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NEW EXPERIMENTS
TRACT 34,
The Pendulum had been gutted and repaired since thelast day.
It weighed - - 702
To the tape - - 117-8No balls were fired this day.
54. Tuesday, July 29, 1783 ; from 12 till 3.A fine and warm day.
Barometer 29-90 Thermometer 72° at 10 A. M.
N°
Pow-
der
Ball
’8
Vibration of
Point
struck
X.
£
Values of
Veloc.
ball
wt
diam
gun
pend
p
n
oz
oz dr
inches
inches
inches
inches
inc
lb
inches
feet
1
2
3-0
2
2
2-7
3
2
2-8
4
2
2-75
5
4
6-45
6
4
6‘25
7
4
6-35
8
' 8
14-4
9
8
14-3
10
8
14-5
1]
16
29-15
12
16
28-25
13
16
29‘2
14
16
28-3
15
8
16 13
1-96
29‘6
25-8
89-5
12
700-0
77-92
40-17
1946
16
8
16 13
1-96
29-1
25-0
89-0
1 1
702-0
77-95
40-17
1902
17
8
16 13
1-96
29-L
25-8
89-5
10
704-0
77-98
40-17
1 959
18
16
16 13
1-96
44-5
29-1
89-4
13
706-0
78-01
40-16
2219
19
16
16 13
1-96
43-0
27-0
89-7
9
708-0
78-03
40-16
2058
20
16
16 12J
1*96143-6
28-8
89-7
9
710-0
78-05
40-16
2207
Of the plugs every 10 inches weighed 13a- ounces.
The Gun n° 4. —Its weight and other circumstances asusual. It did not become near so hot as yesterday.