An edition of The laws of gravitation
(1900)
The laws of gravitation
memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish, together with abstracts of other important memoirs.
by A. Stanley Mackenzie
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The laws of gravitation: memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish, together with abstracts of other important memoirs.
1900, American book company
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Table of 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 Schehallien.
Cavendish's experiments to determine the mean density of the earth.
Biographical sketch of Cavendish.
Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish.
Table of results of experiments.
Bibliography.
Index.
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 145-156.
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