254 
Mr* Thompson’s "Experiments 
Order of the expe- 
riments. 
The 
charge ©f 
powder. 
Vent from the bot- 
tom of the charge. 
Chord of the amend- 
ing arc of the pen- 
dulum. 
Bullet ftruck the tar- 
get below the axis 
of the pendulum. 
Chord of the arc of 
the recoil. 
Velocity of the 
bullet. 
k 
Remarks. 
Weight. 
* 
4— > 
To 
‘5 
53 
N° 
100 
101 
102 
Grs. 
In. 
In. 
Indies. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Ft.in 
fee. 
165 
1 A5 
0 
> 6 5 
>43 
,86 
60,5 
uncertain. 
6 3 > 
4>9 
4,8 
5> 6 
138 
92 
180 
< 
Tn each of thefe experim. 
near doth part of the fub- 
ftance of the bullet was 
melted and blown away by 
* theimpulfe of the flame. 
All that part of the bullet which lay towards the bore of 
the piece appeared to be quite flat from the lofs of fubilance it 
had fuftained; and its fur face was full of fmall indents, which 
probably were occafioned by the unfired grains of powder that 
impinged againft it. 
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