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EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
1935

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EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
1935

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A TEXTBOOK OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF EXTERIOR BALLISTICS WHICH
ARE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NAVAL GUNNERY, WRITTEN FOR
THE USE OF MIDSHIPMEN AT THE UNITED STATES
NAVAL ACADEMY

BY
ERNEST E. HERRMANN
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, UNITED STATES NAVY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2
DEFINATIONS AND INTRODUCTORY EXPLANATIONS. PRELIMINARY ASSUMPTIONS.

CHAPTER 3
THE EQUATION OF THE TRAJECTORY IN VACUUM. THE THEORY OF RIGITY OF THE TRAJECTORY.

CHAPTER 4
THE RETARDATION OF THE PROJECTILE DUE TO RESISTANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
THE COEFFICIENT OF FORM. THE BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT.

CHAPTER 5
THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF A PROJECTILE IN AIR AND SIACCI'S METHOD OF SOLVING THEM.

CHAPTER 6
THE SOLUTION OF THE TRAJECTORY IN AIR BY THE NUMERICAL-INTERGRATION METHOD.

CHAPTER 7
THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF BALLISTIC TABLES BASED ON NUMERICAL INTERGRATION.

CHAPTER 8
THE DETERMINATION OF INITIAL VELOCITY AND COEFFICIENT OF FORM BY EXPERIMENTAL FIRING AT THE PROVING GROUND. THE DETERMINATION OF RANGE-TABLE VALUES OF RANGE, ANGLE OF DEPARTURE, ANGLE OF FALL, TIME OF FLIGHT, STRIKING VELOCITY, AND MAXIMUM ORDINATE (RANGE-TABLE COLUMNS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 8).

CHAPTER 9
THE DEVIATION OF THE TRAJECTORY FROM A PLANE CURVE; THE DRIFT. THE DANGER SPACE. CHANGE IN HEIGHT OF IMPACT. THE DETERMINATION OF THE QUANTITIES IN COLUMNS 6, 7, AND 19 OF THE RANGE TABLE.

CHAPTER 10
THE DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS FROM RANGE-TABLE STANDARDS FOR INITIAL VELOCITY, WEIGHT OF PROJECTILE, AND ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY (RANGE-TABLE COLUMNS 10, 11, AND 12).

CHAPTER 11
THE DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF WIND AND MOTION OF THE GUN ON THE TRAJECTORY, AND OF THE MOTION OF TARGET ON THE POINT OF FALL WITH RESPECT TO THE TARGET (RANGE-TABLE COLUMNS 13-18).

CHAPTER 12
THE USE OF RANGE TABLES FOR THE CONTROL OF GUNFIRE FROM SHIPS. THE DETERMINATION OF BALLISTIC CORRECTIONS.

CHAPTER 13
THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTHS ROTATION ON THE TRAJECTORY. ERRORS DUE TO TRUNNION TILT. COLD GUN ERRORS.

CHAPTER 14
THE ACCIDENTAL ERRORS OF GUNFIRE. THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY TO THOSE ERRORS. DETERMINATION OF THE PROBABILITY OF HITTING A GIVEN TARGET.

CHAPTER 15
FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH SALVO ANALYSIS. DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE PATTERN SIZE, WILD SHOTS, AVERAGE SHIFT OF M.P.I., CONTROL ERRORS.

APPENDIX A
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SIACCI'S METHOD TO THE SOLUTION OF THE TRAJECTORY. INGALLS' METHOD.

APPENDIX B
THE LIMITATIONS OF COLUMNS 7 AND 19 AT VERY SHORT RANGES. DETERMINATION OF HITTING SPACE AT VERY SHORT RANGES.

APPENDIX C
THE SOLUTION OF INCLINED TRAJECTORIES. GENERAL FEATURES INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE AND ILLUMINATION FIRE.

APPENDIX D
THE EFFECT OF WIND ON THE PROCESSION OF A ROTATING PROJECTILE. THE EFFECT OF CROSS WIND ON THE RANGE OF THE PROJECTILE.

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