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Quote: if a pile driver moves a pole two inches, is the effect the same as a dead weight of 1000 pounds?

topics > all references > references g-h > QuoteRef: galiG_1638 , p. 326 [Salviati]



Topic:
Newtonian physics
Topic:
skepticism about knowledge
Topic:
science as experiment

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To make things perfectly clear, [say that] the pile … no more than two inches. Now, can we … 1000 pounds? … [Aproino] I think, at least on first hearing … [Salviati] And you, Sagredo, do you raise any question about this? … [Sagredo] … which one is deceived prevents my being so …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: my having experienced a thousand times the ease with which one is deceived removes my confidence

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