Abstract

Summary Features of Thomas Harriot’s sketch of the shape of cannon ball trajectories, commonly observed by late sixteenth century gunners, are validated for a model of linearly resisted projectiles. The analysis uses only basic concepts and familiar techniques from first-year calculus.

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