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... Hentisberus ' treatise On Local Motion to exhibit the accurate way in which these ideas were developed.3 After stating that the movement of a body as a whole is that of its most rapidly moving point , Hentisberus writes as follows : 3 ...
... Hentisberus ' treatise On Local Motion to exhibit the accurate way in which these ideas were developed.3 After stating that the movement of a body as a whole is that of its most rapidly moving point , Hentisberus writes as follows : 3 ...
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... an equal increment of velocity is acquired in each equal part of the time , Hentisberus raises this question : If one body is uniformly accelerated from rest to a certain terminal velocity , in Laws of Motion in Medieval Physics : 227.
... an equal increment of velocity is acquired in each equal part of the time , Hentisberus raises this question : If one body is uniformly accelerated from rest to a certain terminal velocity , in Laws of Motion in Medieval Physics : 227.
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... Hentisberus ' answer is the one that we give now : " The moving body which is accelerated uniformly during some assigned period of time , will traverse a distance exactly equal to what it would traverse in an equal period of time if it ...
... Hentisberus ' answer is the one that we give now : " The moving body which is accelerated uniformly during some assigned period of time , will traverse a distance exactly equal to what it would traverse in an equal period of time if it ...
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