Projectile Motion of a Cannon Ball

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“Thus, we have a cannon planted on a towwer at such a height that it would take four seconds for a ball to fall from it to the ground. Dropped from the cannon’s mouth, in the first second a ball would reach A; in the next, B; in the third, C; and in the fourth D.” —Quackenbos 1859

Source

G. P. Quackenbos A.M. A Natural Philosophy: Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries in the Various Branches of Physics, and Exhibiting the Application of Scientific Principles in Every-day Life (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859) 62

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