Handbook for Light Artillery - A. B. Dyer

Abscess, [207]
Accidents to carriages, [273]
Accoutrements, cost of, [442]
Adiabatic transformation, [363]
Air-space, initial, defined, [363]
Allowance, projectiles for target practice, [447]
revolver ammunition, [160]
of wagons, [297]
Ammunition, 3.2-inch gun, description of, [96]
3.6-inch gun, description of, [108]
3.6-inch (mortar) description of, [117]
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, [322]
1.65-inch mountain, description of, [6], [7]
3.0-inch mountain, description of, [27-29]
fixed, for field-guns, description of, [87]
1.65-inch, instructions for packing, [18]
how supplied to mountain-batteries, [60], [61]
allowance for target practice, [447]
allowance for revolver practice, [160]
how prepared, [31], [32], [180], [181]
proportion of each kind for mountain-battery, [34]
rounds in box for 1.65-inch, [12]
care of, [178]
how painted, [178]
chest, contents of, [135]
boxes for 1.65-inch, [12]
pack, rounds carried, in [12]
Angle of departure, [364]
of elevation, [364]
of sight, [364]
Animals, salt and vinegar for, [433]
Apothecaries' measure, [485]
Artillery commander, duties of, [376]
corps, [262]
divisional, [262]
transportation by sea, [301]
how stored on shipboard, [301], [302]
disembarkation from shipboard, [303], [314]
transportation by rail, [301]
organization of, [261]
proportion of, in army, [262]
teams, power of, [194]
-wagon, weight and description of, [149]
-harness, [150]
-wagon harness, [157]
Axes, where carried on caisson, [142]
Axle-seats for field-gun carriage, nomenclature, [127]
Armament, how stored on railroad cars, [306]
on shipboard, [302]
Army-wagon, inside measurement, [482]
Austrian light artillery, [121]
mountain-artillery, [70], [71]
gun-pits, [473]

Barley, pounds in bushel, [481]
Barrels, weights and dimensions of, [417]
Barrack chairs, allowance of, [453]
Battalion commander, duties of, [377]
Batteries, the different kinds of, [261]
Battery books and records, [431]
light, enlisted men for, [263]
composition of, [262]
organization of, [263]
present organization, of [434]
commander, duties of, [377]
guard, [181-187]
cost of, [435]
special-duty men allowed, [434]
supply table of ordnance stores for, [445]
tableware and kitchen utensils, [451]
Battery-wagon and forge, weight and description of, [144]
nomenclature, [145]
articles carried on, [145]
storing of implements, [147]
Beans, pounds in bushel, [481]
Beef, pounds in barrel, [481]
Belt, officer's, cost of, [443]
Bivouacs, [288]
Blacking for harness, [62]
Bladder, inflammation of, [207]
irritation of, [207]
Blasting, dynamite, [420]
Blocks, etc., [394]
Blue-grass seed, pounds in bushel, [481]
Boats, buoyancy of, [416]
for bridges, [415]
Books kept in light battery, [431]
Bowbrake, nomenclature and description, [127]
Bowels, inflammation of, [208]
Boxes, capacity of, [482]
Bran-mash, how made, [206]
Bread, rule for making, [69]
Breaking camp, [296]
Breech-block, field-gun, description of, [73]
mechanism, field-gun, action of, [81]
how dismounted, [83]
how assembled, [83]
3.6-inch mortar, [113]
Gatling gun, action of, [331]
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, how assembled, [321]
how dismounted, [320]
Bridges, boat, [415]
floating, [415]
flying, [414]
frame, [406]
lock, [406-408]
sling, [409]
stringer, [411]
trestle, [404]
roadway for, [403]
passage of military, [278]
weights borne by, [402]
Bronchitis, [208]
Bronze-handle for field-gun, [80]
Bruce feed for Gatling gun, [332]
Buoyancy of boats, [416]
of casks, [416]
Burns, [209]
and scalds (men), [478]
Bushel, cubic yards in, [482]

