The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
GRAVITATION

GRAVITATION in the Long Nineteenth Century.

Most material in Net Advance Retro antedates 1920. It may be obsolete or incorrect. For more recent technical information, please consult the page at the regular Net Advance site.

• General:
  • History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity by E. T. Whittaker [London: Longmans, Green, 1910].

• General: Experimental/Observational:
  • Observations on a Clock of Mr. John Shelton, Made at St. Helena by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 52, 434 (1761)] The purpose of the experiment: to see whether a pendulum clock runs at the same speed at all latitudes (and thus whether the force of gravity depends on latitude).
  • A Proposal for Measuring the Attraction of Some Hill in This Kingdom by Astronomical Observations by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 65, 495 (1775)]
  • An Account of Observations Made on the Mountain Schehallien for Finding Its Attraction by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 65, 500 (1775)]

• Types: GENERAL RELATIVITY;

• Type: KINETIC (LE SAGE):
  • Speculations. Solar Heat, Gravitation, and Sun Spots by J. H. Kedzie [Chicago: Griggs, 1886]

• Type: THERMAL:
  • The Conservation of Gravity and Heat: with Some of the Effects of these Forces on the Physical Condition of the Earth; and a Brief Application to the Solar System by Henry W. Chapin [Springfield, Mass.: Bowles, 1864]

• Aspects: TIDES;

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