Electronic Resource
Cambridge
:
Cambridge University Press
The @British journal for the history of science
3 (1966), S. 24-38
ISSN:
0007-0874
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
History
,
Natural Sciences in General
Notes:
Apart from statics, about which I shall say nothing, there were three chief centres of interest in mechanics in the 1660's:(1) the motions of pendulums;(2) the laws of motion;(3) the free fall of heavy bodies and the motion of projectiles.In the first the influence of Huygens was dominant; I have placed it so because it was of very lively contemporary concern. The second area of interest descended partly from Galileo and partly from Descartes; the third from Galileo alone. Perhaps one should consider adding a fourth area, the investigation of central forces, but this in fact did not attract much attention as yet.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400000170
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