INDEX. 
469 
Carriages, probable number out of 1000 that 
will be found serviceable and unserviceable 
after each period of years, 226 
-, returned, &c., which are fit for further 
service, and of those which are unservice¬ 
able, 226 
--, return of, &c., received from Corfu, 
which are found fit for service, shewing 
the date of their make, 222 
——, wooden, on the duration of, in a hot 
climate, 221 
Cast-iron, definition of, 197 
Cast-iron and wrought-iron shot, report on, 
204 
-, conversion of, into malleable or 
wrought-iron by puddling, 198 
-shell, filled with sand or live, in¬ 
effective against iron-plated structures, 
216 
■-shell filled with sand, fired against 
iron plates attached to a scantling of a 
50 gun frigate, ib. 
- - shot, of various natures, table 
showing the effect of, on iron plates and 
targets, 221 
Cast steel shot, made at Tow Law Iron 
Works, 208 
Causes of the deviation of projectiles, uncon¬ 
nected with rifling, 455 
Chads, Capt., R.N., conclusions from experi¬ 
ments made at Portsmouth, 1854, 199 
Chalmers’ compound backing, 52, 423 
• -target, 50 
Charleston harbour, statement of firing by the 
U.S. “New Ironsides” against the fortifi¬ 
cations in, 449 
• -, extract from report of Admiral 
Dahlgren on the services of iron-clads 
before, 446 
Chill casting, Dr Percy on, 202 
Chilled cast-iron shot, Major Palliser’s, 57,178, 
284 
Clark’s target, description and dimensions 
of, 52 
Clay, artificial, mean penetration of projectiles 
into, 161 
Clerk, Lieut.-Col., R.A., on the duration of 
wooden carriages in a hot climate, 221 
Clyde, Lord, three guns found in the fort of 
Futtehgurh on its capture by, 361 
Coleoptera from Vancouver island, descrip¬ 
tion of, 340 
Coles, Capt., R.N., converted ships on plan of, 
425 
- ■ - report by Committee of naval officers 
on sea going shield ships, 444 
Combination of carbon with iron, Dr Percy 
on, 198 
Common shell, competitive trial of, 404, 408 
-, dimensions of, 404 
-, estimated cost of, 409 
Comparative effect of gun-cotton against wood¬ 
work, 73 
- trial of cast-iron and steel shot 
against “Warrior” target, 207 
.-of wrought-iron and cast-iron 
shot, report on, 204 
.-of 68-pr. cast-iron shot made 
of scrap and cast-iron, and shot made of 
Dr Price’s refined iron, 62 
---value of rifled and spherical pro¬ 
jectiles against iron plates, 215 
Comparison of “ work done,” by round-ended 
and flat-ended shot, 213 
Competitive trials of the 7 " guns rifled on 
various systems, 389, 403 
Composition and properties of gun cotton, 66 
-of Boxer’s 2-inch time fuze, 172 
Compound targets, experiments on, 38 
Compressed millboard, weight of, per cubic 
foot, 38 
Conclusions from the results of experiments 
on wrought-iron and steel, 140 
Concrete, natural, composition of, 161 
Confederate ram “ Albemarle,” extracts from 
report of Captain Smith, U.S. Navy to 
Admiral Lee, on, 437 
-, from officer commanding the 
“ Whitehead,” ib 
-, from officer commanding the 
“ Miami,” ib. 
-, from Commander Roe, 438 
Confederate ram “ Tennessee,” extracts from 
report of Lieut. Commander Perkins, U.S. 
Navy, on the, ib. 
-, from Commander Strong, 439 
-, from Capt. Alden, ib. 
-, from Capt. Drayton, ib. 
-, from Lieut. Tyson, ib. 
-, from Lieut. Huntingdon, &c., ib. 
-, from Chief Engineer Hunt, 440 
-, from Lieut. Lull, ib. 
-, from Capt. Marchand, ib. 
-, from Act.-Mast. McCurley and 
Allen, ib. 
-from Lieut. Batcheller, 441 
-from Commander LeRoy, ib. 
“Connoile,” 304, 306 
Construction of “ Bellerophon ” target, 423 
- of “ Chalmers’,” 50 
- of “Clark’s,” 52 
- of “ Lord Warden,” 428 
- of “Minotaur,” 37 
- of “ Small Plate,” 430 
- of “Warrior,” 418 
Contributions to Regimental History, No. I. 
248; No. II. 259 
Contributions to the technology of foreign 
rifled ordnance (No. 1), 343 
Converted ships, on Capt. Coles’ plan, 425 
-on Mr Reed’s plan, ib. 
Cost of common shells, 409 
Cost of hull and fittings of armour-plated 
ship, “Warrior,” 417 
Couplet, from Abbe Desroehes narrative of 
siege of Mont S. Michel, 12 
Crab capstan, relation of power to weight, 271 
“ Crakys of war,” 290 
Cre 9 y, cannon conjectured to have been used 
at, 297 
Cross-bows, their superiority to cannon, 305 
Crushing shot, experiment to shew the force 
required for, 212 
Curious facts connected with damp, on gun¬ 
cotton, 74 
Cylindrical steel shot of 301 lbs, against 7" 
plate, 211 
D. 
Dahlgren, Admiral, extract from letter of, 
relative to the value of iron-clads, 437 
———, extract from report of, on the services 
of iron-clads before Charleston, 446 
