INDEX. 
479 
Studs, hardness of, Col. Campbell on, 413 
Studded shot, serviceability of, for sea service, 
412 
Sulphur, cost of, 301 
T. 
Table, blank form of, recommended for use in 
batteries, to obtain ranges above the sea, 3 
*-, comparing accuracy of service breech¬ 
loading 7" gun, and muzzle-loading guns, 
397 
-of general means of competitive 7" 
rifled guns, 395 
—— giving the mean penetration of different 
natures of projectiles at 1060 yds., classed 
with reference to the soil, 161 
-of nominal weights of projectiles of 110 lbs. 
and 100 lbs., used in competitive trial of 
7" guns, 393 
-of practice for range and accuracy of 
competitive 7" rifled guns, 394 
—, shewing at what distance rope mantelets 
afford protection from Enfield rifle bullet, 
228 
--, shewing breaking strain of wrought-iron, 
145 
--, shewing effect produced, by wrought-iron 
shot, on iron plates and targets, 221 
-, shewing practice of 40-pr. Armstrong 
gun, 183-185 
-——, shewing the dimensions of shell craters 
in artificial earth, 168 
-, giving the weight of one cubic foot of 
different natures of soil, taken from the 
parapets at Newhaven, 170 
——, shewing results of experiments to test 
percussion fuzes, 164 
—-, of practice with round 
shot, both loose and riveted to wooden 
bottoms, &c., used with competitive 7" 
rifled guns, 398 
-, shewing the effect of cast-iron shot of 
various natures, on iron plates and 
targets, 221 
-, shewing the effect of the rotation of the 
earth on rifle practice, 464 
—shewing the effect of wind upon an Enfield 
bullet at various ranges, 465 
-, shewing the effect of steel projectiles of 
various natures, on iron plates and targets, 
220 
, shewing the penetration of bullets, the 
result of 180 rounds, with diaphragm 
Shrapnel shells, &c., 241-42. 
-, shewing the results of experiments to test 
percussion fuzes of the service, arranged 
according to calibre, 165 
Target, “ Bellerophon,” 31, 423 
“ Chalmers’,” 50 
“ Clark’s,” 52 
“ Fairbairn’s,” 421 
“ Hawkshaw’s,” ib. 
“ Lord Warden,” 147, 428 
“ Minotaur,” 37, 419 
“ Samuda’s,’' 421 
“ Scott Russell's,” ib. 
“Small Plate,” 177, 432 
“ Warrior,” 67, 63, 176, 418 
Targets, compound, 38 
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Tauranga, 385 
Teak, weight of, per cubic foot, 38 
“ Tennessee,” confederate ram, armament of, 
443 
-, casemate of, 442 
-, description of hull of, ib. 
-, injuries received in action, 443 
Tensile strength of cast-iron, 201 
Thames Iron Works, hammered iron plates, 
37, 63 
Theodolite, Armstrong gun for measuring 
angles, available as a, 1 
“ The Great Murtherer,” 28 
“ Three Thorns of the Carlingwark,” 26 
Triangle gyn, relation of power to weight, 272 
Thick armour plates, dimensions of, 48 
Thornycroft bars, experiments on, 204 
-section shewing the con¬ 
struction of, 433 
*- embrasure, flat-headed homoge¬ 
neous iron shot fired at, 206 
“ Tonnoile,” 306 
Torpedo, confederate ram “Albemarle” de¬ 
stroyed by, 438 
- —- , opinion of American officers on use of, 
ib. 
Tow Law Iron Works, cast steel shot made 
at, 208 
Tracey, Lieut. R.A., method of obtaining the 
distance of objects at sea, (from elevated 
shore batteries), without the use of the 
spirit-level, and without having to make 
any calculations with tables of natural 
tangents, &c., 150 
Transactions and reports of the Special Com¬ 
mittee on Iron, extracts from, 195 
Trial of Mackay’s cylindrical shot, 215 
Trial of the 7" wrought-iron guns rifled on 
various systems, 389 
Description of the guns, 390 
a n carriages, &c., ib. 
n n projectiles, ib. 
n n cartridges, 391 
General results:— 
Lead-coated expanded projectiles, 392 
Endurance, ib. 
Easiness of loading, ib. 
Liability of the projectiles to injury from 
rough usage, ib. 
Recoil, ib. 
Initial velocity, 393 
Range and accuracy, ib. 
Cost of rifling, 395 
a projectiles, ib. 
Value as shell guns, ib. 
Capability of firing round shot, ib. 
Trial of thick armour, 48 
Triangle gyn, relation of power to weight, 
272 
“ Trusty,” floating battery, trial of steel shot 
on, 205 
“ Tubes of thunder,” 287 
Tulloh, Col., R.A., experiments with rope 
mantelets, 231 
“ Tumba Beli,” 12 
Turret ships, extracts from report of five naval 
officers on the merits of, 444 
Turrets of “ Royal Sovereign,” take 30 seconds 
to revolve, 426 
-, cost of, ib. 
Tyson, Lieut., on the attack of the confederate 
ram “ Tennessee,” 439 
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