 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 404 σελίδες
...respecting the velocities and weights of the balls, and charges of powder, &c. It further appears also that the velocity of the ball increases with the increase of charge Penetrations of Balls into solid Elm wood. Powder 2 4 8 oz, 7 16-G 189 13-5 21-2 18-1 20-8 20-5 Means... | |
 | 1813 - 1102 σελίδες
...they confirm the deductions from the former course, Dr. Hutton proceeds— ' It farther appears also, that the velocity of the ball increases with the increase...peculiar to each gun, where it is greatest; and that by farther increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes, till the bore is quite full of powder.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 556 σελίδες
...they confirm the deductions from the former course, Dr. Button proceeds — ' It farther appears also, that the velocity of the ball increases with the increase...peculiar to each gun, where it is greatest; and that by farther increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes, till the bore is quite full of powder.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 862 σελίδες
...both in practice and theory ; from which it appears that the velocity of the ball ¡r.creafes with the charge only to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gun, where the velocity is the greateft ; and that by farther increaling the charge, the velocity diminiihes in... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1816 - 618 σελίδες
...respecting the velocities and weights of the balls, and charges of powder, &c. It further appears also that the velocity of the ball increases with the increase of .charge Penetrations of tiu.iU in- a solid Elm wood. Powder 2 4 8 02 7 16-6 18-9 135 2»-2 18*1 20 8 20 5 Means... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1818 - 652 σελίδες
...13-5 21-2 18-1 £0-8 20-5 Means 7 10 2O vharge only to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gao, where it is greatest : and that by further increasing...charge, the velocity gradually diminishes, till the bore ia quite full of powder. That this charge for the greatest velocity is greater as the gun is longer,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 σελίδες
...as in theory ; in consequence of which it appears that the velocity of the ball increases with the charge only to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gun, where the velocity is the greatest ; and that by farther increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1826 - 604 σελίδες
...respecting the velocities and weights of the balls, and charges of powder, &c. It further appears also, that the velocity of the ball increases with the increase...to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gun, wnere it is greatest ; and that by further increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 σελίδες
...falls the more short of that proportion. ' 2. That the velocity of the ball increases with the charge to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gun, where it is greatest ; and that, by farther increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes till the bore is quite full of powder.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 σελίδες
...falls the more short of that proportion. ' 2. That the velocity of the ball increases wiih the charge to a certain point, which is peculiar to each gun, where it is greatest; and tha-l, liy farther increasing the charge, the velocity цгаdually diminishes till the bore is quite... | |
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... by further increasing the charge, the velocity gradually diminishes, till the bore is quite full of powder. That this charge for th,e greatest velocity is greater as the gun is longer, but yet not greater in so high a proportion as the length of the... 
