| Ismael Bullialdus |
Article Index for Ismael |
Website Links For Ismael |
Information AboutIsmael Bullialdus |
|
Ismael Bullialdus (his Surname is a Latinized form of '''Boulliaud''', '''Boulliau''') ( September 28 , 1605 - November 25 , 1694 ) was a French Astronomer . He was born in Loudun , Vienne , France . In 1640 , he suggested that the force of Gravity follows an Inverse-square Law . ( Isaac Newton made this idea precise in his 1687 work, the '' Principia ''.) Ismael Bullialdus died in Paris , France. Bullialdus Crater , on the Moon , is named after him. EXTERNAL LINKS
|