On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:58:04 +0100, "John Mullen" wrote:

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
As I recall, the first integral of velocity is acceleration.

Nope.

I hate to say it Ed but for once Tarver is right. The first *differential*
of velocity is acceleration. The first integral would be distance covered. I
understood perfectly what you meant though and envy you that experience.

Well, the disclaimer at the beginning of my post should cover me. I
knew that the relationship between velocity, acceleration and rate of
change of acceleration went one way or the other. It was either the
first and second integral or the first and second differential. It was
differential equations at the end of my fourth semester as a chemistry
major, coupled with semi-micro qualitative analysis and physical
chemistry, that led me to see the futility of ever succeeding with the
pocket protector crowd.

I changed major to political science with the singular goal of gaining
a degree in "anything" so that I could get on with entering the AF and
flying jets.

If we change the "integral" to "differential" I'm sure that John will
recognize and acknowledge my point about aircraft accelerating through
the mach vertically.