Screen LibraryTheir arrows will darken the sun：the evolution and science of ballistics
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 234 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801898563 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801898560 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801898570 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801898579 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TJ012 |
| CLC: | TJ012 |
| Call Number: | TJ012/D412 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226) and index. Bang! Internal ballistics. Before gunpowder -- Gunpowder weapons -- The development of modern firearms: new technical challenges -- Whizz! External ballistics. Short-range trajectories: elementary aerodynamics -- Long-range trajectories: advanced aerody The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military engineers had been tinkering with ballistic devices for centuries. The trebuchet |