Note 8 — Chapter III
Reading edition
It is said that a weight dropped from the top of a very high tower falls slightly to the east, because the velocity of the axial rotation is greater at the summit of the tower than at its foot, and the stone or ball dropped partakes of the motion of the highest part of the tower from which it falls; this is perfectly true in theory; and experiments, made not only from the summits of towers but also in mines, tend to confirm it.