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De Vi Percussionis
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple catalogs (including local scholarly catalogs, Open Library, Google Books, and Internet Archive) yielded no evidence of an English translation for Giovanni Alfonso Borelli's 'De Vi Percussionis'. The only English translation found for a work by Borelli was for his 'De motu animalium'. Therefore, it appears that 'De Vi Percussionis' has not been translated into English.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli dismantles the physics of his era by redefining how objects collide and move through space. Readers will discover a rigorous, geometric challenge to the faulty logic of Aristotle and his peers.