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THE preface states that this book was written at the suggestion of some students who were unable to find a book on the subject suitable for their requirements. The seven chapters deal with preliminary mathematics ; gravitational attraction and potential, simple applications ; attraction and potential internal points, spheres ; theorems of Laplace, Poisson and Gauss, general theory ; Green's theorem; harmonic functions ; attraction of ellipsoids.
An Introduction to the Theory of Newtonian Attraction
By A. S. Ramsey. Pp. ix + 184. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1940.) 10s. 6d. net.
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MILNE-THOMSON, L. An Introduction to the Theory of Newtonian Attraction. Nature 149, 180 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149180b0
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