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  <dc:title>Memorandum, 'Note on penetration of air (or other 'uncondensable gas') by very swiftly moving bodies', by Alexander Stewart Herschel</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Notes and calculations on the speed of shock waves generated by bullets and other projectiles in air. Originally written in 1887 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, this version was copied (and amended) from the original document by Herschel for Charles Vernon Boys.  </dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 December 1892 [1887]</dc:date>
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