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                 Journal Vols. 1 - 18

 

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INDEX BY ISSUE OF JOURNALS

 

Journal Vol. 1 (1989)

 

Bodiam Mortar, the

Smith, R./Brown, R.

Bombarde, Mons Meg and her Sisters

Lyon, D. 

Burn's cards: the use of 19th century ordnance

Caruana, A. B.

Gunner's rule, the, from the Bronze Bell wreck

Konstam, A.

Lidded-breech wrought-iron gun at Southsea castle

Simmons, J.J.

Measuring of cannons, the

Roth, R.

Turret, the pre-history of the

Lyon, D.

32-pdr, Swiss, bronze, 'Mercurius',  (1678)

Roth, R. [N° 223]

 

 

Journal Vol. 2 (1990)

 

A miscellany (black powder ballistics, etc.)

Barker, R.

British Naval Armament (Conference Proceedings)

Ware, C.

Dutch guns and their handling at sea, 17th century

Puype, J.-P.

Gunner's rule, the, or tally sticks, further information

Green, J.

Painting of gun carriages, the

Caruana, A.B.

Pearls from the dungheap: English saltpetre production

Bull, S.

The Loss of the VOC Ship Batavia in 1629

Brown, R.R.

The take-down gun

Blackmore, H.L.

The Tal-y-Bont gunner's rule

Brown, R.R.

War rocket in late Victorian military service, the

Konstam, A.

Wrought-iron ordnance in 1855, the re-introduction of

Braid,D.

 

 

Journal Vol. 3 (1991)

 

Dublin breech-loading swivel gun, the

Hennessy, N. St. J.

Early cast iron gun industry from a MS account book

Barter, S.

Early cast-iron ordnance on the Isle of Man

Smith, R.D.

H. Foxhall and the J. Wilkinson technology in the USA

Braid, D.

James Nasmyth's large malleable iron guns in 1855

Braid, D.

Shot-mould tongs, replica of early 16th century

Simmons, J.J.

Southeast Asian gun technology

Green, J.

18-inch railway howitzer, the

Hall. N.

 

 

Journal Vol. 4 (1992)

 

Alexander Theophilus Blakely

Caruana, A.B.

Artillery at Edgehill re-assessed: 1642-1992

Bull, S.

Iron cannon of 7

Smith, R.D.

Long Cecil: a South African gun

Gander, T.

Ordnance and Empire: Portugal 15/16th century

Braid, D.

Ordnance Board, the: past and present

Armstrong, R.

Si Jagur cannon in Jakarta, historical notes on

Puype, J.-P.

 

 

Journal Vol. 5 (1993)

 

Armour plate, the evolution and process of to 1914

Knight, S.A.

Demolishing a mystery: the 165mm AVRE gun

Gander, T.

Development of gunmaking in Bohemia 1350-1450

Braid, D.

Gunpowder, the manufacture of in France, 1702 (Part 1)

Roberts, D.H.

Longevity of Ordnance, the

Caruana, A.B.

Port pieces: the use of W-Iguns in the 16th century

Smith, R.D.

The historic ordnance at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich

Roth, R.

9-pdr, English, Blomefield, 8'6" 29 cwt, (ca.1800)

Roth, R. [N° 489]

8-pdr, Swedish export, (Dutch), 20 cwt, (1784)

Roth, R. [N° 481]

8-pdr, Danish, Carl Friderichs, design 1683

Roth, R.[N° 480]

8-pdr, Danish, Carl Friderichs, design 1683, (1691)

Roth, R. [N° 169]

6-pdr, English, bronze light, 5'0" 6 cwt, (1850)

Roth, R. [N° 482]

6-pdr, English, bronze light, 5'0" 6 cwt, (1855)

Roth, R. [N° 485]

6-pdr, English, Blomefield, 6'0" 18 cwt (ca.1820)

Roth, R. [N° 490]

3-pdr, English, bronze medium, 4.0" 3 cwt (1807)

Roth, R. [N° 483]

3-pdr, English, bronze medium, 4.0" 3 cwt (1813)

Roth, R. [N° 484]

12-pdr howitzer, English, Millar, sea service, 3'8" (1849)

Roth, R. [N° 486]

10-inch howitzer, English, bronze, (1791)

Roth, R. [N° 479]

13-inch mortar, English, bronze, LS (1779)

Roth, R. [N° 478]

5½-inch mortar, English, bronze, (1800)

Roth, R. [N° 487]

5½-inch mortar, English, bronze, (1811)

Roth, R. [N° 488]

 

 

Journal Vol. 6 (1994)

 

A Bronze Saker for England's Henry VIII, (from the sea)

Armstrong, D.R.

