CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Einstein's Theory of General Relativity — Texas Gateway / Texas Education Agency
- Key
- texasgateway2024gravity
- Authors
- OpenStax
- Issued
- 2024
- Type
- webpage
- Publisher
- Texas Gateway / Texas Education Agency
Raw CSL JSON
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Claims
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Newton's gravitational constant G was first measured experimentally by Henry Cavendish in 1798 using a torsion-balance apparatus, more than 100 years after Newton published his law of universal gravitation.
"This definition was first done accurately in 1798 by English scientist Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), more than 100 years after Newton published his universal law of gravitation."
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Newton's law of universal gravitation was the first great unification in physics, linking the fall of objects on Earth with the motions of planets and moons.
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