The Laws of Gravitation: Memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish

by Isaac Newton, Cavedish Henry, Pierre Bouguer

Book Overview

GENERAL CONTENTS Preface History of the subject before the appearance of Newton's "Principia" Extracts from Newton's Principia and "System of the World" Biographical sketch of Newton Bouguer's "The Figure of the Earth" Biographical sketch of Bouguer The Bertier controversy Account of Maskelyne's experiments on Scheliallien Cavendish's "Experiments to determine the mean density of the Earth" Biographical sketch of Cavendish Historical account of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410202542
• ISBN13: 9781410202543
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"