Handbook of Problems in Direct Fire (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Handbook of Problems in Direct Fire This book was prepared while the Author was engaged in teaching ballistics to student officers at the Artillery School, Fort Monroe, and most of the examples were selected from those which had been given out from time to time to the classes under his instruction, as exercises in the practical applications of the ballistic formulæ which the more advanced students were required to deduce. It was suggested to the Author, by officers of high rank, that a collection of these and similar examples, in book form, would be of permanent value, not only to the Artillery, but also to the other branches of the service, both regular and militia. A very slight knowledge of mathematics is all that is required for the solution of the most important of the examples. It has come to the Author's knowledge that the first twelve problems have been taught successfully to non-commissioned officers whose whole stock of mathematics consisted of a little arithmetic and less algebra. In the later problems the symbol of integration has been introduced in a few instances - chiefly, however, for the sake of concise definitions. Wherever this symbol occurs it may be passed over without detriment to the practical applications. It is believed that this is the first book of the kind ever published in any language, and the Author trusts that this will excuse whatever faults of arrangement or of execution may be detected by the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.