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On the Percussion of Bodies Colliding in Oblique Movements

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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

Part of the book series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ((AUST,volume 37))

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But to proceed further, the movement of the body sustaining the blow must be considered when this movement is oblique to the direction of the movement of the impelling body. For the understanding of this, the next proposition must be presented.

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Borelli, G.A. (2015). On the Percussion of Bodies Colliding in Oblique Movements. In: Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08497-8_13

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