AIE TO THE MOTION OF ELONGATED PROJECTILES. 
427 
Velocities at the following distances from the gun. 
No. of 
round. 
150 ft. 
300 ft. 
450 ft. 
600 ft. 
750 ft. 
900 ft. 
1050 ft. 
1200 ft. 
1350 ft. 
U 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
fs. 
1 
1187 
1170 
1153 
1137 
1121 
1106 
1092 
1079 
1066 
13 
1185 
1170 
1156 
1143 
1130 
1117 
1104 
1091 
1078 
34 
1184 
1169 
1155 
1141 
1127 
1113 
1097 
1084 
1070 
43 
1190 
1175 
1160 
1144 
1129 
1114 
1100 
1085 
1071 
No. of 
round. 
Weight 
of shot. 
Value of 
bl 2 . 
Difference 
from mean. 
1 
lbs. 
39-34 
•00091 
+•00007 
13 
39-33 
•00078 
- -00006 
34 
39-34 
•00082 
- -00002 
43 
39-34 
•00085 
+ -00001 
Means 
39-34 
•00084 
•00004 
(2) Hemispheroidal-headed Shot (Axes 1 : 2), Solid. 
Round 2. Weight of shot 38-72 lbs. 
Clock. 
Reading 
2 
24-44 
3 
48-19 
4 
71-90 
5 
95-56 
6 
119-20 
7 
142-80 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected reading. 
Screen. 
Reading. 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected reading. 
Time of passing 
each screen. 
0 
0 
-•004 
+•003 
-•004 
0 
24-440 
48-190 
71-896 
95-563 
119-196 
142-800 
A,. 
+23-750 
23-706 
23-667 
23-633 
+23-604 
A 2 . 
-44 
39 
34 
-29 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
103-28 
106-28 
109-31 
112-35 
115-43 
118-55 
121-70 
124-87 
+•005 
+•002 
-•007 
+•002 
+ •002 
-•006 
-010 
+•001 
103-285 
106-282 
109-303 
112-352 
115-432 
118-544 
121-690 
124-871 
+2-997 
3-021 
3049 
3-080 
3-112 
3146 
+3-181 
A 2 . 
+24 
29 
31 
32 
34 
+35 
.. t. 
00000 
•1267 
•2545 
•3836 
•5139 
•6457 
•7789 
•9136 
A r 
+ 1267 
1278 
1291 
1303 
1318 
1332 
+ 1347 
A 2 . 
+ 11 
13 
12 
15 
14 
+ 15 
Round 7. Weight of shot 38-69 lbs. 
Clock. 
Reading. 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected readinj 
Screen. 
Reading. 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected reading. 
3 
60-24 
0 
60-240 
A r 
A„. 
1 
82-59 
+•003 
82-593 
A r 
A,. 
4 
81-88 
0 
81-880 
+21-640 
-80 
2 
85-34 
+•001 
85-341 
+2*748 
+28 
5 
103-45 
-•010 
103-440 
«i on 
80 
3 
88-13 
-013 
88-117 
28 
6 
124-91 
+•010 
124-920 
2l*4o0 
-80 
4 
90-92 
+■001 
90-921 
30 
7 
146-32 
0 
146-320 
+2T400 
5 
93-75 
+ •005 
93-755 
30 
6 
96-62 
-•001 
96-619 
.<5*004 
27 
7 
99-51 
0 
99-510 
^ 0*7 1 
28 
8 
102-43 
-•001 
102-429 
+27 
9 
105-35 
+•025 
105-375 
4-2*946 
+ ’ 
Time of passing 
each screen. 
0 0000 
0000 -L. 1273 
.i 070 -j-U/o 
1 Hi 1286 
•2559 
A,- 
+13 
Round 35. Weight of shot 38-69 lbs. 
Clock. 
Reading. 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected reading. 
Screen. 
Reading. 
Correc- 
tion. 
Corrected reading. 
3 
4 
5 
52-97 
71-20 
89-37 
0 
0 
-•003 
71-200 0 Jjg 
89-367 .{“'.{S' -64 
1 
2 
3 
68-09 
** 
** j 
0 
* 
* 
6S-09 0 .Ah, A 2 . 
70-399 +20 
72-728 i Hi 23 
6 
107-47 
0 
107-470 +18 103 
4 
5 
1 
75-080 23 
77-455 i.i'e 23 
79-853 t 23 
82-274 “'HA 24 
84-719 24 
6 
79-85 
+ 003 
7 
82-29 
-016 
8 
84-72 
-■001 
9 
10 
87-19 
89-68 
-•002 
0 
87-188 4-2-492 + 23 
89-680 +249 “ 
Time of passing 
each screen. 
// *■ A 
0-0000 A,. 
•!268 +{|®J +12 
•2548 JgO 13 
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