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  2. History of gravitational theory - Wikipedia

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    The 12th-century scholar Al-Khazini suggested that the gravity an object contains varies depending on its distance from the centre of the universe (referring to the centre of the Earth). Al-Biruni and Al-Khazini studied the theory of the centre of gravity, and generalized and applied it to three-dimensional bodies.

  3. Abu Ja'far al-Khazin - Wikipedia

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    One of Al-Khazin's works Zij al-Safa'ih ("Tables of the Disks of the Astrolabe") was described by his successors as the best work in the field and they make many references to it. [2] The work describes some astronomical instruments, in particular an astrolabe fitted with plates inscribed with tables, and a commentary on the use of these.

  4. Al-Khazini - Wikipedia

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    The balance al-Khazini built for Sanjar's treasury was modeled after the balance al-Asfizari, who was a generation older than al-Khazini, built. [7] Sanjar's treasurer out of fear destroyed al-Asfizari's balance; he was filled with grief when he heard the news. [7] Al-Khazini called his balance "combined balance" to show honor towards Al ...

  5. Physics in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    In al-Haytham's Book of Optics he argues that the celestial spheres were not made of solid matter, and that the heavens are less dense than air. [17] Some astronomers theorized about gravity too, al-Khazini suggests that the gravity an object contains varies depending on its distance from the center of the universe. The center of the universe ...

  6. Gravity - Wikipedia

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    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight' [1]) is a fundamental interaction primarily observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass.Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 10 38 times weaker than the strong interaction, 10 36 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 10 29 times weaker than the weak interaction.

  7. Category:Physics history articles - Wikipedia

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    Talk:Euler's laws of motion; Talk:European Physical Journal H ... History of gravitational theory; Talk:History of loop quantum gravity; ... Al-Khazini; Talk:Koenig's ...

  8. Timeline of scientific experiments - Wikipedia

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    1121 – Al-Khazini makes extensive use of the experimental method to prove his theories on mechanics in The Book of the Balance of Wisdom. Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) is the first physician to carry out human postmortem dissections and autopsies.

  9. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    In all other cases, he used the phenomenon of motion to explain the origin of various forces acting on bodies, but in the case of gravity, he was unable to experimentally identify the motion that produces the force of gravity (although he invented two mechanical hypotheses in 1675 and 1717). Moreover, he refused to even offer a hypothesis as to ...