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MINUTES OE PROCEEDINGS OE 
Remarks on the employment of the Sextant for observations requiring great 
Precision. By Captain R. W. Haig, R.A. 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on Monday, May 30, 1864. Major-General Sir R. J. 
Dacres, K.C.B. in the Chair. 
On some Phenomena exhibited by Gun-cotton and Gunpowder under special 
conditions of exposure to heat: by P. A. Abel, F.R.S. (Communicated by the 
Secretary, R.A J.) 
Conclusions from the Results of Experiments on Wrought-iron and Steel: by 
Mr David Kirkaldy. (Communicated by Major C. H. Owen, R.A., Professor of 
Artillery, R.M. Academy). 
Experiment carried on at Shoeburyness, on 17th June, 1864, to test the powers 
of resistance to projectiles of the “ Lord Warden” Target. (Contributed by 
Captain E. J. Bruce, R.A.) 
Method of obtaining the distance of objects at Sea (from elevated Shore 
Batteries), without the use of the Spirit-level, and without having to make any 
calculations with Tables of Natural Tangents, &c. By Lieut. H. A. Tracey, R.A. 
On the causes which led to the supersession of the original Shrapnel Shell, and 
the adoption of the Diaphragm pattern. By Captain Vivian Dering Majendie, 
R.A., Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory. 
Report of Ordnance Select Committee, No. 3065, dated November, 6, 1863. 
On the relative penetration into earth of projectiles from Rifled and Smooth-bored 
Guns, and on several varieties of Percussion Euze. Communicated by direction of 
the Secretary of State for War. 
Description of Boxer’s 2-inch Time Euze for Rifled Ordnance. By Captain 
Vivian Dering Majendie, R.A., Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratoiy. 
Experiment at Shoeburyness, on 15th August, 1864, to ascertain the effect of 
Steel Shell fired from a 13‘3" Armstrong M.L. wrought-iron Shunt Rifled Gun, on 
an iron-plated Vessel, at 2000 yds. range. (Communicated by Captain A. Harrison, 
R.A.) 
Experiment at Shoeburyness, on 4th August, 1864, to test the “ Small Plate” 
Target. (Communicated by Captain A. Harrison, R.A.) 
The Derivation of Elongated Projectiles fired from Rifled Ordnance. By Major 
C. H. Owen, R.A., Professor of Artillery, R. M. Academy. 
A few hints upon collecting objects of Natural History. By Mr H. Whitely, 
Curator of the Museum, Royal Artillery Institution. 
Results of Experiments with Projectiles against Iron Armour. (Extracted from 
the Transactions and Reports of the Special Committee on Iron, 1861-1864). 
By Capt. A. Harrison, R.A. 
On the duration of Wooden Carriages in a hot climate. By Lieut.-Colonel H. 
Clerk, R.A., E.R.S. 
Remarks by the Ordnance Select Committee, on a Series of Experiments with 
Rope Mantelets. (Communicated by direction of the Secretary of State for War.) 
On the objections which have been urged against the Diaphragm Shrapnel shells; 
and on the general merits of this construction. By Captain Vivian Dering 
Majendie, R.A, Captain Instructor, Royal Laboratory. 
Contributions to Regimental History (No. I.) By Brigadier-General Lefroy, 
R.A., E.R.S. 
Memoirs of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (No. II.) By Colonel Eorbes 
Macbean, 1743-1779. (Printed from MSS. in Royal Artillery Library, Wool¬ 
wich) . 
Relation of the power to the weight in the various machines, in general use, 
for the mounting, moving, and transporting, of the heavy ordnance, carriages, and 
platforms in the service. Communicated by Captain H. W. Briscoe, R.A. 
