New Principles of Gunnery: Containing the Determination of the Force of Gunpowder, and an Investigation of the Difference in the Resisting Power of ... on the Improvement of Practical Gunnery

Excerpt from New Principles of Gunnery: Containing the Determination of the Force of Gunpowder, and an Investigation of the Difference in the Resisting Power of the Air to Swift and Slow Motions, With Several Other Tracts on the Improvement of Practical GunneryMr. Robins's way of infirutting'was' general y'fimi lar to the couryie he had followed him/elf, but as he only taught per/ons/ingly, qnd not in clafl'es, it was in his power to vary his method according to the capacity or intention of each learner. However, he always gun with the Elements of Euclide, not as interpolated 'by Campanus and Clavius, or anatomflhd by Herigonc and Barrow, or depraved by Tacquet and Dcchallcs but according to the original, handed down to us by ou tiquity much le/s did he ufe any of the new modelled Elements; that at prg/ent every where abound.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.