 | Benjamin Robins - 1761 - 402 σελίδες
...the action of the powder on the bullet ceafes, as foon as the bullet is got out of the piece. I II. That all the powder of the charge is fired, ' and...before the bullet is fenfibly moved from its place. . Thefe poftulates we fhall demonftrate in an annexed Scholium ; and they being fuppofed, the propofition... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1778 - 594 σελίδες
...velocity with which a ball quits the piece, Mr. Robins lays down two principles ; one of which is, that all the powder of the charge is fired and converted...before the bullet is fenfibly moved from its place. M. Euler, after fuggefting feveral circumftances which are omitted, and which ought to have been taken... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1778 - 590 σελίδες
...velocity with which a ball quits the piece, Mr. Robins lays down two principles ; one of which is, that all the powder of the charge is fired and converted :into an elaftic fluid, before the bullet is fcnfibly moved from its place. M. EuJer, after fuggefting feveral circumftances which are omitted,... | |
 | Charles James - 1805 - 1236 σελίδες
...assumes the two following principles: 1. That the action of the powder on the shot ceases as soon as it. is got out of the piece. '2. That all the powder of the charge is fired, and converted into an elastic fluid, before the shot is sensibly moved from its place. These assumptions, and the conclusions... | |
 | Benjamin Robins - 1805 - 404 σελίδες
...That the action of the powder on the bullet ceases as soon as the bullet is got out of the piece. II. That all the powder of the charge is fired, and converted into an elastic fluid, before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place. These postulates we shall demonstrate... | |
 | William Duane - 1810 - 774 σελίδες
...principles: i. That the action of the powder on the shot ceases as soon as it is got out vf the piece. I. That all the powder of the charge is fired, and converted into an elastic fluid, before the shot is sensibly moved from its place. These assumptions, and the conclusions... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 σελίδες
...That UM action of the powder on the bullet ceases as soon as the bullet is out of the piece ; and ud, That all the powder of the charge is fired and converted into elastic fluid before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place : assumptions which for good reasons... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 σελίδες
...That the action of the powder on the bullet ceases as soon as the bullet is out of the piece ; and 2d. That all the powder of the charge is fired and converted into elastic fluid before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place : assumptions which for good reasons... | |
 | John BOUCHER (formerly of the 5th Dragoon Guards.) - 1856 - 112 σελίδες
...more than 2,000 atmospheres.* Mr. Robins, in his " New Principles of Gunnery" (vol. ip 74), assumes that " all the powder of the charge is fired, and converted into an elastic fluid, before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place." He also says, " gunpowder fired... | |
 | Benjamin Graf von Rumford - 1870 - 608 σελίδες
...gunpowder takes fire. Mr. Robins supposes that the progress of its inflammation is so extremely rapid " that all the powder of the charge is fired and converted into an elastic fluid before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place " ; while others have been of opinion... | |
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That all the powder of the charge is fired, and converted into an elastic fluid, before the bullet is sensibly moved from its place. 