On the Acceleration of Falling Bodies
De proportione qua gravia decidentia accelerantur
Latin
1646
368 pages
First Translation
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly catalogs (including local catalogs, Open Library, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of an English translation of Pierre Gassendi's 'De proportione qua gravia decidentia accelerantur' (1646). While the work is discussed in scholarly literature regarding Gassendi's physics and his correspondence with Cazré, no complete or partial English translation of this specific Latin text appears to have been published.
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natural-philosophymathematicsphilosophy
Pierre Gassendi fights a war of logic to define how objects fall toward the Earth. Readers will witness a high-stakes clash between ancient dogma and modern physics as he dismantles faulty experiments and defends the motion of our planet.
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