Was it just that objects of different masses will fall at the same speed? Or was there something else that he found?
2007-10-02 08:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The actual experiment was made to prove the law of gravity. He dropped two object of different sizes and each reached the ground together.
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2007-10-02 08:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"different masses will fall at the same speed"
There is a significance to that statement that you fail to realize. The dominant logic (and almost intuitive logic) is that bigger objects fall faster. Once he proved that size doesn't affect acceleration, he paved the way for Newton to discover the specific laws which govern that acceleration, and soon you have the basis of modern physics.
However, it's important to note that Galileo likely didn't drop anything from the tower of Pisa. That story has been pretty much abandoned as fiction. However, he did do experiements by rolling balls of varying sizes down inclined planes. The result would be the same though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei#Physics
2007-10-02 08:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from a feather being awkward he found everything else went "thud" at the same time. Wonder if they had a sign at the bottom of the tower when he was experimenting that said "don't look up"
2007-10-02 08:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It could be A or D depending on the height. If the balls were dropped only a tiny amount, say .1cm, air resistance would not be a factor. Any significant height and the lighter ball would be slowed.
2016-05-19 15:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lead ball hit the ground before the feather, which proved conclusively that lead balls cannot fly?
2007-10-02 18:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Dragoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question. That was it!
Actually there is some doubt as to whether he actually performed the experiment. He wrote about it but some say he never actually did it. See this link:
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/ltpisa/ltpnews/physnews1.htm
2007-10-02 08:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by imaginaryhuman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he also found out you get three years inside ,for damaging the mayors carriage with a steel ball.
2007-10-02 08:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by Max Power says relax 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes about the masses, and it is now rumored that he didnt do that experiment.
2007-10-02 08:28:56 · answer #8 · answered by overwhelmed999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