On Fri, 13 May 2005 20:48:55 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

I've no idea what you mean. To get the velocity you have to measure both
the distance and the time it takes for the pellet to travel that
distance.

Not strictly true. As you can calculate how long it will take for an
object to fall a set distance then you can measure the drop of the
pellet over a known distance and from that calculate the time it took
to travel that distance

(NB that assumes that deceleration to to wind resistance is negliible,
which it will be over short distances albeit that makes the
measurement less accurate)

JB