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VELOCITY OF SHOT, WITH SUGGESTIONS TO SPORTSMEN. 
As a result of laborious and scientific experiments, Professor Mayer, in his 
paper on this subject before the American Science Association, presented the 
following tables : 
I. ro Colt gun, 5 drs. Curtis & Harvey powder, 11% oz. of shot. 
Size of shot. Vel. at 30 yds. Vel. 40 yds. ‘Veil. 50 yds. 
INomEb CK penta eselsy .) ) o Bap eaamemporee nid hy LA 1,132 = 
IENeerea areas anaY a'sret sod Sep eee o's S25 Ly LAO 1,126 — 
TERTBS go NR ga ur NG PUN ec oe a Ree Ce SEL ML 1,067 — 
IN(Op moments eke S)c ee! al Cae em Bee OOO 1,015 928. 
(Fd sere AD ice hole ates ey ea ea Toric An sm wou aad BO 3 963 859: 
SPM a bent igean ts! 1.0 oC ia te, 1 OOS 880 775 
ROMP Asay fre tesee gaan eel etn 2a See aa 908 803 716 
II. ro Colt gun, 4 drs. Curtis & Harvey powder, 14 oz. of shot. 
INOGIIDUCKIL Wits e ti. 2s. 2 see tee he F007 1,018 = 
JETUE S07" age fn) vy A Be a UR ess 3r cae Of T,009 967 
TBS]BS Gi py $0 ca SA I Ai uN A\Gy “Ss rea nee a 9160) 967 897 
INR te a alt Meters ts. OSS gil 872 
Be) ole Noeinh ey ae acer Re Eseries OOO 883 806 
QU a Mae Mania entail tiaes nea aneNeS Sek ray O2O) 874 776 
EO: 848 756 669 
III. 12 Colt gun, 34% drs. Curtis & Harvey powder, 1% oz. of shot. 
INR MU Chen Fly ne ies’ ; ae 
sake es — 703 = 
TEE 22S blind aed IN eve eo mga Mme Sy OU fer aren — — 706 
TRIB oi A RD Seren or ct ean mS OP 795 667 
INCOM ec eihy edi! cal on a alee elie OA 754 696 
CRT Be Ca ck da do EA, 2G | 739 600 — 
CPi ei oon ve (GEO 749 607 
Og Dated cos cae ou ca nee 796 6380 610 
1V. 12 Colt gun, 4 drs. Curtis & Harvey powder, 1% oz. of shot. 
Sip een ieee ki )h.5 ts AUR ee an raul Den! AY D2 671 
ROR CE enn ote ie 00 1355) a eR ERE A 657 596 
A glance at these tables at once shows the rapid increase in the velocity of 
gunshot from No. 10 up to No. 3. With the heavier pellets the increase in 
velocity is less marked. Thus, the table headed ‘‘12 Colt gun, 4 drs. Curtis & 
Harvey, 1% oz. shot,’”’ shows that No. 8 shot has 71 feet per second velocity 
over No. ro shot, and No. 6 has 47 feet over No. 8, while No. 3 has only 23 
over No. 6, and BB shot gains only 11 feet over No. 3. The relations between 
velocity and weight of pellet shown in this table may be taken as a type of all the 
experiments, and I have projected them into the accompanying curve, the units. 
of whose axis of abscissz are units of weight, and the units on the axis of ordi- 
