INDEX. 
477 
Richardson, Lieut., R.E., causes of the deviation 
of projectiles unconnected with rifling, 
455 
Richmond, account of final attack and capture 
of, by the federal American army, com¬ 
manded by Gen. Grant, 363 
Rifle practice, table shewing effect of the rota¬ 
tion of the earth on, 464 
■ -projectiles, comparative value of, 215 
Rifled ordnance, derivation of elongated pro¬ 
jectiles fired from, 180 
■ -, description of Boxer’s 2-inch time fuze 
for, 171 
-, mean deflections of elongated pro¬ 
jectiles fired from, 186 
Rive-de-Gier, armour plates manufactured at, 
430 
Robe, Col., extract of letter from, to Gen. 
Shrapnel, on accuracy and effect of his 
shell, 4 
Robinson, Admiral, sets against the admitted 
advantages of iron ships, the danger of 
getting on rocks, 422 
Roe, Commander, extracts from report of, on 
confederate ram “ Albemarle,” 438 
Rolled armour plates, 277 
Rope mantelets, description, weight, &c., 
of, 228 
■ -memorandum of, &c., 231 
• -remarks by O. S. Committee, on a series 
of experiments with, 227 
• -, Russian, results of experiments on, 
228 
Rotation of shot, right-handed, 180 
• -, left-handed, ib. 
Rotation of the earth, table shewing effect of 
the, on rifle practice, 464 
Rotherham, armour plates made at Messrs 
Beales of, 44 
Royal Artillery Barracks, foundation of, 270 
— — — -, first instruction of, in infantry 
manoeuvres, 262 
-■ -, at Ostend, 261 
■ --band, establishment of, 270 
- - -, bounty money for recruits, 263 
• -, fund for widows of officers of, 
269 
— -, march of Duke of Marlborough 
with, 268 
-, pay of, 259 
■ -, service of, in East Indies, 262, 
266, 267, 268 
-, service of, with the king of 
Sardinia, 260 
-- -, uniform of, in 1783, 259, 265 
— ■ -, with allied army in Brabant, 
262 
Royal Regiment of Artillery, list of officers as 
they stood in 1755, 266 
-, commissions of officers of, 265 
--, divided into two battalions, 268 
-, first colonel of, 259 
-, first sent to America, 266 
-in Flanders in 1741, 263 
— -, memoirs of the, inl743-’79,259 
---, uniform of N.C. officers and 
men, alteration of, 265 
“Royal Sovereign,” wooden ship, converted 
on Capt. Coles’ plan, 425 
• -Capt. Sherard Osborn’s opinion of, ib. 
• -, turrets of, take 30 seconds to revolve, 
426 
Rules, R.A. Institution, alteration of, 331 
S. 
Saltpetre, cost of, 301 
Samuda, Mr on fortifying wooden vessels with 
iron armour, 431 
-, target, 421 
Sanderson, Mr, steel shot, experiments with 
213 
Scott, Commander, competitive gun, 390 
Scott Russell’s target, 421 
Sculptured stone, ancient, appearance of 
“ Mons Meg ” on, 28 
Second captains of Royal Artillery, king’s 
warrant relating to, 270 
Secretary, R.A. Institution, relative to ap¬ 
pointment of, 107 
Service and special shot, mean deflections of, 
186,187 
Service shell filled with sand, against 2\" plate, 
216 
Seton, Maj., observations on Shrapnel shells, 9 
Sextant, remarks on the employment of the, 
for observations requiring great precision, 
92 
Shaw, Lieut.-Col., R.A., muzzle-pivoting gun 
carriage, 89 
Sheers, relation of power to weight, 273 
-, lever, ib. 274 
Shell craters, in artificial earth, dimensions of, 
168 
-firing, document of Lord Nelson, on, 253 
-, horizontal, earliest public allusion 
to, ib. 
-practice with competitive 7" guns, 404 
Shells fired against brickwork faced with iron, 
results of, 216 
-, steel, experiments with, 57, 63, 176 
Shield, second casemate, of Capt. Inglis, 44 ; 
-, made by Millwall Iron Company, 45 
--, section shewing the construction of, 
434 
Shoeburyness, experiment at, on the 12th 
and 13th Nov. 1863, to test steel, wrought- 
iron, and cast-iron projectiles, 57 
———, 8 th Dec. 1863, on a target, representing 
a portion of the “Bellerophon ” iron-cased 
frigate, 31 
-, on 11 th Dec. 1863, to test the pene¬ 
trating power of steel projectiles fired 
from a 600-pr. and a 300-pr. Armstrong 
rifle gun at a floating target of the “ War¬ 
rior” construction, 63 
-, 17th June, 1864, to test the powers of 
resistance to projectiles of the “Lord 
Warden,” 147 
-, 4th Aug. 1864, to test the “ Small 
Plate” target, 177 
-, 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 
yards range, 176 
-, 28th Nov., 1864, by O. S. Committee, 
to test shot made of various kinds of steel, 
fired from 68 -pr. and 100 -pr. smooth- 
bored guns, 277 
-, 16th Dec. 1864, and 5th 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 
-, practice at, with shot from a 40-pr. 
Armstrong rifled gun, giving right-handed 
rotation, 181 
