Although it's not always so simple to set up, a ballistic pendulum is a perfect tool for introductory physics. The basic idea is to take something that shoots an object (we use a ball launcher, but it ...

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ROBINS, in the last century, revolutionized the science of artillery by his invention of the ballistic pendulum; and in our own times Mr. Bashforth has accomplished the same thing for modern rifled ...