INDEX. 
473 
Hunt, Chief Engineer, on the attack of the 
confederate ram “ Tennessee,” 440 
Huntingdon, Lieut, 439. 
I. 
Inglis, Capt., R.E., recent gunnery experi¬ 
ments upon iron armour, 37 
■ -, further trial of second casemate shield, 
46 
- on arrangement of material adopted 
in the “ Lord Warden,” 429 
Insects, hints on collecting, 193, 194 
--, list of, 109 
Insurance, R.A. Institution, increase of, 107 
Iron, Special Committee on, extracts from 
report of, 195, 414 
• -, recommend further trial of Capt. 
Inglis’s shield, 44 
Iron armour, Mr Samuda on fortifying wooden 
vessels with, 431 
-, recent gunnery experiments 
upon, 37 
--, results of experiments with pro¬ 
jectiles against, 195 
-, Mr. Holley on first authenticated 
experiment with artillery upon, 414 
Iron-clad fleet, remarks on the construction 
of, 414 
-, Lord Clarence Paget on our, 417 
• -, extract from report of Secretary TT.S. 
Navy, on number of vessels in the, ib. 
-of France, number of vessels in, ib. 
Iron-clads, extract from a report of Admiral 
Golborough to the Secretary U.S. navy, 
on, 445 
• -, Admiral Dahlgren, on the value of, 
437 
-—, Admiral Farragut, ib. 
-, Admiral Lesoffsky’s opinion of, 452 
• -, extracts bearing on the disputed point 
relative to the value of, 437 
-, extracts relating to the attack on con¬ 
federate ram “ Tennessee,” 438 
-, Rear-Admiral Porter’s views on, 450 
-, results of experiments carried on in 
America against, 453 
■ -, return, shewing the number of shots 
fired and hits received by, during opera¬ 
tions against Morris island, by, 446 
Iron plated structures, shell fired against, filled 
with sand, or live, ineffective, 216 
-vessel, experiment to ascertain the 
effect of steel shell fired from a lS'S" Arm¬ 
strong M.L. wrought-iron shunt rifled 
gun, on an, 176 
Iron plates and targets, table showing effect 
produced, by cast-iron, wrought-iron, and 
steel shot, on, 221 
-, shewing the effects of steel pro¬ 
jectiles of various natures, on, 220 
Iron plates, results obtained by Mr Fairbairn 
on, 196 
--, service shell filled with sand against, 
216 
-, effect of A’mstrong shot of various 
weights against, 43 
-•, comparative value of rifled and 
spherical projectiles against, 215 
Iron ships, Admiral Robinson sets against the 
admitted advantages of, the danger of 
getting on rocks in, 422 
Iron ships, Lord Clarence Paget on the fouling 
of, 422 
Iron stringers, of the advantages to be derived 
from horizontal, 432 
-washers, 147 
J. 
Jeffery, Mr, competitive gun, 390 
-, projectiles with leaden bases, 401 
K. 
“ Kalendare of Brute,” 291 
Karsten, on the relation to the percentage 
of carbon which distinguishes steel from 
cast-iron, 198 
Keeping qualities of gun cotton, 73 
Kinburn, first practical test of French armour 
clad vessels at, 416 
Kirkaldy, Mr, conclusions from the results of 
experiments on wrought-iron and steel, 140 
Krupp, Mr, steel shot, experiments with, 210 
-, price per ton, 211 
L. 
Lacabane, M. L., on expedition to attack 
Southampton, 291 
“ Lady of Mollance,” 26 
Laminated armour, Mr Holley on, 421 
■ -, Mr. Hawshaw on, ib. 
Lancaster, Mr, on the best form of shot for 
penetrating iron plates, 
■ -, competitive gun, 390 
Lead-coated projectiles which are unsuitable 
for heavy charges, 396 
Lecture on gun-cotton, abstract of, 76 
Lefroy, Brig.-Gen., R.A. on two large English 
cannon of the 15th century, preserved at 
Mont S. Michel in Normandy, 10 
■ -, contributions to Regimental Hist., 248 
■ -, contributions to the technology of 
rifled ordnance, 343 
Legend of “ Mons Meg,” 25 
Legonier, General Sir John, Colonel en second, 
R. A., 265 
Lehericher, Edouard, extrait from avranchin 
monumental et historique, 21 
Lenk, Baron von, gun cotton not spon¬ 
taneously combustible, 73 
LeRoy, Commander, on the attack of the con¬ 
federate ram “ Tennessee,” 441 
Lesoffsky, Adm., opinion of, on iron-clads, 452 
Letter from A. Marquet, directeur du Mont 
S. Michel, to Prof. Pole, 20 
Lieutenant-fireworkers, pay of, 265 
-, rank suppressed, 270 
Lifting jack, relation of power to weight, 271 
List of the officers of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, as they stood in 1755, 266 
-of English iron-clads, 417 
Lollard, Robert Fabyan records the burning 
of a, 1423,11 
Longevity, instance of, 250 
Lord, J. K., notes on the subject of Natural 
History, by, 193 
-, list of birds collected by, 110 
-of nests and eggs, 337 
■ -of animals, 333 
-— of Coleoptera, 340 
