Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volumen 117W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society, 1827 |
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... effect the air is known to produce in all similar cases . Among other familiar instances may be given that of the arrow , the windmill , the shuttlecock , the smoke - jack , a win- dow ventilator , and a grooved paper cylinder drawn ...
... effect the air is known to produce in all similar cases . Among other familiar instances may be given that of the arrow , the windmill , the shuttlecock , the smoke - jack , a win- dow ventilator , and a grooved paper cylinder drawn ...
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... effects which the resistance of the air is capable of producing on the flight of shot , that one can hardly fail to be impressed with the idea , that it must have been in some way or other connected with that medium . I shall now ...
... effects which the resistance of the air is capable of producing on the flight of shot , that one can hardly fail to be impressed with the idea , that it must have been in some way or other connected with that medium . I shall now ...
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... effect upon the rock than upon the target . The target was then placed in an open situation near the sea , and two shells fired through it . It was then observed that the explosions fell behind it , and the splinters were carried ...
... effect upon the rock than upon the target . The target was then placed in an open situation near the sea , and two shells fired through it . It was then observed that the explosions fell behind it , and the splinters were carried ...
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... effect was by no means so perceptible as on the day preceding . Several exploded between the target and the sand , without doing much execution . Four passed over the target , and ricochéd along the water for several hundred yards . It ...
... effect was by no means so perceptible as on the day preceding . Several exploded between the target and the sand , without doing much execution . Four passed over the target , and ricochéd along the water for several hundred yards . It ...
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... effect , and the splinters , after tearing away the back planks , passed into the sea like grape . Their range was then tried on Leith Sands , from a brass field piece . An empty shell weighing 94 lbs , with a charge of 14 lb. at 5o ...
... effect , and the splinters , after tearing away the back planks , passed into the sea like grape . Their range was then tried on Leith Sands , from a brass field piece . An empty shell weighing 94 lbs , with a charge of 14 lb. at 5o ...
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