278 
MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS OF 
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Diameter 
of shot 
Effects. 
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Eemarks. 
6 
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w 
2 
0 
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0 
A 
JP.S'S 
a. a 
29 
908 
* 
Firth & Sons ... 
72*0 
7*91 
/ 
20 
8*45 
7*01 
2*8 
2*25 
Plate cracked behind; shot cracked. 
3C 
909 
f 
Brown (E. L. 
Contract). 
not 
weigh’d 
// 
2*5 
Plate cracked behind; shot very much set 
up. 
11 
890 
II 
Attwood & Co... 
102*0 
8*90 
16 
... 
Stuck in plate, projecting 2 " in front and 
3" behind; large piece of plate carried 
12 
891 
II 
II 
101*0 
8*90 
II 
away. 
Through plate; shot broke up. 
13 
892 
// 
Marsh Brothers 
102*0 
8*865 
II 
9*49 
7*57 
Stuck in plate, piece of plate punched out; 
14 
893 
Bessemer & Co... 
104*5 
shot set up 1"*3, and cracked. 
// 
8*8 
1/ 
... 
Struck edge of plate, and punched a piece 
15 
894 
out 8"*5 x 4 // *5. 
// 
11 
104*375 
8*88 
II 
9*97 
7*27 
... 
Through plate; shot set up 1*6". 
16 
895 
// 
n 
104*0 
8*88 
II 
Through plate 14" from previous shot. 
17 
896 
// 
Naylor, Tickers 
104*375 
8*90 
II 
Grazed edge of plate. 
18 
897 
& Co. 
II 
n 
103*5 
8*90 
II 
Grazed left edge of plate punching a piece 
out. 
Through plate. 
19 
898 
II 
n 
104*375 
8*90 
II 
... 
20 
899 
II 
Heintzmann&Co 
102*0 
8*82 
n 
Through plate. 
21 
900 
II 
11 
102*0 
8*82 
11 
8*95 
8*20 
Through plate 9" from previous shot. 
22 
901 
1/ 
II 
103*5 
8*82 
1/ 
1 
Through plate 13"*5 from top; shot set up 
910 
0 * 6 ". 
31 
II 
Sanderson & Co. 
102*625 
8*864 
II 
1 
Through plate, shot more than half broken 
32 
911 
up. 
n 
11 
103*0 
8*864 
II 
8*92 
8*52 
1 
Through plate, 7 // *5 from bottom; shot set 
912 
up 0"*3. 
33 
a < 
Cammell & Co... 
107-0J 
8*915 
II 
8*88 
8*85 
1 
Through plate; shot set up 0*07 // , 
34 
— 
11 
II 
107*5 
8*915 
II 
Missed. 
35: 
913 
11 
II 
107*0 
8*915 
II 
9*32 
7*82 
1 
rhrough plate, 17 // from centre of 912, and 
14" from 907; shot set up 1"*1. 
36 
— 
u . 
Firth & Sons ... 
104*0 
8*86 
II 
Missed. 
37 
— 
11 
II 
104*0 
8*86 
II 
Missed. 
38! 
914 
11 
II 
194*0 
8*86 
II 
... i 
Struck left edge of plate cutting a piece out 
9 // x 4".5 . shot broke up in 3 or 4 pieces. 
68 -pr. gun. f 100-pr. M. L. W. I. gun, Expl: No. 282. J Including wooden bottoms. 
Prom a consideration of the results of tlie experiments with the 8-in. 
spherical shot from the 68-pr. gun, the order of merit of the shot seems to 
stand as follows :— 
Amount of Set up 
penetration. of shot. 
1 Sanderson. 
2 Marsh. 
3 Firth . 
4 Naylor ■& Vickers 
3*275 inch. 0*54 inch. 
3*12 „ 0-62 /, 
2*96 „ 0-78 „ 
2-76 ,/ 0-89 ,/ 
Amount of Set up 
penetration. of shot. 
5 Cammell. 2*78 inch. 1*30 inch. 
6 Bessemer . 2*87 n 0*99 « 
7 Heintzmann. 2*65 u 0-95 » 
8 Attwood... 2*31 « 1*3 u 
