Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

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<p>This volume provides an introduction to Borellis theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environment.</p><p>Originally published in Italian in 1667, then translated into Latin in 1686, the text of this volume has now been translated into English, making the text accessible to a wide readership.</p><p>This volume is the second of two volumes that contain the Introduction and physical-mathematical illustrations necessary to understand Giovanni Alfonso Borellis work<i>On the Movement of Animals,</i> the founding text of seventeenth century biomechanics. The first volume, entitled<i>On the Force of Percussion</i><b>,</b><i></i>demonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties andeffects.</p>

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