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NEW EXPERIMENTS
TRACT 34.
98. Thursday, September 29, 1785.A fine clear day.
Barometer 30 - 35 ; Thermometer 60.
N°
Powder
Ball
S
Elevation
Time
Range
wt
diarn
oz
oz dr
inches
degrees
sec
feet
1
2
16 12
1-95
45
20
5120
2
.
19
4730
3
20±
5370
4
20
5120
.5
22 i
5510
6
20
5050
7
12
15
17
7120
8
IOd
4860 D
9
9d
4880 D
10
14
6660
11
5500
12
7520
These 12 rounds -were fired on the river, and observed asbefore. N os 8 and 9 are very doubtful: the means of therest are as below :
Powder
Elevation
Time
Range
2 oz
45°
20-f-
5150
12
15
15*
6700
99. The same day the following 6 rounds were fired, into the block of elm root, to try the penetrations with andwithout wads ; the first 4 being with a wad over the powder,and hard rammed ; the other two without.