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To those officers who have contributed papers to the “ Proceedings/* whose 
names follow their respective contributions in the annexed List, the Committee 
express their sincere thanks,—only regretting that, of the large body of 
Officers representing the Royal Regiment of Artillery, so few (out of the many 
who are competent) embrace this opportunity of converting some of their 
special knowledge and experience into common property, for the good of 
all. They again invite their brother Officers to make use of this mode of 
improving the communication between the scattered units of the Corps for 
the good of the entire Regiment. How much of a practical nature might be 
gathered from the manifold experience in the various climates in which our 
Troops are called to serve ! 
List of tc Proceedingsf printed during the Year . 
On the determination of Range Tables for Rifled Ordnance. By Colonel J. H. 
Lefroy, R.A., F.R.S. 
Remarks on Iron Defences. By Captain H. C. S. Dyer, R.A. 
Reports of Experiments carried on at Shoeburyness by the Special Committee 
on Iron, on the 9th May, 1861, and on subsequent dates. 
Remarks on the System of Ordnance calculated to prove the most efficient against 
Iron-clad Ships and Batteries. By Lt.-Col. Boxer, R.A., E.R.S. 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on Tuesday, May 20, 1862; Major-General Sir R. J. 
Dacres, K.C.B., in the Chair. 
The Question of the Day, or “ Iron Plates 33 versus “ Guns.” By Lieut. W. H. 
Noble, R.A.. M.A. 
Report of the Minister of Marine, Paris, February, 9, 1859, relative to the Proof 
of Rifled cast-iron Guns, and the revision of former Regulations respecting the 
fabrication and proof of all iron cannon for the Imperial Naval Service. Translated 
by Colonel Greathed, C.B., and Colonel J. H. Lefroy, R.A., E.R.S., for the 
Ordnance Select Committee. 
Account of Experiments against Iron Plates, earned on at Shoeburyness, on the 
8th April, 1862. Furnished by Captain E. J. Bruce, R.A. 
Remarks on Permanent Forts and Movable Floating Batteries as a means of 
Defence against the Bombardment of our Arsenals and Dockyards by an Enemy’s 
Ships. By Lieut.-Col. E. M. Boxer, R.A., F.R.S. 
Account of Experiments carried on at Shoeburyness, on the 26th June, 1862. 
Contributed by Captain E. J. Bruce, R.A. 
Account of Experiment carried on at Shoeburyness, on the 7th July, 1862, to 
determine the resisting powers of the “Minotaur” class of Men-of-War. Con¬ 
tributed by Captain E. J. Bruce, R.A. 
On the adaptation of the Cupola of Captain Coles to Modem Fortresses. By 
Lieut. F. Duncan, R.A., M.A., F.G.S. 
Belgian Experiments on the Proof of Gunpowder in 1858. Extracted from a 
Report by Lieut.* Colonel C. W. Younghusband, R.A. 
Extracts from the Report of an Austrian Military Commission on Gun Cotton. 
Contributed by Colonel J. H. Lefroy, R.A., F.R.S. 
Report on Experiments with Navez’s Electro-Ballistic Apparatus. By Captain 
A. Noble, late R.A. 
Description of Navez’s Electro-Ballistic Apparatus, for determining the velocity 
of projectiles. By Lieut. W. H. Noble, R.A., M.A. 
Experiments which took place at Shoeburyness, on the 16th and 25th September, 
1862, in order to test the penetrating power of the Plorsfall Gun. 
