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Re: buoyant cannon balls

At 22:36 11/2/97 -0800, you wrote:
[Brian]
The drag properties of round ball grow specially
unfavorable near sonic speeds, I believe.

I don't think there's anything special about the spherical shape
that makes it resistant to exceeding sound speed. Lots of bullets
do. ....

Leigh

I found this comment rather strange.
The syllogism one is in danger of drawing is that
"Lots of bullets are spherical"
Was this your intended meaning?
It is of course untrue.

Brian
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK