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Galileo - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Galileo (1542 words) |
 | Galileo then showed that the motion of a projectile is made up of two components: one component consists of uniform motion in a horizontal direction, and the other component is vertical motion under acceleration or deceleration due to gravity. |
| Galileo explained that the motion of a bird, like a projectile, has a horizontal component that is provided by the motion of the Earth and that this horizontal component of motion always exists to keep such objects in position even though they are not attached to the ground. |
| Galileo's attempts to explain biblical texts in the light of his theory were against the accepted opinion, and he was compelled by the Roman Inquisition not to assert ‘what seemed to contradict Scripture’ in 1616. |
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