INDEX. 
471 
Experiment at Shoeburyness, on 28th Nov. 
1864, to test shot made of various kinds 
of steel, fired from 68-pi\ and 100-pr. 
Smooth-bored guns, 277 
--, on 16th Dec. 1864, and 5th and 6th 
Jan. 1865, to test the relative powers of 
the 100-pr. S.B. gun, of 6^ tons, and the 
7" M.L. shunt rifled gun, of 134 cwt., 
against “ Warrior” target, 283 
— -- with a spherical steel solid shot of 
168^ lbs. on “ Lord Warden” target, 211 
— -to test the comparative effect of 
hollow-headed and solid shot, 215 
--with wrought-iron shot on Thornycroft 
bars, 204 
Experiments to test spherical steel solid shot, 
made of Bessemer metal, 209 
-with projectiles against iron armour, 
results of, 195 
-to test percussion fuzes, results of, 164 
-on the phenomena of gun cotton in 
rarefied atmospheres, 131 
*-upon iron armour, recent gunnery, 
37 
———, with cylindrical shot fired from a 
smooth-bore gun, 215 
Extract from Colonel Boxer’s remarks on 
diaphragm Shrapnel shells, 7 
-, from chronicles of Giovanni Villani, 
298 
-, from report O. S. Committee on 
Shrapnel shells, 4 
Extracts bearing on the disputed point relative 
to the value of iron-clads, 437 
-, from official reports of officers U.S. 
navy, on cast-iron projectiles against iron- 
cased vessels, 416 
-from report of five naval officers on 
the merits of sea going shield ships, 444 
- from the brigade orders of Major 
General Phillips, in Canada, 1776-7, 250 
Extrait from Avranchin monumental et his- 
torique, par Edouard Lehericher, 21 
--from Histoire geologique,archeologique 
et pittoresque du Mont S. Michel, par F. 
Girard, 23 
F. 
Fabyan, Robert, glimpse of Whittington, 
Lord Mayor of London, 1423, 11 
“ Fair Maid of Galloway,” 26 
Fairbairn, Mr, results obtained by, on iron 
plates, 196 
-•, results of experiments to ascertain the 
resistance of different kinds of shot to 
a force tending to crush them, 212 
Farragut, Rear Admiral, extract from letter of, 
relative to the value of iron-clads, 437 
-, extracts from report of, on the 
attack on the defences of Mobile, 441 
Fastenings, armour plate, damage to, 420 
Fave, Count, drawing of two guns left by 
English at Mont S, Michel, 10 
Fifers, date of establishment in Royal Artillery, 
264 
First trial of steel shot in England, 205 
Firth’s steel shot against “Warrior” target, 
results of, 283 
Flanders, Royal Artillery employed in, 1741, 
263 
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Flat-ended homogeneous metal shot, 206 
-shot, resistance to crushing of, 213 
Flat-headed homogeneous iron shot fired at 
Thornycroft embrasure, 206 
— -steel shot, fired at 4|" plate at¬ 
tached to the “ Sirius,” ib. 
Floating battery “ Trusty,” trial of steel shot 
on, 205 
- target, of the “Warrior” construc¬ 
tion, 63 
Florence, record of priors having authority to 
manufacture cannon for defence of, 289 
Foreign rifled ordnance, contributions to the 
technology of, 343 
Form of shot, best suited for penetrating iron 
plates, difference of opinion on, 212 
- of table recommended for use in shore 
batteries, 3 
Foy, General, on Shrapnel shells, 4 
French gun, competitive trial of, 390 
Froissart, story of, 10 
-, on the use of cannon, 298 
-, on the attack on the “Chatel de 
Sturmelin,” 296 
From shore batteries on elevated positions, 
to find the distances of objects at sea by 
the aid of the Armstrong gun, 1 
Further trial of Capt. Inghs’s second casemate 
shield, 46 
Fuze, Armstrong’s (C) percussion, Dyer’s 
pattern, 280 
— -, Boxer’s 2-inch time, description of 
171 
-, French, description of, 351 
Fuzes, Pettman’s L.S. and S.S., result of ex¬ 
periments with, against artificial and 
natural earth, 164 
-, with screw percussion, against, ib . 
-, with sensitive pillar, ib. 
— -, with service pillar, ib 
G. 
Galloway legend of “ Mons Meg,” 25 
Gardiner, Sir Robert William, R.A., memoir 
of, vii 
Gardner, Col., examples of actual practice 
made with diaphragm Shrapnel shells, 
247 
“ Garros,” 292 
“ Gate ” pah, 385 
“ Gavilokkis,” 27 
General results of experiments at Shoebury¬ 
ness, May 1861, to ascertain what pro¬ 
tection could be obtained against cast-iron 
shot, from brickwork, faced with iron 
plates of various thicknesses, from 2" to 
3 !" 201 
“ Genista ” Cave, Windmill Hill, Gibraltar, 
report on the, 309 
Gentlemen cadets, date of establishment of 
company, 261 
Gibraltar gyn, relation of power to weight, 
272 
Girard, Fulgence, extrait from histoire geo- 
logique et pittoresque du Mont S. 
Michel, 23. 
Golborough, Admiral, report to the Secretary 
U.S. Navy, on iron-clads, 445 
“ Gonnes,” derivation of, 304 
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