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Spis treści w j. angielskim:
- Gunnery.
- Definition of gunnery terms.
- The gun.
- Material for ordnance.
- Rifling.
- Muzzle and breech-loading.
- Proportion of weight to calibre.
- The charge.
- Gunpowder and its action in the bore of a gun.
- Quality of the ingredients.
- Proportion of the ingredients.
- Density.
- Hardness.
- Proportion of moisture.
- Size of grain.
- Amount of space occupied by the charge.
- Point of ignition of the charge.
- Length of bore of the gun.
- Calibre.
- Amount of the charge.
- Weight of the projectile.
- Windage.
- Rifling.
- Instruments for measuring pressure and velocity.
- The projectile.
- Forces acting on a projectile in the bore of a gun.
- The force of projection of the powder-gas.
- The rotation imparted by the grooves.
- Forces acting on a projectile during flight.
- The force of projection.
- The force of gravity.
- The resistance of the air.
- The rotation due to rifling.
- The rotation of the carth.
- Variable forces acting on a projectile.
- Variability of the charge.
- Variability of space occupied by the cartridge in the bore.
- Difference of level of wheels.
- Force and direction of wind.
- Effect of projectiles.
- Common shell.
- Shrapnel shell.
- Battering projectiles.
- Case shot.
- Star shells.
- Forces acting on a projectile in the bore of a gun.
- Artillery fire.
- Field artillery.
- Shrapnel shell.
- Common shell.
- Firing at moving objects.
- Practice with reduced charges.
- Siege artillery.
- Garrison and coast artillery.
- Field artillery.
- Ammunition.
- Gunpowder.
- Cartridges.
- Metal- lined cases.
- Zinc cylinders.
- Projectiles S.B.
- Projectiles R.O.
- Fuzes.
- Means of firing ordnance.
- Primers.
- Tin cups.
- Wads.
- Rockets.
- Regulations in making up cartridges.
- Instructions in preparation of shells and fuzes.
- Gas checks.
- Table of cartridges R.O.
- Siege artillery.
- Jetties Sheers Platforms.
- Arming siege batteries by night.
- Drill for 25-pr. , 40-pr. , 64-pr., 6,3-inch, 8-inch and 7-pr. howitzer.
- Unlimbering and shifts.
- Mounting and dismounting.
- Various methods of laying.
- Stowage of ammunition.
- Preparation of ammunition.
- Projectiles.
- Observations on the effects of fire.
- Rockets, description and drill.
- Description of guns, carriages, 64-pr. , 40-pr. , 25-pr. , 7-pr. guns, 8-inch and 63-inch howitzers.
- Detail of a siege train.
- Range tables.
- Packing of siege carriages.
- Use of guncotton for the destruction of guns.
- Garrison guns, carriages, platforms, &c., description of, and drills.
- General instructions.
- Nomenclature of magazines and stores.
- Table of general duties at drill.
- 64-pr. R.M.L., description and drill.
- 7-inch R.M.L., description and drill.
- 9-inch R.M.L., description and drill.
- 10-inch R.M.L., description of.
- 11-inch R.M.L., description of.
- 12-inch R.M.L., description of.
- 10-inch R.M.L., 11-inch, and 12-inch drill.
- 12-5-inch, description and drill.
- Drill by signals.
- R.B.L. ordnance, general observations.
- 40-pr. R.B.L., description and drill.
- 7-inch R.B.L., description and drill.
- S.B. guns, description and drill.
- S.B. howitzers, description and drill.
- S.B. mortars, description and drill.
- Instructions in laying ordnance
- Hydro-clinometer for elevated batteries.
- Material and appliances.
- Cordage.
- Splicing.
- Knots and bends.
- Tackles.
- Chains.
- Levers and handspikes.
- Skids.
- Planks.
- Rollers.
- Scotches.
- Picket posts.
- Holdfasts.
- Strength of rope.
- Friction and stiffness of rope in tackles.
- Uncoiling and stretching rope.
- Theoretical power of machines.
- Cross breaking strain of skids.
- Calculating the weight of spars.
- Specific gravity, &c.
- Elementary instruction.
- To take post and general duties Different orders of lever.
- To raise a gun on to skidding.
- To raise heavy guns on to skidding.
- To slew a gun.
- To cut a gun.
- To pinch a gun.
- To row a gun.
- To parbuckle a gun.
- To move a gun on rollers.
- To place a gun on rollers, planks under them.
- Machines and transporting carriages.
- Triangle gyns.
- Gibraltar gyns.
- Slinging ordnance.
- Crab capstans.
- Crab winch.
- Iron crab.
- Jacks, lifting.
- Jacks, screw.
- Jacks, hydraulic.
- Sling wagon.
- Sling cart.
- Platform wagon.
- Trench cart.
- Hand cart.
- Moving, mounting, dismounting ordnance, carriages, platforms, &c.
- Introductory remarks.
- Mounting and dismounting 64-pr. gun by long skids with rollers.
- Mounting and dismounting 64-pr. gun by parbuckling over the side.
- Mounting and dismounting 64-pr. gun by rolling it over the side.
- Mounting and dismounting 64-pr. gun from a traversing platform.
- Mounting and dismounting 64-pr. gun by watered long skids.
- Shifts 64-pr. gun from one garrison carriage to another, muzzle or breech foremost.
- Shifts 64-pr. gun by slewing.
- Shifts 64-pr. gun on a Moncrieff carriage.
