Gunpowder and powder-mills.
Theory of gunpowder, qualities, effect of different sized grains.
Electro-ballistic apparatus, and other modes of proof.
Gun cotton.
Detonating compounds.
Other laboratory preparations.
Small arm ammunition, cannon ammunition, fuzes, rockets, etc.
Manufacture of bullets.
Casting of every description of projectile for smooth-bored and rifled ordnance.
Organization of the Royal Laboratory Department.