Mechanical explanations of gravitation (or kinetic theories of gravitation) are attempts to explain the action of gravity by aid of basic mechanical processes...
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a net force acting on bodies.[citation needed] Further mechanical explanations of gravitation (including Le Sage's theory) were created between 1650 and...
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Sage in 1748. The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton's gravitational force in terms of streams of tiny unseen particles (which Le Sage...
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Gravity (redirect from Theory of gravitation)
plants through the process of gravitropism and influencing the circulation of fluids in multicellular organisms. The gravitational attraction between the...
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of universal gravitation says that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the product of their...
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model based on a finite speed of gravity, like electrical or mechanical explanations of gravitation. From a modern point of view, Laplace's analysis is...
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Pierre Varignon (category Academic staff of the University of Paris)
to fluid flow and to water clocks. In 1690 he created a mechanical explanation of gravitation. In 1702 he applied calculus to spring-driven clocks. In...
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Alternatives to general relativity (redirect from Classical theories of gravitation)
theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity. There have been many different...
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Vortex theory may refer to: Mechanical explanations of gravitation Vortex theory of the atom History of knot theory Insect flight#Leading edge vortex...
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which connected their research with the development of mechanical explanations of gravitation. In 1856 August Krönig created a simple gas-kinetic model...
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