aerostatics

physics

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work of Albert of Saxony

  • In Albert Of Saxony

    …what is now known as aerostatics, as he maintained that a light balloon would rise and remain suspended in the air if a particle of fire were enclosed in it. Finally, his search for mathematical formulas to express laws of nature foreshadowed the usage of modern physics.

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