Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation
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Resumo: | We are going to trace the ideas and experiments, since Galileo and until Leon Foucault, aimed at proving the Earth’s rotation. Galileo - incorrectly – tried to explain the phenomenon of tidal forward and backward flow with the Earth’s rotation. After Galileo, the cannon shots towards the zenith and the experiments on falling objects were considered reliable evidences. In Florence Vincenzo Viviani observed and described the rotation of pendulums, but he did not realize its scientific importance. At the end of the XVII century, Newton had the idea of showing the Royal Society, through Hooke, the proof of the eastward deflection of a falling body from considerable height. In the XVIII century, new geophysical proofs of the Earth’s rotation were available. At the end of the century, in Italy, Newton’s direct experiment was taken into consideration again. In Bologna, Guglielmini measured the deviations towards the east and south of small leaden balls falling inside the Asinelli Tower. |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s RotationHistoriography of Earth’s RotationExperimental Proofs Earth’s RotationFalling BodiesGuglielminiBenzenbergReich We are going to trace the ideas and experiments, since Galileo and until Leon Foucault, aimed at proving the Earth’s rotation. Galileo - incorrectly – tried to explain the phenomenon of tidal forward and backward flow with the Earth’s rotation. After Galileo, the cannon shots towards the zenith and the experiments on falling objects were considered reliable evidences. In Florence Vincenzo Viviani observed and described the rotation of pendulums, but he did not realize its scientific importance. At the end of the XVII century, Newton had the idea of showing the Royal Society, through Hooke, the proof of the eastward deflection of a falling body from considerable height. In the XVIII century, new geophysical proofs of the Earth’s rotation were available. At the end of the century, in Italy, Newton’s direct experiment was taken into consideration again. In Bologna, Guglielmini measured the deviations towards the east and south of small leaden balls falling inside the Asinelli Tower. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2019-12-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/article/view/3484510.24117/2526-2270.2019.i7.05Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No. 7 (2019): Historiography of Science and History of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; Núm. 7 (2019): Historiography of Science and History of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No 7 (2019): Historiography of Science and History of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; n. 7 (2019): Historiography of Science and History of Science2526-2270reponame:Transversal (Belo Horizonte)instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGenghttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/article/view/34845/27518Copyright (c) 2019 Roberto Mantovanihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMantovani, Roberto 2021-07-26T19:46:11Zoai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/34845Revistahttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/oaimauroconde@ufmg.br2526-22702526-2270opendoar:2021-07-26T19:46:11Transversal (Belo Horizonte) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation Mantovani, Roberto Historiography of Earth’s Rotation Experimental Proofs Earth’s Rotation Falling Bodies Guglielmini Benzenberg Reich |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Before Foucault: The Proofs of the Earth’s Rotation |
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Mantovani, Roberto |
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Mantovani, Roberto |
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Mantovani, Roberto |
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Historiography of Earth’s Rotation Experimental Proofs Earth’s Rotation Falling Bodies Guglielmini Benzenberg Reich |
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Historiography of Earth’s Rotation Experimental Proofs Earth’s Rotation Falling Bodies Guglielmini Benzenberg Reich |
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We are going to trace the ideas and experiments, since Galileo and until Leon Foucault, aimed at proving the Earth’s rotation. Galileo - incorrectly – tried to explain the phenomenon of tidal forward and backward flow with the Earth’s rotation. After Galileo, the cannon shots towards the zenith and the experiments on falling objects were considered reliable evidences. In Florence Vincenzo Viviani observed and described the rotation of pendulums, but he did not realize its scientific importance. At the end of the XVII century, Newton had the idea of showing the Royal Society, through Hooke, the proof of the eastward deflection of a falling body from considerable height. In the XVIII century, new geophysical proofs of the Earth’s rotation were available. At the end of the century, in Italy, Newton’s direct experiment was taken into consideration again. In Bologna, Guglielmini measured the deviations towards the east and south of small leaden balls falling inside the Asinelli Tower. |
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