Quote: if you throw an object down from the top of a tower, only the downward motion is sensible; the motion of the earth is independent

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[Salviati:] Now transfer this argument to the whirling … cannot discern because in common with the rock … not need to move your eyes. Next, if … by you, and which is mixed with this … eye continues to be imperceptible. The straight motion … [translator's footnote to page 175] An enormous advance in physical thought is … as independent of and inoperative upon the other. …   Google-1   Google-2

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