#gravity

Stories tagged “gravity” in the Weird Science History archive — 3 stories connected by this topic.

• The Millionaire Who Declared Gravity 'Enemy Number One' — and Paid Colleges to Put Up Monuments Against It
• The Mountain That Weighed the Earth, Burned a Fiddle, and Helped Give Us Contour Lines
• The Scientist Who Weighed the Earth but Couldn't Speak to His Housekeeper

Related topics: #physics history #Royal Society