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YOUR correspondent, “Robert Reid,” asks for an impossibility. There is no impossibility in calculating the theoretical deflection in the flight of a bullet due to a theoretical wind pressure, but the formula could not be “simple.” However, Mr. Reid need not be distressed, for it is difficult to conceive any intellectual occupation which would be a more complete waste of ingenuity. Let us consider the real conditions of the problem.
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HOPE, W. Flight of Projectiles. Nature 7, 362 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007362d0
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