Paper, 'Of ye inflection of a direct motion into a curve by a supervening attractive principle, &c.' by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/20/41
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
- Reference number
- CLP/20/41
- Earliest possible date
- 23 May 1666
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Of ye inflection of a direct motion into a curve by a supervening attractive principle, &c.' by Robert Hooke, 23 May 1666, CLP/20/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_41/paper-of-ye-inflection-of-a-direct-motion-into-a-curve-by-a-supervening-attractive-principle-c-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 16 June 2025
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Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
1662-1699 Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: CLP/20
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Classified Papers
The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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