A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 179
rease till they arrived ata certain degree, different in each gun; afterwhich they constantly decreased again, till thebore was quite filled with the charge. Thecharges i)f powder when the velocities arrived attheir maximum or greatest state were various,as might be expected, according to the… … Of the few experiments in this course made toobtain the ranges and times of flight, the me-diums are exhibited in the following table:— Guns. Pow-der. Wei Balls. Elevat.gun. Time offlight. Range. First velo-city. ght. Diam. oz. oz. dr. inch. sees. feet. feet. No. 2. 2 16 10 1-96 45 21-2 5109 863…
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