478 
INDEX. 
Shoeburyness, practice at, with shot from a 
32-pr. gun rifled on a French principle, 
giving left-handed rotation, 181 
Shore batteries on elevated positions, to find 
the distances of objects at sea &c., by aid 
of Armstrong gun, 1 
--, method of obtaining the 
distance of objects at sea, &c., 150 
Shortened shot, experiments made with, 200 
• -, damaging power of, to iron 
plates, ib. 
Shortridge and Howell, Messrs, homogeneous 
metal and case-hardened wrought-iron 
projectiles, 67 
Shot cast in chill (Palliser’s) against “ War¬ 
rior ” target, results of, 68 , 178, 283 
- -, cylindrical, steel, 301 lbs. against 7" 
plates, 211 
" - ■ varying in weight and velocity, but with 
equal vis viva, effect of, 43 
—— tested at Portsmouth and Shoeburyness, 
order of merit of, 202 
• -, stone, 14 
“ Shoulder of mutton ” battery, Dover Castle 
height of, 151 
Shrapnel, General, advantages of Shrapnel 
shell, 6 
Shrapnel shell, consideration respecting prac¬ 
tical value of, 4 
■ - . , action to bullets of, by bursting charge, 
239 
«■—-, abstract of O. S. Committee reports 
received from the several stations abroad 
and at home, upon the practice made 
with, 245 
--, authorities on the subject of, 9 
———, causes which led to the supersession 
of, and adoption of the diaphragm pattern, 
152 
———, Colonel Gardner’s examples of prac¬ 
tice with, 247 
—, diaphragm, Colonel Boxer’s remarks 
on, 7 
--, Duke of "Wellington’s opinions on, 5 
--, Gurwood’s despatches on, ib. 
--, Major Seton’s observations on, ib. 
--. , on the objections which have been 
urged against the, 234 
relative to eccentricity of, ib. 
«- ■ ■ ■ - , practical value of, 4 
- ■ ■ ■■, table showing the penetration of 
bullets, the result of 180 rounds with 
diaphragm &c., 241-42 
- -, validity of General Shrapnel’s claim 
to the invention of, 152 
Siege of Maune (Le Mans), Eichard Grafton 
on, 10 
Siege train, proper guns for, 169 
Simpson, Lieut.-Commander, statement of 
firings by U.S. iron-clad “ Passaic,” 450 
Sir Arthur Wellesley’s reply to Col Eobe, with 
regard to efficiency of Shrapnel shell, 4 
“ Sirius,” flat-headed steel shot, fired at 4§" 
plate attached to, 206 
Sling wagon, relation of power to weight, 272 
Sloping-plates, Whitworth projectiles, 42 
“ Small Plate ” target, 177, 430 
-, bolts manufactured for, by Messrs Petin 
and Gaudet, ib. 
--, damaging power of guns on, ib. 
- -, dimensions of, 177 
--, section shewing the construction of, 
430 
Smith, Capti U.S., on engagement with con« 
federate ram “ Albemarle,” 437, 438 
Smyth, Major, E.A., account of the final attack 
and capture of Eichmond by the federal 
American army, commanded by General 
Grant, 363 
Southampton, on expedition to attack, 291 
Spatterdashes, black, introduction of, 263 
Special Committee on Iron, experiments car¬ 
ried on by, at Shoeburyness, 8th Dec., 
1863, on target representing a portion of 
the “ Bellerophon ” iron-cased frigate, 31 
-, on chilled cast-iron (Major Palliser’s 
plan), 202 
•-, on damaging power of shortened 
shot on iron plates, 200 
-, extracts from the transactions and 
reports of, 195 
-, Sir W. Armstrong’s evidence 
before, on using heavy shot at low velo¬ 
cities, 199 
-on the advantage of the “Warrior” 
wood backing, 422 
-, on the best form of shot for pene¬ 
trating iron plates, 212 
—-, on the advantages to be derived 
from horizontal iron stringers, in targets, 
432 
--, recommend further trial of Capt. 
Inglis’s shield, 44 
-, report of, on Mr Hawkshaw’s tar¬ 
gets, 421 
Spherical shot, comparative value of, 169, 215 
285 
Spherical steel solid shot, experiment with, on 
“Lord Warden” target, 211 
Spithead, wrought-iron bar and bar-and-hoop 
S ms, recovered from wreck of “ Mary 
ose” at, in 1545, 25 
Square cannon of Peter of Bruges, 304-5 
Stars,precautions to be taken in observing, 93 
Statement of firing by the U.S. steamer “ New 
Ironsides,” against the fortifications in 
Charleston harbour, 449 
-- of firings by U.S. iron-clad “Pas¬ 
saic,” 450 
Steel, Brown’s, 283 
-, Cammell’s, 390 
-, Firth’s, 283 
-, definition of, 198 
-- projectiles of various natures, table 
showing tbe effect of, on iron plates and 
targets, 220 
-shot, Bessemer’s, 208, 209 
-, first trial of, in England, 205 
-, manufactured by Messrs Makin, of After - 
cliffe Works, Sheffield, 207 
•-, puddled, 205 
- shot, trial of, on “Trusty” floating 
battery, ib. 
-shot, Whitworth and Armstrong 12 lb., 
trial of, 43 
• - shell, damaging effect of, against “ War¬ 
rior,” target 219 
-(unforged castings) projectiles, 57 
Stone shot, 14 
St Petersburg, “Warrior” target tested at, 
417 
Strong, Commander, on the attack of the 
confederate ram “ Tennessee,” 439 
Strover, Major E.A., forwarding despatch of 
Lieut. Pickard, from New Zealand to 
Dep.-Adjt.-General, 33 
