Force and geometry in Newton's Principia / François De Gandt ; translated by Curtis Wilson.

The laws of centripetal and centrifugal force . Shewing, the motion of bodies in circular orbits, and in the conic sections, and other curves. And explaining the perturbating force of a third body. With many other things of like nature. Being a work preparatory to astronomy, and the very basis thereof. And absolutely necessary to be known by all such as desire to be proficients in that science.

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Force and geometry in Newton's Principia / François De Gandt ; translated by Curtis Wilson.