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Essays on Thomas Harriot

I. Billiard balls and laws of collision II. Ballistic parabolas III. A survey of Harriot's scientific writings

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Lohne, J.A. Essays on Thomas Harriot. Arch. Rational Mech. 20, 189–312 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327737

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