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Paper, 'Note on the energy absorbed by friction in the bores of rifled guns' by Andrew Noble

Reference number: PP/18/25

Date: 1891

Description

Noble writes: 'The object of the experiments which I proceed to describe was to ascertain approximately, and under varied conditions, the loss of energy due to the friction of the driving ring of the projectile in the bores of rifled guns.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes two diagrams of experimental results.

Subject: Physics / Ballistics

Received 31 December 1891. Read 4 February 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the energy absorbed by friction in the bores of rifled guns'.

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PP/18/25
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1891
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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16 pages
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Typescript
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Andrew Noble

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Andrew Noble, Paper, 'Note on the energy absorbed by friction in the bores of rifled guns' by Andrew Noble, 1891, PP/18/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_18_25/paper-note-on-the-energy-absorbed-by-friction-in-the-bores-of-rifled-guns-by-andrew-noble, accessed on 09 February 2026

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