INDEX. 
475 
N. 
Natural concrete, composition of, 161 
- earth, result of experiments with 
Pettman’s L.S. and S.S. fuzes against, 164 
•-, with screw percussion fuzes 
against, ib. 
.— -, with sensitive pillar fuzes 
against, ib. 
--■, with service pillar fuze 
against, ib. 
Natural History, hints upon collecting objects 
of, 191 
Nelson, Lord, document of, on shell firing, 253 
Newhaven, experiments at, to determine whe¬ 
ther the Armstrong pillar fuzeis sufficiently 
sensitive to explode shells on striking 
earthworks, &c., 159 
New Zealand, camp Eangariri, head quarters 
at, 33 
-, despatch relative to an engagement 
with Maoris, at Eangariri on 20th Nov. 
1863, ib. 
-, detachment of “ C ” Field Battery, 
4th Brigade at, ib. 
. -, remarks on the operations of the 
Eoyal Artillery during the campaigns in, 
371 
Noble, Lieut., R.A., on the explosion of burst¬ 
ing charges of shells, 217 
Normandy, Mont S. Michel in, English can¬ 
non of 15th century preserved at, 10 
Notes on the subject of Natural History, 193 
“ Nouvelle Force Maritime,” Col. Paixhan on 
iron armour, 415 
O. 
Official reports of officers of TT.S. Navy, on 
cast-iron projectiles against iron-cased 
vessels, 416 
Operations upon the wreck of the “Mary 
Rose,” 25 
“ Orakau ” pah, 384 
Order of merit of shot tested at Portsmouth 
and Shoeburyness, 202 
Ordnance, ancient, preserved at Edinburgh 
Castle, 30 
Ordnance Select Committee, report of, on the 
relative penetration into earth of projec¬ 
tiles from rifled and smooth-bored guns, 
and on several varieties of percussion 
fuze, 159 
- abstract of reports received from the 
several stations abroad and at home, upon 
the practice made with the diaphragm 
Shrapnel shell, 245 
-, report of an experiment at Shoebury¬ 
ness, 28th Nov. 1864, to test shot made 
of various kinds of steel, &c., 277 
--, on 16th Dee. 1864, and 6 th and 6 th 
Jan. 1865, to test the relative powers of the 
100 -pr. S.B. gun, of 65 tons, and the 7" 
M.L. shunt rifled gun, of 134 cwt., 283 
— -, remarks by the, on a series of experi¬ 
ments with rope mantelets, 227 
- - , report of, on the trial of the 7" 
wrought-iron guns rifled on various 
systems, 389 
--, on the best mode of attack and defence 
in future against earthworks, 169 
“ Orkney butter,” 27 
Osborn, Capt. Sherard, opinion of “Eoyal 
Sovereign” wooden ship, converted on 
Capt. Coles’ plan, 425 
Owen, Major R.A., the derivation of elongated 
projectiles fired from rifled ordnance, 180 
P. 
Paget, Lord Clarence, on our iron-clad fleet, 
417 
-, on the fouling of iron ships, 422 
Paixhan, Col., extracts from “ Nouvelle Force 
Maritime,” on iron armour, 415 
Palliser, Major, chilled cast-iron shot, 67, 178, 
284 
-, opinion of Special Committee on Iron, 
on, 202 
-, bolts, 286 
Parapets at Newhaven, weight of different 
natures of soil, taken from, 170 
Parkhead forge, armour plates manufactured 
at, 38 
Penetration of Armstrong 12-ton gun, 55 
-Horsfall 13" gun, ib. 
— -Whitworth 70-pr., ib. 
--homogeneous projectiles, 41 
■-120-pr. M.L. rifled gun, at 
“ Warrior” target, 206 
-, of different natures of projectiles into 
earthworks, 161 
Percussion fuze, Dyer’s pattern, Armstrong’s 
(C), description of, 280 
Percussionfuzes, result of experiments with, 164 
Percy, Dr, definitions of the properties which 
constitute the distinction in cast-iron, 
wrought-iron, and steel, 197 
——, homogeneous metal, note on, 205 
-, on chill casting, 202 
-on the combination of carbon with 
iron, 198 
-, on the conversion of cast-iron into 
malleable or wrought-iron by puddling, 
ib. 
— -, on the percentage of carbon which 
distinguishes steel from cast-iron, ib. 
Perkins, Lieut. Commander, on the attack of 
of the confederate ram “ Tennessee,” 438 
Peter of Bruges, square cannon of, 305 
Petin and Gaudet, armour plates manufac¬ 
tured by, 431 
Petrarch, on wooden cannon, 296 
Pettman fuzes, experiments with, against 
earthworks, 166 
Phenomena of gun-cotton in rarefied atmo¬ 
spheres, experiments on, 131 
— -exhibited by gun cotton and gun¬ 
powder under special conditions of expo¬ 
sure to heat, 127 
Phillips, Major-General, E.A., brigade orders 
of, 250 
- 5 short memoir of, 248 
Photographic view of guns, left by English at 
Mont S. Michel, 17 
Photography, instruction in, 107 
Pickard, Lieut. E.A. Hd, despatch by, rela¬ 
tive to an engagement with the Maoris, 
at Eangariri, New Zealand, 20th Nov. 
1863, 33 
--remarks on the operations of the Eoyal 
Artillery during the campaigns, in New 
Zealand, in 1861 and ’63, ’64, 371 