- Shifts 64-pr. gun in casemates, tackles, and overhead bolts.
- Shifts 64-pr. gun from a travelling platform up and down the rear.
- Shifts 80- pr. gun, to raise guns out of trunnion holes, when on traversing platforms.
- Shifts 7-inch R.B.L. gun.
- Shifts 7-inch R.M.L. to 25- ton guns. General observations.
- Shifts 7- inch R.M.L. gun by long skids down the rear.
- Shifts 7-inch R.M.L. gun, dwarf or casemate platform, by means of an 18- feet light gyn.
- Shifts 7- inch R.M.L. gun by long skids down the rear.
- Shifts 7-inch R.M.L. gun, dwarf or casemate platform, by means of an 18- feet light gyn.
- Shifts 7-inch R.M.L. gun on a Moncrieff carriage.
- Shifts 7-inch R.M.L. gun in casemates.
- Shifts 9-inch R.M.L. gun using an 18-feet light gyn and jack, or lever at muzzle.
- To move 9-inch R.M.L. gun on rollers.
- To mount or dismount 9-inch R.M.L. gun by an 18-feet heavy gyn.
- To mount or dismount 9-inch R.M.L. gun by two light gyns.
- To mount or dismount 9- inch R.M.L. gun in C Emplacement.
- To mount or dismount 9-inch R.M.L. gun by long skids down the rear.
- To mount or dismount 9- inch R.M.L. gun by overhead tackles.
- To mount or dismount 9- inch R.M.L. gun by overhead tackles at breech and jack at muzzle.
- To mount or dismount 9- inch R.M.L. gun by jacks alone.
- To mount or dismount 10- inch R.M.L. gun in open batteries.
- To mount or dismount 10 - inch R.M.L. gun in C emplacement.
- To mount or dismount 10-inch R.M.L. gun in casemates.
- To mount or dismount 10-inch R.M.L. gun on small port carriage.
- To mount or dismount 11 and 12- inch R.M.L. guns in open batteries.
- To mount or dismount 11 and 12- inch R.M.L. guns in C emplacement.
- To mount or dismount 11 and 12- inch R.M L. guns in C emplacement with 18-feet heavy gyn and jack.
- To mount or dismount 11 and 12-inch R.M.L. guns in casemates.
- To mount or dismount 35 and 38-ton guns in open batteries.
- To mount or dismount 35 and 38- ton guns in C emplacement.
- To mount or dismount 35 and 38-ton guns by overhead tackles.
- To mount or dismount 35 and 38-ton guns by jacks alone.
- To mount or dismount 38-ton gun by box-beam.
- To mount or dismount 35 and 38-ton guns by overhead tackles and jacks.
- To mount or dismount 38-ton gun by gear in low-roofed casemates.
- Hoisting gear for sea forts.
- Moving heavy guns, general observations.
- 64-pr. R.M.L. gun.
- 80-pr. R.M.L. gun.
- 7-inch R.B.L. gun.
- 7-inch R.M.L. gun.
- 9-inch R.M.L. gun.
- Moving 10-inch R.M.L. guns.
- Moving 11 and 12-inch R.M.L. guns.
- Moving 35 and 38-ton guns.
- Moving, mounting and dismounting wooden sliding carriages.
- Moving, mounting and dismounting wrought-iron sliding carriages.
- Moving, mounting and dismounting Scott's pattern.
- Moving, mounting, and dismounting traversing platform.
- Embarking and disembarking heavy guns by parbuckling.
- Moving, mounting and dismounting mortars.
- Listof stores for mounting, dismounting, and moving, &c., guns of 18 to 38 tons.
- Gun sleighs.
- General observations.
- Temporary sleigh 64- pr. gun.
- Temporary sleigh 7-inch gun.
- Temporary sleigh 9-inch gun.
- Temporary sleigh 10-inch gun.
- Temporary sleigh 25-ton gun.
- Wooden traversing platform used as a sleigh.
- Temporary sleigh for a 9-inch gun trunnions vertical.
- Temporary plank sleighs (7 to 18-ton guns).
- Sheers and derricks.
- Sheers, description.
- To prepare sheers.
- General duties.
- Stores required.
- Light sheers with head lashing.
- Light sheers, raising.
- Light sheers, raising by levers.
- Light sheers with head bolts.
- Light sheers, raising by cheeks of a gyn.
- Light sheers, rigging.
- Light sheers, raising by a derrick.
- Light sheers, with head bolt.
- Medium sheers.
- Heavy sheers.
- Heavy sheers, rigging.
- Heavy sheers, raising and striking
- Heavy sheers, stores required.
- Heavy sheers for 35 and 38-ton guns.
- Heavy sheers, stores required for derrick.
- Heavy sheers, stores required for raising.
- Heavy sheers, moving to the front.
- Heavy sheers, slinging the gun.
- Heavy sheers, striking the sheers.
- Heavy sheers, notes on the gear.
- Placing sheers on towers.
- Placing sheers by means of an inclined plane.
- Placing sheers by means of a derrick.
- Placing sheers, rigging and raising the derrick.
- Preparing the sheers for raising.
- Raising the sheers.
- To place sheers with a double derrick.
- General observations on foregoing.
- Passing guns over a ditch by sheers.
- Gyn sheers.
- Gyn sheers, to prepare and raise.
- Gyn sheers with prypole.
- Lever sheers.
- Derricks.
- Swinging derrick.