Ep 86: The Aim of Science
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What if You Fire the Cannon Faster Than That?
Poppa rits: It becomes approximately a parabila only if the total distance of the fly t of the projectile is negligible compared with the radius of the earth. This point was made by nuton himself in his prinkipia, as well as in his popularized version the system of the world. Nuton's figure illustrates his statement that if the vilosity of the projectile increases, and with it the distance of it's flight, it will at last pass into space without touching it.
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