328 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Table II. 
ABSTRACT OF PRACTICE MADE WITH 32-pr. CAST-IRON GUNS RIFLED ON 
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, WITH IMPROVED PROJECTILES, FIRING THEIR 
PROPOSED SERVICE CHARGES. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
0 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
Name of 
competitor 
and gun. 
Date. 
Direction and 
force of wind. 
<*§ 
§ 
5 
o 
6 
£ 
Charge. 
U 
*3 ° 
►I* 
aa 
CD 
| Elevation. 
Mean reduced 
time of flight. 
Ranges. 
Mean diff. of 
range. 
Mean observed 
deflection. 
Mean reduced 
deflection. 
Area of rect¬ 
angle. 
a 
a 
i 
a 
Mean. | 
V 
lbs. 
lbs. 
° 
// 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
Mr B. Britten 
Aug 
2,1861 
\6 
15 
5-000 
50-37 
2 
2-84 
738 
1064 
912 
76-4 
2-6 
2-6 
1,598 
No. 8658. 
k 
3, ... 
> 
15 
5 
6-06 
1725 
2084 
1898 
73-1 
5-6 
3-5 
2,027 
5, 
\ 4-5 
12 
10 
11-56 
3268 
3467 
3396 
52-8 
11-7 
7-6 
3,290 
Mr A. Jeffery 
2, ... 
15 
6-500 
47-94 
2 
2-97 
1036 
1124 
1072 
26-7 
2-3 
1-8 
377 
No. 8460. 
3, ... 
15 
5 
6-43 
2051 
2238 
2155 
38-5 
6-8 
2-9 
892 
5, ... 
» 
12 
10 
11-95 
3524 
36663624 
31-3 
8-9 
7-6 
1,966 
Mr Haddan 
2, ... 
15 
7-000 
54-46 
2 
2-70 
742 
1093 
980 
51-1 
3-1 
3-0 
1,328 
No. 8640. 
3, ... 
14 
)} 
5 
6-49 
1821 
2248 ! 2137 
65-9 
8-1 
7-0 
4,008 
3) 
5, ... 
„ 
12 
„ 
10 
11-66 3377 
3673 
3503 
67-7 
35-7 
9-2 
6,418 
Com. Scott... 
pp 
2, ... 
9 
6-125 
43-76 
2 
3-261094 
1151 
1129 
19-7 
12-3 
7-2 
*415 
No. 9127 
Mr Lancaster 
Sept. 
24, ... 
A 6 
6 
6-000 
50-78 
2 
3-40 
1023 
1242 
1175 
62-4 
6-7 
4-9 
2,568 
No. 9050. 
1 
25, ... 
8 
55 
3-36 
1017 
1238 
1137 
61-3 
2-6 
2-6 
1,261 
>, 
25, ... 
^3 
6 
5 
6-73 
2059 
2213 
.2136 
51-2 
6-8 
6-8 
3,481 
26, ... 
9 
6-68 
1970 
2265 
2128 
57-2 
22-2 
4-1 
2,043 
”, 
26, ... 
j 3 
7 
10 
12-14 
3350 
3566 
3466 
65-9 
61-5 
9-5 
5,913 
27, ... 
| 3 
5 
11-80 
3103 
3583 
3333 
172-6 
31-8 
15-2 
28,326 
French gun 
,, 
24, ... 
7 
5-500 
64-69f 
2 
2-83 
848 
916 
876 
17-9 
2-0 
1-4 
225 
No. 9130. 
” 
25, ... 
8 
2-81 
828 
916 
873 
19-0 
3 - 5 
2-4 
355 
25, ... 
n 
6 
5 
5-87 
1641 
1818 
1721 
50-8 
7-8 
5-0 
2,542 
26, ... 
}) 
9 
6-01 
1664 
17791730 
28-9 
4-9 
3-2 
540 
26, ... 
}) 
7 
10 
10-99 
2949 
3082 3014 
51-7 
8-3 
6-1 
2,965 
27, ... 
5 
11-02 
2888 
3040 2963 
39-0 
25-8 
5-3 
1,066 
Mar. 
9, 1862 
”, 
15 
5-500 
65-54 
2 
2-82 
768 
882 
827 
24-2 
2-03 
1-55 
218 
}) 
9, ... 
15 
5 
5-89 
1584 
17724672 
45-6 
6-19 
2-33 
849 
”, 
9, ... 
,1 
15 
10 
11-02 
2742 
3019 
2891 
84-6 
19-9 
4-40 
2,962 
Shunt gun ... 
Sept. 
24, 1861 
” 
7 
5-500 
56-351 
2 
2-93 
917 
1008 
972 
25-9 
3-3 
1-1 
263 
No. 6842. 
25, ... 
8 
35 
2-91 
898 
974 
934 
16-2 
2-8 
1-4 
199 
25, ... 
}) 
6 
5 
6-27 
1832 
2002 
1940 
63-0 
8-2 
2*5 
1,595 
26, ... 
i} 
9 
6-31 
1883 
2009 
1952 
38-7 
20-0 
2-7 
918 
26, ... 
7 
10 
11-79 
3238 
3402 
3331 
50-3 
55-8 
7-5 
3,560 
”, 
27, ... 
”, 
5 
33 
11-50 
3158 
3317 
3222 
42.0 
38-3 
4-3 
1,953 
Service 32-pr. 
24, ... 
” 
7 
10-000 
31-250 
2 
3-76 
1267 
1373 
1300 
38-0 
1-5 
1-4 
514 
smooth-bore, 
25, ... 
7 
3-41 
1118 
1311 
1154 
20-0 
4-7 
2-3 
443 
No. 7138. 
25, ... 
6 
5 
7-05 
1964 
2174 
2033 
55-2 
24-2 
9-6 
5,296 
26, ... 
9 
}J 
7-12 
1945 
2281 
2038 
84-0 
11-4 
8-9 
6,571 
26, ... 
” 
7 
10 
12-10 
2814 
3126 
2957 
103-6 
51-5 
50-7 
49,644 
”, 
27, ... 
5 
33 
11-54 
2734 
3079 2848 
928 
33-5 
36-2 
36,494 
* This gun burst at the tenth round. 
f These projectiles had been made for a gun with right-handed twist, and in firing them from 
the present gun the iron side of the stud became the bearing side. 
