Falling Bodies

If a lead ball and a piece of paper are placed into a glass tube in which all the air has been exhausted, then when the tube is inverted, both the ball and the piece of paper will fall at exactly the same time.

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Source

International Correspondence Schools A Textbook on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1897)

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