Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 228
small elongated shot, instead of the ordinary disc, suspended in such a manner that it could turn freely in any direction. The limits of this paper do not allow of a discussion of the principles of rotation as shown clearly by such a gyroscope, but the effect of the air's resistance tending to… … P represents the force of projection. G „ „ gravity. It „ resultant of the air’s resistance which must he parallel to the trajectory AB described by g, the centre of gravity of the shot. The dotted lines parallel to AB represent the opposing current of air, and R must be midway between them. *…
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