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Illustration from Giovanni Battista Riccioli's 1651 Almagestum Novum

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Illustration from Giovanni Battista Riccioli's 1651 Almagestum Novum. Because of Earth's rotation, a projectile fired north to hit a garget at E/N follows curved path AKF, and strikes east of N at
G. This effect is today referred to as the Coriolis effect, after the early 19th-century physicist.
Published in: Christopher M. Graney; Physics Today 64, 8-9 (2011)
DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.1195
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