835. Why does a shuttlecock travel slowly through the air?
Because the air acts upon the feathers of the shuttlecock, in the same manner as it does upon the parachute—it strikes against their expanded surface, and resists their progress through the air.
836. Why does the shuttlecock spin in the air?
Because the surfaces of the feathers fall upon the air obliquely, or slantingly, and therefore, as the shuttlecock descends, it turns in the air.
"Come ye children, hearken unto me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord."—Psalm xxxv.
