Reference number | CLP/20/41 |
Level | File |
Title | Paper, 'Of ye inflection of a direct motion into a curve by a supervening attractive principle, &c.' by Robert Hooke |
Date | 23 May 1666 |
Description | Hooke attempts to explain his hypothesis for why planets moved in curved or elliptical orbits - that the curved motion came from the attractive property of a body at the centre - through a series of experiments using a pendulum.
Subject: Mathematics, Geometry, Astronomy |
Extent | 12p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | CLP/20/41/1 |
CLP/20/41/2 |
CLP/20/41/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |