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On the Motion of Projectiles

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EXPERIMENTS made in 1866 showed that the resistance of the air to the motion of projectiles varied only slightly for such forms of heads as were likely to be used in practice, and that it was of no importance whether the apex of the shot was pointed or rounded off.

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BASHFORTH, F. On the Motion of Projectiles. Nature 30, 5–6 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030005a0

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