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The military paid much attention to theoretical research in the domains of ballistics, designs for sighting devices, the ratio between charge mass and projectile mass, etc. In France, this research was conducted by Bellidore (in La Fère in 1730-1740), while Robius in England and Papacino d'Antoni in Turin (Piemonte) studied similar problems. Numbers were vital to their studies. The most prominent mathematicians and physicists conducted research for the theoretical justification of experimental gunnery results. Galilei founded a theory and passed it on to Newton, Blondelle, Bernoulli and Euler. They studied the laws of projectile flight and causes of deviation. Their knowledge was in turn passed on to artillery officers. In 1690, a gunnery school was founded in France.