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THIRD DAY CHANGE OF POSITION. [ De Motu Locali ] [190] - Galileo Galilei, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences [1638]

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Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences by Galileo Galilei. Translated from the Italian and Latin into English by Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio. With an Introduction by Antonio Favaro (New York: Macmillan, 1914).

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THIRD DAY

CHANGE OF POSITION. [De Motu Locali][190]

This discussion is divided into three parts; the first part deals with motion which is steady or uniform; the second treats of motion as we find it accelerated in nature; the third deals with the so-called violent motions and with projectiles.