Initial speed measuremnts by 1900?

Steinar · 12-15-2008, 09:33 AM

Several ways to do this, but I guess the metod mention above was most likely used.

As a kid, I found out the speed of my Daisy Winchester pellet gun by shooting at a dry tree with the help of my dad clocking the time from the bang until we heard the impact.
With a distance of 83m, we knew that it would take the 1/5th of a second for the sound to reach us. And by that I found a fairly accurate estimate

JorgeO, DVD was sent today btw

12-15-2008, 09:33 AM	#5
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Several ways to do this, but I guess the metod mention above was most likely used. As a kid, I found out the speed of my Daisy Winchester pellet gun by shooting at a dry tree with the help of my dad clocking the time from the bang until we heard the impact. With a distance of 83m, we knew that it would take the 1/5th of a second for the sound to reach us. And by that I found a fairly accurate estimate JorgeO, DVD was sent today btw __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

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