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OCR: is pushed along by the air or water filling in the vacuum behind it. Leonardo notes that the air in front of the bullet is actually more compressed than the air behind it. Then he presents a third and final explanation "to which no exception can be taken. 'The potency of the mover is separated from it entirely and is applied to the body moved by it, and goes on to consume itself in the course of time in penetrating the air which is always compressed before the movable object."" B) For Leonardo, the action that motivates the projectile takes place in the