Built on Facts: Longfellow, Wellington, and Coriolis.

In the early days of physics the question of refining the predictions of projectile motion was not merely one of academic or poetic interest. If you’re commander Wellington of the noble British army wishing to lob cannon shells at the nefarious French (or vice versa), these other more delicate physics corrections to the projectile equations can mean the difference between life and death – or at least which side experiences which.