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Paper, 'The force of fired gunpowder and the velocities of cannon-balls' by Charles Hutton

Reference number: L&P/7/1

Date: 1778

Description

Contains one plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The force of gun-powder, and the initial velocities of cannon balls, determined by experiments; from which is also deduced the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of the shot and the quantity of powder.'

Read 8 January 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/1
Earliest possible date
1778
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
22 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Hutton

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Charles Hutton, Paper, 'The force of fired gunpowder and the velocities of cannon-balls' by Charles Hutton, 1778, L&P/7/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_1/paper-the-force-of-fired-gunpowder-and-the-velocities-of-cannon-balls-by-charles-hutton, accessed on 12 December 2024

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