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Illustration by James Edwin McConnell (1903-1995) depicting Galileo’s demonstration of the principle of equivalence from atop the tower of Pisa in 1591.

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Image title	LAL319086 Gallileo on the tower of Pisa by McConnell, James Edwin (1903-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gallileo on the tower of Pisa. The year is 1591. Galileo dropped two objects from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to disprove Aristotle. Aristotle had said that heavy objects fall faster than light ones. Galileo's practical demonstration proves this is not so. Although Galileo was famous for his experiments, this story, which was told by Viviani, a student of Galileo's, may not be true; Galilee;);© Look and Learn; English, out of copyright
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Label	LAL319086 Gallileo on the tower of Pisa by McConnell, James Edwin (1903-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gallileo on the tower of Pisa. The year is 1591. Galileo dropped two objects from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to disprove Aristotle. Aristotle had said that heavy objects fall faster than light ones. Galileo's practical demonstration proves this is not so. Although Galileo was famous for his experiments, this story, which was told by Viviani, a student of Galileo's, may not be true; Galilee;); © Look and Learn; English, out of copyright
Date and time of digitising	12:42, 4 November 2015
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Headline	Gallileo on the tower of Pisa
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Keywords	Galileo;experiment;drop;tower of Pisa;Aristotle;practical;demonstration;leaning tower of Pisa
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