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With regard to the experiments with the 100-pr. spherical shot, it is 
difficult to form an opinion of the comparative merits of the several shot, as 
nearly all of them pierced the plates, and buried themselves in the earthwork 
erected in rear. But the Committee consider that the experiments with the 
smaller shot* are likely to indicate the probable comparative effects of the 
larger shot upon thicker plates, or upon the same plates at a greater range ; 
and think that the list above points out, with as great accuracy as the 
experiments admit of, the order of merit of the several shot. 
