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Mr. Mallet, however, considers that the shot of this form soon becomes 
e'ncastre at its point as regards rotation in the plane of the figure, so that 
further rotation is prevented by the support at the left side of the 
head, and also near the point on the right side, the shot finally assuming 
the position shown in fig. following. 
Mr. Mallet further considers that friction may even cause a shot of 
ogival form to turn, catch its point and penetrate when impinging on a 
target at an angle of incidence slightly less than that of a tangent to 
the ogival curve at the axis. 
Passing on to the question of still more oblique impact as against 
convex plates, Mr. Mallet shows that the ogival-pointed shot may 
