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NEW EXPERIMENTS
TRACT 34,
65. Thursday, September 25,1783; from 10 A. m. till 3 p. M.Fine, clear, and warm weather.
Barometer 29-93 ; Thermometer 59° at 10 a. m.
N°
Powder
Ball’s
wt
Vibration of
Point
struck
(/l
be
3
S
Values of
Veloc.
ball
wt
lit
gun
jicml
p
S
n
oz
inches
OZ
dr
inches
inches
inches
ino
lb
inches
feet
1
8
5-9
16
13
27-6
23-S
89-3
14
643-0
7T00
40-22
1632
o
10
7-2
16
13
29-5
23-0
88-7
15
644'9
77-03
40-22
1593
3
12
8-4
16
12|
32-0
22-0
88-7
15
646-8
7T06
40-21
1532
4
14
9-1
16
12'
32-2
21-3
88-5
15
648-8
77-09
40-21
1491
5
16
11-3
16
124
39-4
23-6
88-3
13
650-8
77-12
40-21
1662
6
18
12-3
16
12!
37-1
21-0
89-0
12
655-6
77-16
40-21
1472
7
20
13-2
16
12
39-8
21-9
91-6
17
654-4
77-19
40-21
1499
8
22
15-1
16
12
41-5
21-7
91-5
11
656-5
77-22
40-20
1492
9
24
15-8
16'
12
42-6
21-3
91-6
10
658-2
77-25
40-201468
10
28
18-9
16
12
44-2
18-1
90-5
10
659-8
17-28
40-20 1266
11
32
22-1
16
12
52-8
20-3
90-8
9
661-5
77-31
40-20|l419
12
8
5*5
16
12
27-0
22*2
90-5
8
663-1
7T35
40-20; 1562
13
10
7-0
16
12
30-5
22-9
90-0
7
664"6
7T38
40-20
1624
14
12
8-1
16
12
32-4
21-8
85-2
15
666-1
77-41
40-19
1638
15
14
9-3
16
12
32-9
20-4
86-4
15
668-0
77-44
40-19
1517
16
16
10-9
16
12
39-0
22-2
85-8
13
670-0
77-47
40-19
1667
17
8
5*5
16
12
25-2
19-6
87-9
15
671-8
77-50
40-19
1441
18
8
5-5
16
12
26-3
20-8
89-2
13
673-6
77-53
40-19
1512
19
10
6-7
16
12
26-3
19-6
89-1
13
675"4
77-56
40-18
1431
20
12
8-2
16
12
32-7
22-8
88-8
11
677-2
77-59
40-18
1675
21
14
9-1
16
12
35-1
17-7
89-0
11
678-9
77-63
40-18
1302
22
16
10-4
16
12
32-8
15-6
89-1
8
680-6
77-66
40-18
1149
23
6
4-4
16
12
22-8
J4\5I
89-1
682-1
77-69
40-18
1070
The Gun was n*2. >
The diameter of the halls 1*96 inches.
The Pendulum had been repaired with a new core, butof very soft and damp wood. It was hung up yesterdaymorning, when it weighed 653 lb. And when taken downthis’evening it weighed only 678 lb with all the balls and