A woodcut engraving depicting Mersenne (left) and Petit's experiment to prove the rotation of the earth: a ball fired from a vertical cannon did not fall back down the barrel. Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) a French polymath. Pierre Petit (1598-1677) a French astronomer, physicist, mathematician and instrument maker. Dated 17th century
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