...*>u tl\o first coinumnirntion of the IViin'ipia to the .Roval Sorietvr said t<"» bo '" from tions, or those of Hooke and Wren, he at once indicated the...supposition that gravity diminished at the square of the distance.Newton immediately answered, an Ellipse. Struck with joy and amazement, Halley asked him how...

...mathematicians to read of Newton in one of their own scrapes. When Halley visited him in 1684, — . . . "he at once indicated the object of his visit by asking...planets on the supposition that gravity diminished as the square of the diatance. Newton immediately answered, an Ellipse. Struck with joy and amazement...

...'convincing demonstration' of this law,16 but, failing to do so, Halley applied to Newton, inquiring what would be the curve described by the planets on...gravity diminished at the square of the distance. Newton had calculated the figure, and answered it would be an eclipse, promising to send Halley his calculation,...

...that year Halley being on a visit to Newton at Cambridge, was informed by him that he had calculated the curve described by the planets, on the supposition...gravity diminished at the square of the distance, to be an ellipse. Newton, however, had mislaid his calculations at the time of Halley's visit, and...

...that year Halley being on a visit to Newton at Cambridge, was informed by him that he had calculated the curve described by the planets, on the supposition...gravity diminished at the square of the distance, to be an ellipse. Newton, however, had mislaid his calculations at the time of Halley's visit, and...

...had become deeply interested and been long laboring without any satisfactory result. He inquired of Newton, what would be the curve described by the planets on the supposition that the attractive influence of the sun diminished as the square of the distance? Newton at once replied,...

...mathematicians to read of Newton in one of their own scrapes. When Halley visited him in 1684, — . . . . " he at once indicated the object of his visit by asking...planets on the supposition that gravity diminished as the square of the distance. Newton immediately answered, an Ellipse. Struck with joy and amazement,...

...When in the August of 1684.' Halley3 visited Newton, he, without mentioning any of these speculations, "at once indicated the object of his visit by asking...planets on the supposition that gravity diminished as the square of the distance. Newton immediately answered, 'an ellipse.' Struck with joy and amazement...

...Without mentioning any of the speculations of Wren, Hooke or himself, he asked at once : " What will be the curve described by the planets on the supposition that gravity diminishes as the square of the distance ? " Newton answered immediately, " An ellipse." " How do you...

...solution. There were few preliminaries to the conversation, came straight to business. ' What will be the curve described by the planets on the supposition that gravity diminishes as the square of the distance ? ' he asked. Newton's immediate reply was ' An ellipse '....