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It doesn't makes sense to me why it took so long for elongated, let alone conical, bullets to become popular for firearms. Especially since it seems like a simple idea common amongst other technologies. Spears are are long and thrown better with pointed tips. Arrows are long and fly better with pointed tips. The bodies of birds and fish are pointed which helps them move through the mediums of air and water. From what I've read on Wiki the English mathematician Benjamin Robbins found that elongated bullets traveled through the air easier than spherical in the early/mid 1700s. So why did it seemingly take the combined efforts of Delvigne, Tamisier, and Minié for the technology to be adopted?
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