Basilisk, (Doppelschlange), Swiss, bronze, (1514)

Roth, R. [N° 292]

Demi-Culverin Drake, English, 9'0" 20 cwt (1638)

Roth, R. [N°   26]

Drakes, a note on

Towes, R.M./McCree

Gunpowder, the manufacture of in France, 1702 (Part 2)

Roberts, D.H.

Guns of the Queen's Ships during the Spanish Armada, the

Trollope, C.N.

Minion Drake, extra., English, bronze, (1638)

Roth, R.[N° 491]

Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda, the

Timbers, K.

Renaissance Man, the (15/16th century Master gunners)

Roth, R.

Wade, Dahlgren and Rodman: influence on US iron guns

Olmstead, E.

6-inch disappearing hydro-pneumatic guns in New Zealand

Garie, F.

 

 

Journal Vol. 7 (1995)

 

Brierley Hill Foundry Order Book, 1812-1825, the

Robins, C.

Bourbon Fuse: an explosive invention, the

Canisius, W.G.M.H.

First Book of the Brazilian Government, (artillery treatise)

Barker, R./de Castro

Gunnery instruments and their makers in the 18th century

Millburn, J.R.

Legermuseum in Delft, Netherlands, the

Puype, J.-P.

Maratha artillery: from Dabhoi to Assaye

Cooper, R./Wagle, N.

Orford gun, the (from the sea)

Roth, R.

Saker, Spain, bronze, 11'6" (ca.1540)

Roth, R. [N° 709]

Saker, Spain, bronze, 10'0" (1555)

Roth, R. [N° 345]

50-pdr Perrier, Portugese, bronze 'Selvagem' (1627)

Roth, R. [N° 447]

30-pdr Perrier, Portugese, bronze 'Camelo' (1627)

Roth, R. [N° 211]

 

 

Journal Vol. 8 (1996)

 

Construction of a late 17th Century Spanish Carriage, The

Armstrong, D.R.

French Sea Service Iron Guns, (Translation D. Roberts)

Boudriot, J.

Musèe de l'Armèe in Paris, The

Perot, J.

Nineteenth Century Pneumatic Guns

Day, J.

Portugese India 1525, A Gun List

Barker, R.

Russian Guns in Ireland

Hennessy, N. St.J.

48-pdr 'Leao' Portugese, 18 palmo's, (1594)

Roth, R. [N° 364]

 

 

Journal No 9 (1997)

 

Gerald Bull’s Legacy

Gander, T.

William Hale and his rockets

Winter, F.H.

A Wrought Iron gun for early 16th Century Sea Service

Armstrong, D.R.

Two Culverins from The Revenge

Trollope, C.N.

An Armstrong Controversy

Day, J.

French Sea Service Brass Guns

Boudriot, J.

 

 

Journal No 10 (1998)

 

A glance at Ricochet

Barker, R.

S.E. Asian Cannon: the Museum of the Phillipines Lantaka

 

Collection (Part 1)

Peralta, J.T.

Gun Drill in the French Revolutionary Navy

Roberts, D.R.

Guns of York Redoubt, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canfield, E.B.

An Engaging Transatlantic Puzzle

Olmstead, E.

Sir W.G. Armstrong’s 10-inch 20-ton RML Gun: A Replica Project

Garie, F.

Artillery and the Spanish Civil War

Henry, C.T.

Fort Nelson: The Royal Armouries Museum of Artillery

Hall, N.

 

 

Journal No 11 (1999)

 

Ordnance from a Late 16th Century Wreck, Alderney

McElvogue, D.M.

A Cossack Gun

Morgan, R.

A Proportinal Ordinance for Ordnance?

Barker, R.

Portuguese Naval Carriages in the Late 16th Century

Alves Salgado, A.A.

Alexander Theophilus Blakly - an Addition

Mills, M.

Switzerland’s Bison: a Fortification Gun Study

Gander, T.J.

S. E. Asian Cannon: the Museum of the Phillipines Lantaka

 

Collection (Part 2)

Peralta, J.T.

The Steam Gun

Day, J.

Gunpowder, The History of an International Technology

Roth, R.

 

 

Journal No 12 (2000)

 

The Polish gun wreck

Brinck, N.

The Groenlo gun: An assessment

Trollope, C.

A gift for the Sultan of Morocco

Brown, R.R.

Gunfounding in the Weald

Hodgkinson, J.S.

The cannon foundry at Jaigarh

Gander, T.J.

