The Laws of Gravitation: Memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410202543)

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 experiments made since the time of Cavendish Table of results of experiments Bibliography Index

Author: Isaac Newton
ISBN-10: 1410202542
ISBN-13: 9781410202543
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2002
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.43d