 | Francis Bashforth - 1873 - 424 pages
...the form of the head near its junction with the cylindrical body of the shot. In this neighbourhood the forms of the hemispheroidal head and the ogival...Philosophical Transactions for 1868,* and the published reports.f 45. It was still necessary to seek for a satisfactory answer to the two questions: (1) Does... | |
 | Joseph Sladen - 1879 - 192 pages
...the form of head near its junction with the cylindrical body of the projectile. In this neighbourhood the forms of the hemispheroidal head and the ogival head struck with a radius of 2 diameters are the same, and the resistances are little different." The resist. THE RESISTANCE WHICH... | |
 | United States. Life-Saving Service - 1881 - 472 pages
...the form of the head near its junction with the cylindrical body of the shot. In this neighborhood, the forms of the hemispheroidal head and the ogival head struck with the radius of two diameters, are the same, and the resistances are little different,"* XXI.— OPINION.... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1884 - 674 pages
...the form of the head near its junction with the cylindrical body of the shot. In this neighbourhood the forms of the hemispheroidal head and the ogival...the same, and the resistances are little different." Between the perfectly flat head and the hemispherical head there is not a very large amount of difference... | |
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... three latter forms lead to the conclusion that the amount of resistance offered by the air to the motion of elongated shot is little affected by the more or less pointed apex, but depends chiefly upon the form of the head near its junction with the... 