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Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
page 60 of 143 (41%)
8 | 36 | 8" " | 250 | 7.96 | 1213 | 2550 |
9 | 36 | 8" " | 250 | 7.96 | 1308 | 2966 |
10 | 36 | 8" " | 250 | 7.96 | 1399 | 3390 |
11 | 36 | 8" " | 250 | 7.96 | 1489 | 3839 |
12 | 36 | 10" " | 500 | 9.96 | 1247 | 5386 |
13 | 36 | 10" " | 500 | 9.96 | 1315 | 5987 |
14 | 36 | 10" " | 500 | 9.96 | 1381 | 6608 |
15 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1215 | 8699 |
16 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1269 | 9710 |
17 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1332 | 10454 |
18 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1374 | 11124 |
19 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1425 | 11965 |
20 | 36 | 12" " | 850 | 11.96 | 1476 | 12837 |
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No projectile or fragment of the plate or projectile must get wholly
through the plate and backing. The plate must not break up or give
such cracks as to expose the backing, previous to the third shot.

The penetration of projectiles of different forms into various styles
of armor has been very thoroughly studied and many attempts have been
made to bring the subject down to mathematical formulæ. These formulæ
are based on several suppositions, and agree very closely with results
obtained in actual experiments, but there are so many varying
conditions that it is extremely doubtful if any formulæ will ever be
written that will properly express the penetration.

Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as
flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.
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