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Optional . 
1. Describe briefly the following systems of rifled guns, mentioning their 
respective merits:— 
The Shunt, 
„ Drench, 
„ Whitworth, with its shrapnel shell. 
3 , Lancaster, 
„ Scott, 
„ Blakeley, 
and sketch the breech-loading apparatus of Mr Krupp. 
2. What principle of construction did the 68-pr. carronade represent? How 
were its projectiles originally formed ? When did it perform good service ? 
3. To mount a 10 ton gun on a Martello Tower 25 ft. out of water at high 
tide. Interior diameter of tower 26 ft., breadth of parapet 12 ft., you have a derrick 
20 ft. long, and proportionally stout, and an iron crab; you depend entirely on the 
tower for holdfasts. What size and length of main fall do you require, and what 
arrangements would you make ? Illustrate by sketch, shewing guys, and fastenings. 
4. Describe Mr Hughes’ shield for earthworks. How is it intended to be 
placed ? 
5. Have you formed any opinion as to the value of rockets? Give some 
examples either from personal experience or from reading, of their successful applica¬ 
tion. 
6. Have recent operations in Europe or elsewhere, been much influenced by the 
action of rifled guns ? and have the late Eederal successes at Eort Eisher in any 
way determined the question of ships against land defences ? 
7 c Give some examples of the application of artillery, 
(a) In covering the passage of a river. 
(5) In using case. 
(c) „ „ common shell. 
8. What is meant by a bombardment? Under what circumstances is such an 
operation likely to be successful ? 
9. What artillery reasons can be given for the failure of some of our siege 
operations in the Peninsular and elsewhere ? 
10. Describe the bridge constructed by Colonel Sturgeon of the Staff Corps 
at Alcantara, and Congreve’s proposed bridge for the attack of field works. 
