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INDEX. 
Armstrong 12-ton gun, penetration of, 55 
- -, shot of various weights against 
iron plates, 43 
.-- 12 lb. steel shot, the trial of, ib. 
- -- (C) percussion fuze, Dyer’s pattern, 
280 
-40-pr., practice with, 181, 183 
Arsenical soap, composition of, 192 
Artificial clay, mean penetration of projectiles 
into, 16i 
--earth, dimensions of shell craters in, 
168 
-- - , result of experiment with 
Pettman’s L.S. and S.S. fuzes against, 164 
— -, with screw percussion fuze 
against, ib. 
— -, with sensitive pillar fuze 
against, ib. 
— -—, with service pillar fuze 
against, ib. 
--earth parapet, at Newhaven, dimen¬ 
sions of, 166 
<-horizon, precautions to be taken in 
observing with, 93 
Artillery, corps of, first reviewed by the king, 
264 
--, Irish, formation of, 267 
Atlas Works, Sheffield, thick armour plate 
manufactured at, 429 
Attercliffe Works, Sheffield, steel shot manu¬ 
factured at, 207 
Attwood, Mr, Tow Law Iron Works, steel 
(unforged castings) projectiles of, 57 
— --, steel shot, experiments with, 210 
B. 
Band, B.A., establishment of, 270 
Barbour, John, on “ crakys of war,” 290 
Batcheller, Lieut., on the attack of confederate 
ram “ Tennessee,” 441 
Batt money, 266 
Beale, Messrs, armour plates manufactured 
by, 37, 44 
Belford, Colonel, R.A., 264 
“ Bellerophon,” ship, dimensions, tonnage, and 
horse power of, 423 
—-target, 31, ib. 
--, section shewing the con¬ 
struction of, ib. 
Bessemer metal projectiles, 57 
-steel shot, experiments with, 208—210 
Bingham, Col., R.A., obituary notice of, 95 
Bingham, Lieut., B.A., engraving from a 
drawing by, in 1836, 30 
Birds, list of, 109 
•-nests and eggs from North W. America, 
list of, 337 
-, on preservation of skins of, 192, 193 
Bolton Company, steel shot, experiments 
with, 210 
Bolts, Major Palliser’s, 286 
——, French, 177, 430 
“ Bombards,” 287, 304 
Borgard, Lieut.-General Albert, first colonel of 
Royal Artillery, 259, 265 
Box chronometer, utility of, 93 
- target, 41 
Boxer, Colonel, R.A., extract from remarks 
on diaphragm Shrapnel shell, 7 
Boxer’s 2-inch time fuze for rifled ordnance, 
description of, 171 
-, adapter for, 175 
-, composition of, 172 
Brackenbury, Lieut., R.A., ancient cannon in 
Europe, from their first employment to 
1350, 287 
Brande, Prof., abstract of lecture on gun¬ 
cotton, 76 
“ Brawny Kim,” 26 
Breech loading cannon, ancient, 305 
Brickwork faced with iron, results obtained 
from shell fired at, 216 
Brigade orders of Major General Phillips, in 
Canada, in 1776-7, extracts from, 250 
Briscoe, Capt.R.A., relation of the power to the 
weight in the various machines, in general 
use, for the mounting, moving, and trans¬ 
porting, of the heavy ordnance, carriages, 
and platforms in the service, 271 
British North American Boundary Commis¬ 
sion, list of birds presented by, 110 
Britten, Mr, competitive gun, 390 
Brown, Messrs, Sheffield, Bessemer’s metal 
projectiles manufactured by, 57 
-steel shot against “Warrior” target, 
results of, 283 
-—, experiments with, 219 
-, armour plates of, 37, 48, 57, 283, 429 
Bruce, Capt. R.A., account of experiment at 
Shoeburyness, 8th Dec., 1863, by the Spe¬ 
cial Committee on Iron, on target repre¬ 
senting a portion of the “ 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 
rifled gun, at a floating target of the 
“Warrior” construction, 63 
-, on 17th June, 1864, to test the powers 
of resistance to projectiles of the “ Lord 
Warden,” 147 
-, vote of thanks to, 331 
Bullets, penetration of, with diaphragm Shrap¬ 
nel shells, 241 
Butcher, Mr, steel shot, experiments with, 
210 
C. 
“ Cace,” 307 
Cahors, cannon made at, in 1345, 297 
Calais, cannon used at, by Edw. III., 301 
Cambray, cannon for defence of, 293 
CammeU’s steel tubes, used in competitive 
guns, 390 
Campbell Col., R. A., on hardness of studs, 413 
Cannon arrow, 292 
-, employment of, at town of 
Lille, 307 
Cannon, earliest authentic document relating 
to, 289 
“ Canones,” 288 
Cap tain-Lieutenants, rank of, 270 
Carbines issued to Royal Artillery, date of, 263 
Carr, Capt., R.A., birds presented by, 109 
“ Carreau,” derivation of, 292 
Carriage, muzzle-pivoting gun, 89 
-, new, for “ Mons Meg,” 27 
