Title

'They were seen to fall evenly', c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'They were seen to fall evenly', c1918. In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of descent was independent of their mass. From Story-Lives of Great Scientists, by F. J. Rowbotham [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., London, c1918]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C68_460

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73,3Mb (3,1Mb) / 14,0in x 20,3in / 4200 x 6104 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian job Tuscany discovery country fall tower ball science occupation dropping scientist experiment location fallen century falling profession Pisa Leaning Tower of Pisa demonstrating gravity proof physics demonstration B&W MONOCHROME physicist black & white black and white B W 16th century 1910s 20th century sixteenth century The Print Collector demo TGN Galileo Galilei Unknown Galilei Galileo FJ FJ Rowbotham Rowbotham FJ Rowbotham