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REGGIE results for the Nunnally mass launcher

Freeman, J.R.

This report presents preliminary analyses of the Nunnally mass launcher. The Nunnally launcher is much like ones described in US Patents 1,370,200; 1,421,435; and 1,422,427 which were issued to A.L.O. Fauchon-Villeplee in the period 1917--1922. A discussion of why a high conductivity projectile impulsively accelerated in a uniform transverse B-field does not experience a drag force, even for very large magnetic Reynolds numbers (R/sub m/ = 10/sup 2/ /minus/ 10/sup 4/) is also presented. 1 ref., 7 figs.