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Marin Mersenne performing an experiment.

Engraving depicting Marin Mersenne performing an experiment to prove the rotation of the earth: ball fired from vertical cannon did not fall back down the barrel. Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist. Dated 17th Century.
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Title: Marin Mersenne performing an experiment.
Caption: Engraving depicting Marin Mersenne performing an experiment to prove the rotation of the earth: ball fired from vertical cannon did not fall back down the barrel. Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist. Dated 17th Century.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive \ UIG
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Image size: 6263 × 3348 px | 60.0 MB
Print size: 53.0 × 28.3 cm | 2465.7 × 1318.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 17TH CENTURY • 17TH CENTURY. • 17TH • 17TH-CENTURY • BARREL • CANNON • EARTH • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EXPERIENCE • EXPERIMENT CONSTRUCTION = SETTING UP EXPERIMENT • EXPERIMENT CONSTRUCTION • EXPERIMENT • EXPERIMENTATION • FRANCE • FRANCE. • FRENCH • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LA FRANCE • MARIN MERSENNE • MATHEMATICAL • MATHEMATICIAN • MATHEMATICS • MUSIC • MUSICAL • PHILOSOPHER • PHILOSOPHY • PHYSICAL • PHYSICIST • PHYSICS • PHYSIQUE • PRINT • ROTATE • ROTATING • ROTATION • ROTATIONS • SETTING UP EXPERIMENT • THEOLOGIAN • THEOLOGY • THEORIST • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • XVII CENTURY