Force in Newton's Physics: The Science of Dynamics in the Seventeenth CenturyMacdonald and Company, 1971 - 579 pagine |
Sommario
Descartes and the Mechanical Philosophy | 56 |
Mechanics in the MidCentury | 99 |
Christiaan Huygens Kinematics | 146 |
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accelerated motion action aether analysis appeared asserted attraction ball body's motion Borelli cause celestial dynamics centre of gravity centrifugal force centripetal force change of motion circular motion conatus concept of force continued cycloid demonstration Descartes to Mersenne descend Discourses distance dynamics earth effect elastic employed endeavour equal equilibrium force of percussion forza free fall Galileo Gassendi generalised heavy bodies Hence Herivel Huygens Ibid impact impetus impressed force impulse inclined plane inverse law of motion Leibniz lever Mariotte mathematical matter mechanical philosophy medium momento motive force motu Newton Opticks orbit paper particles passage pendulum phenomena philosophy of nature Principia principle of inertia problem proportional proposition quantity of motion ratio rational mechanics resistance rest Scholium science of mechanics seventeenth century simple machines speed square statics tendency tion uniform motion uniformly accelerated motion University Library Cambridge velocity vertical vis viva Waste Book weight