Caisson, field, nomenclature and description, [139]
weights and equipments, [143]
articles carried on, [140]
implements stowed on, [141]
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, [325]
Camp, selection of, [280]
laying out of, [280], [283-287]
duties on reaching, [281]
breaking of, [296]
for mountain-batteries, [67-68]
for battalion of artillery, [286]
-furniture, [494]
-stove, [495]
Canister, general description, [371]
3.2-inch, description of, [96]
3.6-inch, description of, [108]
1.65-inch, description of, [7]
3.0-inch, description of, [29]
how painted, [178]
when used, [372], [387]
Canvas buckets, where carried on caisson, [142]
Cannoneers, 1.65-inch gun mountain-battery, [21]
3.0-inch gun mountain-battery, [34]
Carpenter's and wheelwright's chest, contents of, [145]
Carriages, accidents to, [273]
Carriage, field-gun, description of, [129]
nomenclature, [125]
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, [323]
Gatling gun, [337]
Gardner gun, [351]
Maxim automatic machine-gun, [358]
Carriage, metallic, for machine-gun, [361]
1.65-inch gun, description of, [8]
how packed, [17]
3.0-inch gun, description of, [24]
3.6-inch mortar, description and nomenclature, [114]
field-gun, axle-seat, nomenclature, [127]
bowbrake, nomenclature, [127]
elevating device, nomenclature, [127-129]
care of, [174]
limber, articles carried on, [136]
Cartridge, 1.65-inch gun, how assembled, [32]
-bags, how filled, [180]
-case, how filled, [32]
Cargoes, how packed, [41]
how loaded, [42]
how unloaded, [47]
Carrier-ring, description of, [75]
Cars, horse, dimensions of, [303]
passenger, seating capacity, [306]
Castor beans, pounds in bushel, [481]
Casks, buoyancy of, [416]
Chafing (men), [478]
Cholera morbus (men), [478]
Clothing, allowance of, [452]
and equipment for men on march, [267]
table for calculating, accounts, [492]
weight of, [454]
Clover-seed, pounds in bushel, [481]
Cold, [53]
Collar, steel, description of and how fitted, [154-156]
Colic, spasmodic, [55], [209]
(men), [478]
Commander, artillery, duties of, [376]
battalion, duties of, [377]
battery, duties of, [377]
Cooking, camp, [293]
utensils in field, [265]
Corps, artillery, [262]
duties of chief, [377]
Constipation, [210]
(men), [478]
Cordage, [392]
Corns, [210]
Corn brooms, allowance of, [453]
Corn, how to determine quantity of, [482]
pounds in bushel, [481]
Cracked heels, [211]
Cramp, [56]
Cross-fire, [366]
Curb, [211]
Cubic measure, [483]

De Bange obturator, description of, [77]
Definitions:
Adiabatic transformation, [363]
Air-space, initial, [363]
Angle of departure, [364]
Angle of elevation, [364]
Angle of sight, [364]
Ballistics, exterior, [363]
interior, [362]
Cross-fire, [366]
Density, gravimetric, [362]
of loading, [362]
sectional, [363]
spherical, [363]
Detonation, [363]
Direct fire, [365]
Drift, [365]
Enfilade fire, [366]
Final velocity, [365]
Flanking fire, [366]
Gunpowder, ignition, [362]
inflammation, [362]
combustion, [362]
explosion, [362]
slow, [363]
High-angle fire, [365]
Indirect fire, [365]
Initial velocity, [365]
Jump, [365]
Line of departure, [364]
Line of fire, [364]
of sight, [364]
Oblique fire, [365]
Plane of fire, [364]
Point of mean impact, [367]
Plane of sight, [364]
Probable rectangle, [367]
Probability of fire, [366]
Reduced length, [363]
Remaining velocity, [365]
Reverse fire, [366]
Similar guns, [363]
Similarly loaded guns, [363]
Trajectory, [363]
Velocity of emission, [363]
initial, [365]
remaining, [365]
final, [365]
Deflection, rule for correcting, [95]
Dentition of horse, [196]
Demolition, [427-429]
Destruction of horses, [260]
Detonation, [363]
Diarrhœa, [478]
Direct fire, [365]
Diseases of the horse (see Veterinary Treatment), [200]
mule (see Veterinary Treatment), [53]
Disembarkation from shipboard, [301], [314]
Distances, estimation of, [374]
Distemper, [211]
Ditches, how crossed, [276]
Divisional artillery, [262]
Dressing for harness, [61]
Dried apples, pounds in bushel, [481]
Drift, [365]
Driggs-Schroeder field-gun, [84]
how dismounted, [85]
how assembled, [86]
Drowning, [479]
Drivers, mountain-batteries, instructions for, [62-64]
Dynamite, description of, [420]
how used in blasting, [420]
Dry measure, [484]

Elevating device for field-carriage, [127], [129]
Emetics (men), [480]
Enfilade fire, [366]
England, mountain-artillery, [70]
light artillery, [123]
gun-pit, [474]
Enlisted men, light battery, description of, [263]
equipment and clothing on march, [267]
pay table for, [455]
Equipage, allowance of, [452]
weight of, [454]
Equipment, etc., for officers on march, [265]
of personnel of battery, [264]
for enlisted men on march, [267]
of 1.65-inch mountain-battery, [20]
of 3.0-inch mountain-battery, [34]
weight of, in field-battery, [138]
Exterior ballistics, [363]
Eye, [54]