INDEX 
A. 
A few hints upon collecting objects of Natural 
History, 191 
Abbe Desroches, on the disasters around Mont 
S. Michel, 11 
Abel, F. A., on some phenomena exhibited by 
gun-cotton and gunpowder, under special 
conditions of exposure to heat, 127 
Abstract of O. S. Committee reports, received 
from the several stations abroad and at 
home, upon the practice made with 
diaphragm Shrapnel shell, 245 
Abstract of results of shot practice with 7" 
muzzle-loading gun, rifled on Commander 
Scott’s system, 398 
---, rifled on the French system, 399 
--, rifled on Mr Lancaster’s system, 
400 
— --, rifled in shallow grooves, and firing 
Mr Jeffery’s projectiles with leaden bases, 
401 
--—, rifled in shallow grooves, and 
firing Mr Britten’s projectiles with leaden 
bases, 402 
Account of the final attack and capture of 
Richmond by the federal American army, 
commanded by Gen. Grant, 363 
— -of siege of Mont S. Michel, 12 
Account of experiment at Shoeburyness, 8th 
Dec., 1863, by the Special Committee on 
Iron, on a target representing a portion 
of “ Bellerophon ” iron-cased frigate, 31 
— -, on 12th and 13th Nov. 1863, to test 
steel, wrought-iron, and cast-iron pro¬ 
jectiles, 57 
— -, on 11th Dec. 1863, to test the pene¬ 
trating power of steel projectiles fired 
from a 600-pr. and a 300-pr. Armstrong 
rifle gun at a floating target of the “War¬ 
rior ” construction, 63 
--, on 17th June, 1864, to test the powers 
of resistance to projectiles of the “Lord 
Warden,” 147 
— - - on 4th Aug., 1864, to test the “ Small 
Plate” target, 177 
———, on 15th Aug. 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, 
176 
Accumulated work of Armstrong 9" gun 
against Captain Inglis’s second shield, 46 
■-of Armstrong 300-pr. shunt gun, 47 
--of Lynall Thomas 7" gun, ib „ 
--of Whitworth 130-pr. gun, 46 
Action of shot upon plate armour, Prof. Pole 
on the, 195 
Adapter for Boxer’s 2-inch time fuze for rifled 
ordnance, 175 
Additional list of actions in which the iron¬ 
clads were engaged with the batteries in 
Charleston harbour, while reducing Morris 
Island, 449 
Advantage of the u Warrior ” wood backing, 
Special Committee of Iron, on the, 422 
“ Albemarle,” confederate ram, destroyed by 
torpedo, 438 
“ Albemarle,” confederate ram, extracts from 
officers report to Admiral Lee, on, 437 
■-, ammunition expended against, by 
Captain Smith’s gunboat, ib. 
— --, by “ Miami,” 438 
-—-, by “ Commodore Hull,” ib. 
-, by “ Whitehead,” 437 
-, by “ Wyalusing,” 438 
Alden, Captain, on the attack of confederate 
ram “ Tennessee,” 489 
Ancient bombard, “ Mons Meg,” preserved at 
Edinburgh Castle, 25 
— -- cannon in Europe, from their first 
employment to a.d. 1350, 287 
- ordnance, preserved at Edinburgh 
Castle, 30 
-sculptured stone, shewing appearance 
of “ Mons Meg ” on, 28 
Animals from North. W. America, list of, 333 
Annual Report, 1863-1864, 95 
-1864-1865, 317 
“ Arbal^tes a tour,” 305 
-de deux pieds,” ib. 
Archaeological Journal, extracts from, 25 
Armour-clad vessels, first practical test put to, 
by the French, at Rinburn, 416 
Armour, iron, results of experiments carried 
on in America, against, 453 
Armour plate bolts, French, 177, 430 
- 5 Major Palliser’s, 286 
Armour plates, manufactured by Messrs John 
Brown, of Sheffield, 37, 48, 57,283, 429 
-, manufactured by Petin and 
Gaudet, 431 
-of Messrs Beale, Rotherham, 37,44 
- manufactured at Millwall Iron 
Works, 31, 45,147, 277 
— --, Parkhead forge, 38 
--, Thames Iron Works, 37, 63, 
— -protected by a facing of wood and 
iron, 38 
-— suddenly cooled, 44 
-—'-, thick, trial of, 48 
Armstrong, Mr, placed in command of Com¬ 
pany Royal Artillery, 1746, 262 
Armstrong, Sir W., evidence before Special 
Committee on Iron, of using heavy shot 
at low velocities. 199 
-gun, available as a theodolite for 
measuring angles, &c., 1 
-guns, 12-prs., at engagements in 
New Zealand, 33, 372, 374, 387, 388 
-segment shells, disadvantage of, 8 
-- 9" S. B. gun against Captain 
Inglis’s second shield, 46; accumulated 
work of, ib. 
• -300-pr. shunt gun, 46; accumulated 
work of, 47 
--110-pr. mean penetration of, in 
artificial earthworks, 163 
