Re: A question for those interested in physics...
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:06:38 GMT, Anil <aniltr@SELDOM_CHECKEDhotmail.com> wrote in message <yp5o8.83$s4....@news.uchicago.edu>: >Edwin <zer...@aiur.org> wrote: >>No, the force of gravity acting on a few ounces of lead can't >>accelerate it to the same velocity it had by being fired out of the gun. >Gravity accelerates everything equally, lead or iron, a few ounces or >many tons. Surprisingly perhaps (depends on what you know), without >air resistence, anything thrown vertically upwards will come down and >hit the ground with the same speed. The faster the initial speed. >The higher it goes before starting downwards and therefore the longer >the gravity has to accelerate it: it all works out. >In practice, air resistance will slow it down. unless the object achieves escape velocity... -- bes...@last.com V ybir lbh nyy. Lbh ner nyy fhpu fcrpvny crbcyr. Naq abj V unir gb xvyy lbh.
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