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On the Percussion of Bodies Colliding Obliquely on a Stable Plane

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Part of the book series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ((AUST,volume 37))

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Hitherto, in all percussions we supposed a perpendicular incidence on the surface of the body sustaining the blow. Now different situations and inclinations of the incidence must be analysed and varieties resulting from this must be presented. And firstly.

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Borelli, G.A. (2015). On the Percussion of Bodies Colliding Obliquely on a Stable Plane. In: Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08497-8_12

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