Cannon on Historic Monument Sites: a personal recollection

Carpenter, A.C.

The History of rifling

Day, J.

Casting shot in the 16th century

Smith, R.D.

Comment: The Alderney Wreck gun – saker or minion?

Brown, R.R.

 

 

Journal No 13 (2001)

 

Finbankers

Frantzen, O.L.

A carriage and cast-iron cannon at Windsor Castle

Smith, R.D.

Thomas Westerne: The Great Ironmonger

Brown, R.R.

Bersham ironworks and John Wilkinson, cannon founder

Williams, A.L.

From the inside out: Moulding and casting the bore of a 17th century

 

bronze cannon

Keith, D., Rodriguez, J.

The technology of casting cannon

Murphy, S.

Bronze cannon at Essaouira, Morocco

Starley, D., Batt, C.

 

 

Journal No 14 (2002)

 

Casting and firing a replica of the Loshult gun

Hansen, P.V.

Gun carriages in a notebook of Portuguese field artillery

Barker, R.

A description and appraisal of ordnance from three Spanish Armada

 

transports c 1588

McEvogue, D.M.

The design and evolution of English cast-iron guns from

 

1543 to 1600

Trollope, C.

Protecting Gibraltar: George III’s present to the Emperor of

 

Morocco

Brown, R.R.

Guns for the Monitors: Developing the XV-inch Dahlgren

 

smoothbore

Canfield, E.B.

Lytteton’s LEO – A new 105-mm gun concept

Gander, T.J.

Comment on The History of Rifling by John Day

Trollope, C.

 

 

Journal No 15 (2003)

 

A reassessment of the gun illustrated in the Walter de Milemete

 

and Pseudo-Aristotle manuscripts

DeVries, W.

The breakthrough of the 1540s in the casting of iron ordnance

Awty, B.G.

A gunner’s rule from the Mary Rose

Hildred, A.

The Bishopsgate Artillery Garden and the first English ordnance school

Walton, S.A.

Some guns in the Ukraine

Morgan, R.

Armstrong’s protected barbette mechanical-loading system

 

for South Australia

Garie, F.

A new forme of greate artillerie: An early 17th century invention

Smith, R.D.

 

 

Journal No 16 (2004)

 

The Milemete Guns

Blair, C.

A technological success in the 15th century:

 

Jehan Cambier’s Mons Meg

Gillet, C., Lefebvre, M.H., Galloy, J

Dorino II Gioardi: A 16th century Genoese gunfounder

Ridella, R.G.

Coats of arms on guns of the Dutch Admiralties

Brink, N.

Guns of the Rajahs.  Indian artillery from the Mughals

 

to the Sikhs

Carleton, N., Buck, M.

Taming the Tigers: An East India Company gun from

 

Museum Bronbeek, Arnhem

Brown, R.R.

The bombardment of Alderney in 1944

Gander, T.

An analtsis of the saltpetre extraction and purification

 

Recipes in Biringuccio’s Pirotechnia

Leibnitz, K.

 

 

Journal No 17 (2005)

 

The guns of Archbishop Baldwin of Trier 1331/32 and the guns in the

 

Milemete manuscripts of 1326/27: Some critical comments

Tittmann, W.

Troncks, rockets and fiery balls: Military fireworks of the early

 

modern period

Brown, R.R.

Identification of the marks of the Dutch auxiliary maritime forces in

 

the 17th and 18th centuries

Brink, N.

The design and evolution of English cast-iron guns: 1660-1725

Trollope, C.

Desperate measures: The Smith Gun

Gander, T.

A catalog of massive forge-welded iron cannon in India: Part I

Balasubramanaim, R.

Comments on the flight of spherical shot

Cheshire, E.

 

 

Journal No 18 (2006)

 

Gunpowder in 13th century China

Sawyer, R.D.

The construction of Mons Meg and its relevance to 15th century

 

metallurgical technology

Smith, K.

16th century bronze Portuguese cannon

van Oordt, I., de Vries, G.

Saintly cannons: Religious symbols on artillery

Brown, R.R.

The Tower gunners and the Artillery Company in the Artillery

 

Garden before 1630

Walton, S.A.

Progress report of the reconstruction of an Armstrong 10 inch

 

20 ton RML mounting at Fort Glanville, Adelaide, South Australia

Garie, F.

The universal gun concept: The 47mm Böhler gun

Gander, T.

Critical comments on Dr Wilfried Tittmann’s ‘The guns of Archbishop

 

Baldwin of Trier 1331/32 and the guns in the Milemete

 

manuscripts of 1326/27’

Blair, C.

 

 

 

 

 

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