THE EOYAL AETILLEEY INSTITUTION - . 
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APPENDIX, No. VL 
AEEANGEMENTS FOE THE CONCLUDING GENEEAL TEIAL OF THE 
COMPETITIVE 32-pe. CAST-IEON SEEVICE EIFLED GUNS. 
August and September, 1861. 
1st. The guns will be mounted in the order :— 
No. 8658. Britten. 
8460. Jeffery. 
9127. Scott. 
8640......... Haddan. 
No. 9050. Lancaster. 
6842. Shunt. 
9130.....,.,. French. 
7138. Service smooth-bore. 
2nd. All will be laid at one object, namely, a cross piece or target. 
At 1000 yds. for 2°. 
2000 „ 5°. 
3000 „ 10°. 
3rd. The range serjeants, under direction of an officer, will ride in after 
every round, with a peg lettered:—■ 
B., J., S., H., &c., and 
Numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. 
and instantly mark the graze. Refer it carefully to mean line of range, and 
and plot down its place accordingly on ruled paper. 
In the subsequent comparison, each shot will be referred to its own mean 
line, and all the deflections reduced to 1000, 2000, and 8000 yds., as the 
case may be. 
4th. To prevent any mistake, a RedTs cone signal to be made, of the 
gun fired, by number. 
5th. All elevations will be absolute, i.e. above the horizon, and be given 
by the same quadrant, with the utmost care—as to its position in the bore of 
the gun, and by the same officer. 
The Committee will request the several inventors, if present, to leave the 
entire management in their hands, and to abstain from all interference in the 
service of the guns. 
6th. The guns all to be fired with the usual precautions against accident. 
The spectators and detachments to retire before each round. 
7th. All the shells will be fired plugged, but with full bursting charges 
in them. 
8th. Fifteen rounds will be fired from each gun at 2° elevation, with the 
inventor’s proposed service charge. 
9th. The same will be repeated at 5°. 
10th. The same will be repeated with 12 rounds at 10°. 
11th. Five rounds will be fired at 2°; five at 5°; and five at 10°, with 
charges of -^th the actual weight of the filled projectiles. 
