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Their arrows will darken the sun : the evolution and science of ballistics /
'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 of the Middle Ages has given way to rocke...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Bang! Internal ballistics
- Before gunpowder
- Gunpowder weapons
- The development of modern firearms: new technical challenges
- pt. 2. Whizz! External ballistics
- Short-range trajectories: elementary aerodynamics
- Long-range trajectories: advanced aerodynamics
- New technology, new ballistics
- pt. 3. Thud! Terminal ballistics
- Stopping the target.