 ... the resistance to the hemispherical head was decidedly greater than that opposed to the remaining three forms. The resistance of the air to the hemispheroidal and the ogival heads varied so little that it was plain that any of these forms most serviceable...  Principles of Gunnery: Rifled Ordnance - Page 48de Joseph Sladen - 1879 - 115 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Francis Bashforth - 1873 - 424 pages
...that it was plain that any of these forms most serviceable in other respects might be safely adopted. The slight variations in the resistances to the three...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... | |
 | Francis Bashforth - 1873 - 410 pages
...that it was plain that any of these forms most serviceable in other respects might be safely adopted. The slight variations in the resistances to the three...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... | |
 | United States. Life-Saving Service - 1881 - 472 pages
...most serviceable in other respects might be safely adopted. The slight variations in the resistance to the three latter forms lead to the conclusion that...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... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1884 - 674 pages
...that it was plain that any of these forms most serviceable in other respects might be safely adopted. The slight variations in the resistances to the three...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... | |
 | Henry Metcalfe - 1891 - 684 pages
...projectile, and least on the hemispheroidal and ogival of two diameters. Rashforth concludes that the resistance offered by the air to the motion of elongated projectiles is but little affected by the more or less pointed apex, but depends chiefly upon the form of the head,... | |
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