College Physics ›› 2020, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (02): 47-50.doi: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.190213

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How to find the centrifugal force by Christian Huygens

SHEN Xian-yong   

  1. College ofFoundation,Zhejiang Shuren University,Hangzhou,Zhejiang 310011,China
  • Received:2019-05-12 Revised:2019-09-11 Online:2020-02-20 Published:2020-03-08

Abstract:

 The centrifugal force was first displayed in the appendix of“Horologium Oscillatorium”published in

1673 by Christian Huygens,and Huygens just wrote down the calculation of the centrifugal force without further explanation.

However, the derivation from Huygens was published firstly in 1703 when Huygens was dead.And the derivation

will be viewed in this paper.

Key words: free fall law, centrifugal force, Huygens