Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Method -- Matter, body, force -- Bodies in action -- Appendix. Chapter headings from Du Châtelet's Foundations of Physics and from several early 18th century Newtonian textbooks.
Summary:
The influence of Foundations of Physics (also called Institutions de physique), published in Paris in 1740, written by Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Du Châtelet (or Emilie Du Châtelet (1706-1749)).
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