Quote: Galileo used a diagram to represent the change in velocity of an object over equal times; probably the first such diagram

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[Salviati:] [Given two perpendicular lines AB and AC and a diagonal AE] we can picture the spaces AF, … [on the line AB] as representing equal times [during the fall of an object], and the perpendiculars FG, HI, … [from AB to AE] … [Translator's endnote:] Strauss remarks that this probably is the first scientific attempt … sorts (time and velocity).   Google-1   Google-2

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