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English: PrincipiaGraph. Famous illustration that shows how if an artillery shell (or other object) could be launched with high enough velocity, it would orbit the earth. Shows the object being launched horizontally from a high mountain (ignoring air friction).
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Source File:Newton's Principia (1846).djvu
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Isaac Newton  (1642–1727)  wikidata:Q935 s:en:Author:Isaac Newton q:en:Isaac Newton
 
Isaac Newton
Description English-British physicist, mathematician, theologian and politician
Date of birth/death 25 December 1642 (in Julian calendarEdit this at Wikidata 20 March 1727
Location of birth/death Woolsthorpe Manor Kensington
Work period from circa 1661
date QS:P,+1661-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
until circa March 1727
date QS:P,+1727-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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creator QS:P170,Q935

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