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DaVinci & gravity

2023-02-17 23:34:57.876662+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

"In an article published in the journal Leonardo, the researchers draw upon a fresh look at one of da Vinci's notebooks to show that the famed polymath had devised experiments to demonstrate that gravity is a form of acceleration—and that he further modeled the gravitational constant to around 97 percent accuracy."

A century before Galileo.

Via Kottke

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