Comments by "Christopher Babilon" (@Cbabilon675) on "Admiral Horatio Nelson - The Trafalgar Campaign (Part 3)" video.

To some people this may sound like a ridiculous question, but as somebody who does not understand, and I have a 13-year-old son who is also interested knowing I'm going to ask. My question is why round cannonballs? Could they not have produced Square Cannon and therefore Square Cannon shot so that there was a lease chance of it rolling around in bad weather or during action?
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@fabiovarra3698 I understand that but why not put a cone shape on the end of it? Almost like a spear, or an arrow?
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@michealfeeney8920 thank you for that answer, he actually discussed that very question for me and it was very knowledgeable hearing it from him. And my 14 year old son learned quite a bit about engineering as well.
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