 | 1806 - 416 pages
...generality iu their application. From some of the later experiments of Dr. Hutton it has been determined, that the velocity of the ball varies as the square...the square root of the weight of ball reciprocally ; but this law does not appear to have been followed in the results of the French experiments ; for,... | |
 | William Marrat - 1810 - 512 pages
...been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times, from which have been obtained some of the laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...varies as the square root of the charge directly, aud as the square root of the weight of the ball inversely ; and that some rounds being fired with... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 442 pages
...been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; from which have been obtained some of the laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...fired with a medium length of one-pounder gun, at 15° and 45° elevation, and with 2, 4, 8 , and 1 2 ounces of powder, gave nearly tr « velocities,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 494 pages
...been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; from which have been obtained some of the laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...that the velocity of the ball varies as the square ropt of the charge directly, and as the square root of the weight of ball reciprocally i and that,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 604 pages
...carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; • from which have been obtained some of the laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...and velocity of the ball, the length of the gun, &c. ;\ amely, that the velocity of the ball varies as the square root of the charge directly, and as the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 680 pages
...been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; from which have been obtained some of the, laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...being fired with a medium length of onepounder gun, at 15° and 45° elevation, and with 2, 4, 8, and 12 ounces of powder, gave nearly the velocities, ranges,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1826 - 604 pages
...been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; from which have been obtained some of the laws for the quantity of powder, the weight...fired with a medium length of one-pounder gun, at 15" and 45° elevation, and with 2, 4, 8, and 12 ounces of powder, gave nearly the velocities, ranges,... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - 1844 - 298 pages
...Suspeasion. GUNNERY. IT has been ascertained by experiment that the velocity of the ball projected from a gun varies as the square root of the charge directly, and as the square root of the weight of the ball reciprocally. — Hutton. The same author furnishes the following practical rules : To find... | |
 | Sir Howard Douglas - 1855 - 712 pages
...Art. 63, indicates that the initial velocities of shot vary, nearly, as the square root of the weight of the charge directly, and as the square root of the weight of the shot inversely. These laws have been confirmed by the results of experiments," and M. Piobert has... | |
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... powder, and that but a small one too ; so that all those nearly agree with the parabolic theory. Other experiments have also been carried on with the ballistic pendulum, at different times ; from which have been obtained some of the, laws for the... 