ballistics

• He discusses the minutest details in the field of ballistics, physics and chemistry with an ease which impresses me who am a critical observer in this department. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
• ‘Trust me; there will be no ill effects.’ He possessed himself of the gun and examined the lock and trigger mechanism with the air of one to whom the theory of ballistics was an open book. —  Busman’s Honeymoon
• What little he knew of trajectories, velocities, and the science of ballistics was taxed to the uttermost. —  Startling Stories January, 1939
• Once a test pig is retrieved, the casing is studied for gouges, anything that might reveal conditions inside the line, like a ballistics expert learning from the gouges on a spent bullet's casing. —  AHMM,July-August2008
• Celestial mechanics, ballistics, decision-making — all these complex interactions occurred at the gravid pace allowed by sunlight's constant pressure.

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