Re: .Bernoulli and curve balls.

[George Spagna <gspagna@rmc.edu>]

At 06:24 PM 9/27/96 -0700, you wrote:
> > There have been several comments about balls curving opposite or in the same
> > "direction as its spin".  My question is, what is meant by direction of
> > spin?  
>
> My question is, what's the spin number of a baseball?

Some VERY LARGE integer multiple of h!  :)

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