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Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)

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Corpuscular Forces, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/35
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the notion that physical interaction between bodies is not a matter of Newtonian forces, governed by Keplerian laws, but of the cumulative effect of collisions and other interactions among particles.

Dates: c1780-c1803

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  • Subject: Kepler's Laws X
  • Subject: Physics X