"For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board."
— Nicolaus Copernicus
For When A Ship Is Floating
For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board.
motion perspective relativity
Source
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Book I, Chapter 5, 1543
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