Gravity Explained

Gossuin de Metz explains that if you dug a hole through the center of the Earth, then dropped a rock into the hole, it would fall towards the center as illustrated here:

Gossuin de Metz, L
Gossuin de Metz, L’Image du monde
Source: British Library

Royal ms 19 a ix, f.44r.

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