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Willem 's Gravesande

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Dutch physicist

NetherlandsScientistsLived 1688 to 1742 · aged 53
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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics and the first experimental measurement of kinetic energy.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics and the first experimental measurement of kinetic energy. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe.

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Netherlands
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1688 to 1742 · aged 53
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