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INDEX. 
Damaging effect of steel shell weighing 612 lbs. 
against “ Warrior” target, 219 
--power of guns on “Lord Warden” 
target, 428 
Deane, Mr, steel shot, experiment with, 211 
Defences of Mobile, extracts from report of 
Dear Admiral Farragut on the attack on 
the, 441 
Definition of cast-iron, 197 
Derivation of elongated projectiles from rifled 
ordnance, 180 
Description of Armstrong’s (C) percussion 
fuze, Dyer’s pattern, 280 
-- of Boxer’s 2-inch time fuze for 
rifled ordnance, 171 
• - of Maori position at Bangariri, 
New Zealand, 35 
— -of three guns found in the fort 
of Futtehgurh on its capture by Lord 
Clyde in 1858, 361. 
— -, weight, &c., of rope mantelets, 
shewing at what distance they afford pro¬ 
tection from the Enfield rifle, 228 
Despatch, relative to an engagement with the 
Maoris, at Bangariri, New Zealand, on 
the 20th Nov. 1863, 33 
— -forwarded to Dept.-Adjt.-Gen., by 
Major Strover, B.A., ib. 
Desroches, Abbe, on the disasters at Mont S. 
Michel, 11. 
Destruction of confederate ram “ Albemarle,” 
by torpedo, 438 
Diaphragm Shrapnel shells, Col. Boxer’s 
remarks on, 7 
---, interior grooving of, 
156 
Difference of opinion as to form of shot 
best suited for penetrating iron plates, 
212 
Different natures of soil, taken from the para¬ 
pets at Newhaven, weight of, 170 
Dimensions of thick armour plates, 48 
• -of artificial earth parapet at New¬ 
haven, 166 
-- of large gun, preserved at Mont 
S. Michel, 18 
--of small gun, ib. 
-of shell craters in artificial earth, 
168 
-of “Mons Meg,” 30 
Dimensions of “ Bellerophon ” target, 423 
-- of “Lord Warden,” 428 
■- of “ Minotaur,” 419 
-- of “ Small Plate ” 177 
- of “Warrior,” 418 
- of Thomycroft bars, 433 
Dimensions, tonnage, and horse power of 
armour-plated ship “ Bellerophon,” 423 
-of wooden ship “ Lord Warden,” 428 
-of armour-plated ship “Warrior,” 417 
Document of Lord Nelson, on shell firing, 
253 
“ Donderbusmeester,” 306 
Dover Castle, “ shoulder of mutton ” battery, 
• height of, 151 
-“ east demi-bastion,” ib. 
Drayson, Capt., B.A., from shore batteries on 
elevated positions, to find the distances 
of objects at sea, by the aid of the Arm, 
strong gun, 1. 
Drayton, Captain, on the attack of the con¬ 
federate ram “ Tennessee,” 439 
Ducange, extract from document of Bartho¬ 
lomew du Drach, 293 
Duke of Wellington’s opinion shaken with 
regard to Shrapnel shells, 5 
E. 
Earthworks, Newhaven, experiments at, to 
determine whether the Armstrong pillar 
fuze is sufficiently sensitive to explode 
shells on striking, &c., 159 
• -, penetration of different natures of 
projectiles into, 161, 2 
—-, O. S. Committee, on the best mode 
of attack and defence of, in future, 169. 
“ East demi-bastion,” Dover Castle, height of, 
151 
Ebbw Vale Company, steel shot, experiments 
with, 210 
Edinburgh Castle, ancient ordnance, preserved 
at, 30 
Edward III. landing in Normandy, 300 
Effect of shot varying in weight and velocity, 
but with equal vis viva, 43 
Elevating screw, relation of power to weight, 
271 
Elswick Ordnance Company, estimate of cost 
of common shells, 409 
Employment of cannon at Crecy, Muratori 
on the, 298 
Enfield bullet, table shewing the effect of the 
wind upon, at various ranges, 465 
Engineers, corps of, obtained military rank, 
268 
English cannon of the 15th century, preserved 
at Mont S. Michel, in Normandy, 10 
Engraving, from a drawing by Lieut. Bing¬ 
ham, B.A., in 1836, 30 
Examples of actual practice with diaphragm 
Shrapnel shells, 247 
Experiences sur les Shrapnels, extract from, 
on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s use of, in the 
Peninsula, 5 
Experiment made at Shoeburyness, May 1861, 
in order to ascertain what protection 
could be obtained against cast-iron shot, 
from brickwork, faced with iron plates 
of various thicknesses, general results 
of, 201 
-, on 12th and 13th Nov. 1863, to test 
steel, wrought-iron, and cast-iron pro¬ 
jectiles, 57 
•—-, on 8th Dec. 1863, by the Special Com¬ 
mittee on Iron, on a target (20' 9" x 8' 
6 ,/ ) constructed to represent a portion of 
the “Bellerophon” iron-cased frigate, 31 
-, 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 
• -, on 4th Aug. 1864, to test the “ Small 
Plate ” target, 177 
-, on 15th Aug. 1864, to ascertain the 
effect of steel shell fired from a 13*3 // Arm¬ 
strong M.L. wrought-iron shunt rifled 
gun, on an iron-plated vessel, at 2000 yds. 
range, 176 
