The trajectory of a cannon ball shown as a parabolic path rather than a circular arc. The work published in Galileo's Discorsi in 1638 proved this to be the case. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi ... historia. Oppenheim 1617-19.

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The trajectory of a cannon ball shown as a parabolic path rather than a circular arc. The work published in Galileo's Discorsi in 1638 proved this to be the case. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi ... historia. Oppenheim 1617-19.

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