Mechanics and the Royal Society, 1668-70

Abstract

Apart from statics, about which I shall say nothing, there were three chief centres of interest in mechanics in the 1660's: (1) the motions of pendulums; (2) the laws of motion; (3) the free fall of heavy bodies and the motion of projectiles. In the first the influence of Huygens was dominant; I have placed it so because it was of very lively contemporary concern. The second area of interest descended partly from Galileo and partly from Descartes; the third from Galileo alone. Perhaps one should consider adding a fourth area, the investigation of central forces, but this in fact did not attract much attention as yet.

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