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Quote: the terminal speed of a heavy body in air is less than a projectile's maximum speed; e.g., fire one lead bullet from 200 feet and another from 2 feet

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Newtonian physics

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This bounded terminal speed may be called the … to be much smaller than that which can … [acconcia] experiment can assure us of this. From a height of … stone pavement. Then shoot with the same [gun] against a like stone from a distance of one or …   Google-1   Google-2

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