 Furthermore, Oresme used his figures to give the first proof of the Merton theorem, discovered at Oxford in the 1330’s: the distance traveled in any given period by a body moving under uniform acceleration is the same as if the body moved at a uniform speed equal to its speed at the midpoint of the period (Clagett 1974, 225–226; Smorynski 2017, 216–222). Some scholars believe that Oresme’s graphical representation of velocities was of great influence in the further development of kinematics, affecting in particular the work of Galileo (1564–1642).