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About Willem 's Gravesande

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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philosopher, physicist, mathematician, astronomer

Position held

rector magnificus of Leiden University

Citizenship

Dutch Republic

Born

September 26, 1688, September 27, 1688, September 28, 1688

Died

February 28, 1742

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