The Life of the Universe, Vol. 2 of 2: As Conceived by Man from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life of the Universe, Vol. 2 of 2: As Conceived by Man From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Gravitation the force acting between two masses is proportional to their mass and inversely pro portional to the square of their distance. The intensity of the force of gravitation on the surface of the Earth was at that time known from the measurements of Galilei and Huygens. Since now the same force, in this instance, the attraction of the Earth acts, according to Newton, upon the Moon and keeps it within its orbit, the intensity of gravitation should have admitted of a compara tive determination from the known distance of the Moon and the curvature of its orbit. Newton made that calculation in the year 1666, but he did not arrive at any satisfactory result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.