Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist to did some of the early work in classical mechanics. One of his major contributions was in the area of falling bodies. Galileo recognized that bod...Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist to did some of the early work in classical mechanics. One of his major contributions was in the area of falling bodies. Galileo recognized that bodies falling due to the Earth's gravity will fall with a constant acceleration, and that he could study that acceleration by, in effect, slowing it down through the use of an inclined plane.
He discovered that the distance from the top of the incline to the second bump was 4 times the distance to the first bump; the distance to the third bump was 9 times the distance to the first bump; th...He discovered that the distance from the top of the incline to the second bump was 4 times the distance to the first bump; the distance to the third bump was 9 times the distance to the first bump; the distance to the fourth bump was 16 times the distance to the first bump, and so on.
