Data Set for CHAPTER 4
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This shows the results of an experiment in which people fell freely from rest from heights up to 31,400 feet. It shows the distance fallen in feet (second column) as a function of time in seconds (first column).
Data from "The Physiology of Free Fall Through the Air: Delayed Parachute Jumps" by A. J. Carlson, A. C. Ivy, L. R. Krasmo, and A. H. Andrews, Quarterly Bulletins, Northwestern University Medical School, Volume 16, 1942, page 254.
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