Projectile Motion Quotes

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.

A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.

Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

If a projectile were deprived of the force of gravity, it would not be deflected toward the earth but would go off in a straight line into the heavens and do so with uniform motion, provided that the resistance of the air were removed.

to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other

Difficulty adds to result, as the ramming of powder sends the bullet the further.

One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this.

What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.

I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, I knew not where.

Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.

I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air.

Any show that includes guns or machinery or stuff like that, you need to trust who's around you because blanks are flying.