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THE experiments made by Hutton to determine the resistance of the air to the motion of shot were carried out by firing small spherical balls into the receiver of a gun-pendulum. As little confidence could be felt in applying his results to the large service shot at present in use, on the formation of the Advanced Class of Royal Artillery Officers, Woolwich, in 1864, it was thought desirable that a systematic course of experiments should be made with elongated shot, and upon a much larger scale. Afterwards, similar experiments were made with round shot.
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B. On the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Projectiles . Nature 15, 60–61 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/015060a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/015060a0