V Early phases in the reception of newton+s theory |
The vortex theory in competition with Newtonian celestial dynamics / 14: |
The shape of the Earth / 15: |
Clairaut and the motion of the lunar apse: The inverse-square law undergoes a test / 16: |
The precession of the equinoxes from Newton to d+Alembert and Euler / 17: |
The solar tables of Lacaille and the lunar tables of Mayer / 18: |
Predicting the mid-eighteenth-century return of Halley+s Comet / 19: |
The problem of perturbation analytically treated: Euler, Clairaut, d+Alembert / 20: |
The work of Lagrange in celestial mechanics / 21: |
Laplace / 22: |
Measuring solar parallax: The Venus transits of 1761 and 1769 and their nineteenth+century sequels / 23: |
The discovery of Uranus, the Titius-Bode and the asteroids / 24: |
Eighteenth+and nineteenth century developments in the theory and practice of orbit determination / 25: |
The introduction of statistical reasoning into astronomy: from Newton to PoincarT. 27. Astronomy and the theory of errors: from the method of averages to the method of least squares / 26: |
The golden age of celestial mechanics / 28: |
Three centuries of lunar and planetary ephemerides and tables / 29: |
V Early phases in the reception of newton+s theory |
The vortex theory in competition with Newtonian celestial dynamics / 14: |
The shape of the Earth / 15: |