Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of the Experimental Determination of the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Projectiles
Gregory made some experiments at Woolwich in 1815 - 18 with a ballistic pendulum weighing 7046 lbs. Chie?y on the effect of windage.
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