasure, 
slightly curved back. 
H3sphe ... 9*16 „ 13-75 16 „ „ 2-4 jll-3 1461-8 Struck at 2' 2"from the bottom 
rical | x of the target, and 5-5" from 
10-4 the side of the plank; a bolt 
8-5 7/ from the point of impact 
started-3"; the edge of No. 
4 plank was bulged 2"xl-5", 
and the edge of the plank was 
cracked on the bulge for a 
length of 5". At the back, 
the second through bolt from 
the top of the left row, distant 
about 3' from point of im¬ 
pact, was broken; the lead washers of No. 4 through bolt, from the top of the 
same row, squeezed and broken, and angle iron bulged out -S"; the lower hori¬ 
zontal plank, about V beneath the blow, was cracked through vertically; the left 
vertical frame piece was slightly curved, and angle iron at top set back from it. 
Major diameter of shot after fixing 12-2 7/ . 
* Hitherto recorded as 120-pr. f Solid shot, Frith’s steel. 
T Solid shot, wrought-iron. 
[VOL. III.] 
