The Intellectual Tradition of the West: Copernicus to KafkaMorton Donner, Kenneth Eugene Eble, Robert E. Helbling Scott, Foresman, 1967 - Civilization, Western |
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... body . IV . Absolute motion is the translation of a body from one absolute place into another ; and relative motion , the translation from one relative place into another . Thus in a ship under sail , the relative place of a body is ...
... body . IV . Absolute motion is the translation of a body from one absolute place into another ; and relative motion , the translation from one relative place into another . Thus in a ship under sail , the relative place of a body is ...
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... body considered as immovable , we define all places ; and then with respect to such places , we estimate all motions , considering bodies as transferred from some of those places into others . And so , instead of absolute places and ...
... body considered as immovable , we define all places ; and then with respect to such places , we estimate all motions , considering bodies as transferred from some of those places into others . And so , instead of absolute places and ...
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... bodies , acquiring the first form of that body , might by degrees quite lose their gravity . And therefore the weights would depend upon the forms of bodies , and with those forms , might be changed : contrary to what was proved in the ...
... bodies , acquiring the first form of that body , might by degrees quite lose their gravity . And therefore the weights would depend upon the forms of bodies , and with those forms , might be changed : contrary to what was proved in the ...
Contents
Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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