DEPARTMENT H„,TKM MODERN ARTILLERY ILITARY DePARTMEN UKiYERSITY OF CkLimmU., LONDOS: PRINTED BY 8POTTI8TVOODB AND CO., NEW-8TUBKT BQUAHB AND PARLIAMENT STREET THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE ttmu II MillIIIiirB"'^"'- OF MODEEN AETILLERY INCLUDING ARTILLERY MATERIAL, GUiNNERY AND ORGANIZATION AND USE OF ARTILLERY IN WARFARE By LIEUT.- col. C. H. OWEN, R.A. PROFESSOR OP ARTILLKRT, R.M. ACADKMT, WOOLWICH AUTHOR OP 'ELEMENTARY LECTURES ON ARTILLERY' *THE MOTION OP PROJECTILES PROM RIPLED ORDKANCK' ETC. ETC. JSHit^ Numerous |lluslralions SECOND EDITION LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1873 All rights rtserved ^^\'^t//3 TO HIS KOYAL HIGHNESS FIELD-MAESHAL THE DUKE OF CAMBEIDGE KG. G.C.B. K.P. G.C.M.G. COLONEL OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY UNDER WHOM AS GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT Ot*. THE R.M. ACADEMY, WOOLWICH THE WRITER HAS HAD THE HONOUR TO SERVE i;ijis WHoxk is BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS' GRACIOUS PERMISSION §cbiciiljeb