the Force of Fired Gunpowder, 



143 



TABLE I 



Continued. 



S3 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 60 

 61 

 62 



63 

 64 



65 

 66 



67 

 68 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 72 



73 

 74 

 75 

 76 



77 

 78 



79 

 80 

 81 

 82 

 83 

 84 



85 



Time when the 

 Experiment 

 was made. 



6th 



1793. h. 



5th Mar. 9 



10 



10 



9 



9 



9th 



nth 



9 

 9 



9 



4th Apr. 3 



3 



3 



3 



Sth 3 



State of the 

 Atmosphere. 



3 30 



36 



43 



43 



70 



68 



Eng. In. 

 8.20 



28.34 



28.30 



28.31 



The 

 Charge of 

 Powder. 



28.30 



38.20 



28.30 



13 



14 



Parts. 

 429 



468 



507 



546 



15 



16 



Weight em- 

 ployed to 

 confine the 

 Elastic Fluid. 



5S5 

 624 



663 



702 



Lbs. 

 1646. 

 1615. 

 1634.0 



1943-3 

 1932.2 

 1907.4 

 1878.4 

 1895.1 

 142.7 

 204.6 

 2266.5 



390-3 

 422.0 



3213-0 



3093-0 



96S.O 



846.0 



908.0 



939.0 



2951.0 



3750-0 



3508.0 



3477-0 



4037.0 



4284.0 



453 

 5027.0 



5138-0 

 5262.0 

 5220.0 

 8081.0 



S081.0 



8700.0 



1884.3 

 19.0 



2573-7 

 3288. 



4008.0 



4722.5 



General Remarks. 



7090.0 

 10977. 



Not raised. 



Raised with a weak report. 

 I Weight but just moved and 

 I no report. 

 Not raised. 



Not raised. 



Weight not raised. 



Raised with a loud report. 



I Weight but just moved and 



( no report. 



Raised with a loud report. 



Ditto, ditto. 



Raised with a loud report. 



Raised, report weaker. 



Weight just moved, no report. 



Not raised. 



Not raised. 



Not raised. 



Raised with a loud report. 



Raised, report vi'eaker. 



Ditto, report still weaker. 

 ( Weight but just moved, no 

 ( report. 

 Not raised. 



Not raised. 



( Weight but just moved and 



i no report. 



( The weight was raised with 



I a loud report. 



Raised, loud report. 



Ditto, ditto. 



Ditto, ditto. 



Raised, report weaker. 



Not raised. 



I Weight just moved, but no 



I report. 



Not raised. 



IThe weight was raised with 

 a very sharp report, louder 

 than that of a well-loaded 

 musket. 

 f The vent tube of the barrel 

 was burst, the explosion be- 

 ing attended with a very loud 

 report. 



