 | W. W. ROUSE BALL - 1893
...sooner," to quote from Dr. Glaisher's address on the bicentenary of the publication of the Principia, "had " Newton proved this superb theorem and we...beautiful a result " till it emerged from his mathematical investigation than all "the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. " When he... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 322 lapas
...verified by the figures, though for long distances he might have claimed that it yielded close MECHANICS approximations. When Halley visited Newton in 1684,...Cambridge Chronicle, April 20, 1888. We have used also BALI,, Hist, of Math., 1888, pp. 295-297. ROSENBERGER'S Isaac Newton und seine Physilcalischen Principien... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 322 lapas
...distances he might have claimed that it yielded close 1 RT GLAZEEROOR, article "Newton " in Die. Nat. Bioy. approximations. When Halley visited Newton in 1684,...on the discovery of the law of gravitation, consult AV. WR BALL, op. cit. ; J. VT. L. GLAISHER. "Bicentenary Address." ''am',ridge Chronicle. April 20,... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - 1901 - 527 lapas
...sooner," to quote from Dr Glaisher's address on the bicentenary of the publication of the Prinfipia, " had Newton proved this superb theorem and we know...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation than all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. When he discovered... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - 1908 - 522 lapas
...sooner," to quote from Dr. Glaisher's address on the bicentenary of the publication of the Principia, "had Newton proved this superb theorem and we know from his own words that ho had no expectation of so beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation... | |
 | Ernst Mach - 1915 - 106 lapas
...commemoration (1887) of the bicentenary of the publication of the Principia (see Ball, op. cit., p. 61), "had Newton proved this superb theorem and we...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation than all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. When he discovered... | |
 | Ernst Mach - 1915 - 106 lapas
...publication of the Principia (see Ball, op. cit., p.' 6l), "had Newton proved this superb theoremand we know from his own words that he had no expectation...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigationthan all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. When he discovered... | |
 | S. Chandrasekhar - 1997 - 295 lapas
...heavens. In an address given on the bicentenary of the publication of the Principia, JW Glaisher said, Newton proved this superb theorem and we know...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation that all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. Newton's initial... | |
 | Malcolm S. Longair, Professor Malcolm S Longair - 2003 - 569 lapas
...of JWL Glaisher, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the publication of the Principia, No sooner had Newton proved this superb theorem - and we know...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation - then all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him We can imagine... | |
 | ...simplification whereby the Sun, planets, Earth and Moon were taken as massive points. Glaisher says: No sooner had Newton proved this superb theorem and we know...beautiful a result till it emerged from his mathematical investigation than all the mechanism of the universe at once lay spread before him. . .it was now... | |
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In 1685 he completed his discovery by showing that the sphere whose density at any point depends only on the distance from the centre, attracts an external particle as though its whole mass were concentrated at the centre.1 It was thus proved that the... 