Newton's problems with rigid body dynamics in the light of his treatment of the precession of the equinoxes.

Details Newton's problems with rigid body dynamics in the light of his treatment of the precession of the equinoxes. Newton's problems with rigid body dynamics in the light of his treatment of the precession of the equinoxes.

Jul 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998ahes...53..125d&link_type=abstract

Arch. Hist. Exact Sci., Vol. 53, No. 2, p. 125 - 145

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History Of Astronomy: Celestial Mechanics

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Newton's treatment of the precession of the equinoxes in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was recognised by d'Alembert in 1749 as being faulty, despite the very close agreement between Newton's calculated value for the rate of precesion and the observed value. Here, the author presents an analysis of Newton's geometrical methods applied in his treatment of precession and claims that it was basically flawed because Newton lacked knowledge of the principles of rigid body dynamics and, in particular, was unaware of the idea of angular momentum.

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